title: Short-term Effects of Acute Kidney Injury.
abstract: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is associated with significant short-term morbidity and mortality, which cannot solely be explained by loss of organ function. Renal replacement therapy allows rapid correction of most acute changes associated with AKI, indicating that additional pathogenetic factors play a major role in AKI. Evidence suggests that reduced renal cytokine clearance as well as increased cytokine production by the acutely injured kidney contribute to a systemic inflammation state, which results in significant effects on other organs. AKI seems to compromise the function of the innate immune system. AKI is an acute systemic disease with serious distant organ effects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Penn State College of Medicine, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, P.O. Box 850, H187 Hershey, PA 17033, USA.
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Singbartl
authors.affiliation: Division of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck, Anichstr. 35, Innsbruck A-6020, Austria. Electronic address: michael.joannidis@i-med.ac.at.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Joannidis
mesh_terms: D000137:Acid-Base Imbalance / Q000209:etiology; D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D007249:Inflammation / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology; D018836:Inflammation Mediators; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000502:physiology; D014511:Uremia / Q000209:etiology; D014883:Water-Electrolyte Imbalance / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D018836:Inflammation Mediators
keywords: Acute kidney injury; Cytokines; Electrolytes; Immune system; Inflammatory mediators; Neutrophils; Short term; Uremic toxins