AKI - ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY

This study looked at whether adding dexmedetomidine to sevoflurane anesthesia can help prevent kidney injury after major non-cardiac surgery. 90 patients having total knee replacement took part. Researchers measured changes in kidney function to see if the drug combination offere…

This study looked at a new program called the Next Day Clinic (NDC) at UCLA. Instead of admitting certain patients from the emergency room to the hospital, the clinic sends them home and sees them the next day. The goal is to keep people out of the hospital when it's safe, improv…

This study looked at nearly 30,000 older adults (65+) having non-cardiac surgery to see if levels of homocysteine, a substance in the blood, are linked to complications like kidney injury or death. Researchers measured homocysteine before and after surgery. The goal was to find o…

This study looked at anonymous medical records from over 55,000 past ICU patients to find patterns that might help predict three life-threatening conditions: sepsis (a severe infection), ARDS (lung failure), and acute kidney injury. Researchers used computer models to see if they…

This study reviewed the medical records of 274 adults who had emergency surgery for a torn aorta (aortic dissection) at one hospital in Taiwan. The goal was to see how often brain complications like stroke or coma happened after surgery and how that affected time spent in the int…