… 4 5 , Sean M. Bagshaw MD 6 , Karen EA Burns MD 2 4 7 8 , Amit X. Garg MD 9 , Ziv Harel
MD 1 2 3 , Abhijat Kitchlu MD 1 , C. David Mazer MD 2 10 , Danielle M. Nash MSc 3 , Damon C…

Background Large, population-based administrative healthcare databases can be used to
identify patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) when serum creatinine laboratory results …

Patients with chronic kidney disease and severely decreased glomerular filtration rate (GFR)
are at high risk for kidney failure, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and death. Accurate …

Background: Many respiratory tract infections are treated with macrolide antibiotics.
Regulatory agencies warn that these antibiotics increase the risk of ventricular arrhythmia. We …

Purpose To compare clinical outcomes among critically ill adults with acute kidney injury (AKI)
treated with continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), intermittent hemodialysis (IHD…

Background: Several adverse outcomes attributed to atypical antipsychotic drugs, specifically
quetiapine, risperidone, and olanzapine, are known to cause acute kidney injury (AKI). …

Background Patients undergoing treatment for cancer are at increased risk of acute kidney
injury (AKI). There are few data on AKI incidence and risk factors in the current era of cancer …

Patients with severely decreased glomerular filtration rate (GFR) (ie, chronic kidney disease
[CKD] G4+) are at increased risk for kidney failure, cardiovascular disease (CVD) events (…

Mortality after AKI is high, but the causes of death are not well described. To better understand
causes of death in patients after a hospitalization with AKI and to determine patient and …

Background The risk of hospital readmission in acute kidney injury survivors is not well
understood. We estimated the proportion of acute kidney injury patients who were rehospitalized …