Acute kidney injury may increase the risk for chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal
disease. In an attempt to summarize the literature and provide more compelling evidence, we …

… Support: Dr Coca is funded by the career development grant K23DK08013 from the
National Institutes of Health and is supported by the American Heart Association's Established …

Background. Delayed graft function (DGF) is a common complication of renal transplantation.
The short-term consequences of DGF are well known, but the long-term relationship …

… Steven Coca, and Dr. Girish Nadkarni conceptualized and designed the study; Dr. Lili Chan,
… Steven Coca has received consulting fees from Bayer, Boehringer-Ingelheim, CHF Solutions…

Importance The US is currently an epicenter of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
pandemic, yet few national data are available on patient characteristics, treatment, and …

Importance Therapies that improve survival in critically ill patients with coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19) are needed. Tocilizumab, a monoclonal antibody against the interleukin 6 …

The diagnosis of acute kidney injury (AKI) is usually based on changes in serum creatinine,
but such measurements are a poor marker of acute deterioration in kidney function. We …

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent complication of cardiac surgery and increases morbidity
and mortality. The identification of reliable biomarkers that allow earlier diagnosis of AKI …

Background. The term delayed graft function (DGF) is commonly used to describe the need
for dialysis after receiving a kidney transplant. DGF increases morbidity after transplantation, …

Current methods for predicting graft recovery after kidney transplantation are not reliable. We
performed a prospective, multicenter, observational cohort study of deceased-donor kidney …