Eculizumab Can Be Discontinued in Selected Patients with aHUS
Since 2009, eculizumab has been successfully used for treatment of aHUS. What happens after discontinuation is less clear. Does the disease relapse? In a recent AJKD article, [...]
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Test Your Knowledge: Renal Replacement Therapy in Children
There is paucity of literature on dialysis in the pediatric population, especially on prescription and complications. Since renal replacement therapy in children requires [...]
Factor H Deficiency and Atypical HUS
Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) is characterized by excessive microvascular complement activation. Many mutations have now been described that lead to aHUS and its [...]
Socioeconomic Status, Kidney Disease in Children
Among adults, lower socioeconomic status (SES) is a risk factor for chronic kidney disease (CKD), progression to end-stage renal disease, and poor health outcomes. However, [...]
Recap of eAJKD’s coverage of the Pediatric AKI/CRRT 2012 Conference
Check out all of the coverage of this year’s 1st International Symposium on AKI in Children at the 7th International Conference on Pediatric Continuous Renal Replacement [...]
Pediatric AKI/CRRT 2012 Conference: New studies in pediatric nephrology
Important Posters – topics From Cincinnati, KIM-1 as an emerging biomarker for cardio-renal syndrome in dilated cardiomyopathy in children MARS in children awaiting [...]
Pediatric AKI/CRRT 2012 Conference: Interesting Observations
AKI can worsen pneumonia in-vitro In vitro showed suggest that acute kidney injury (AKI) limit the amount of pulmonary polymorphonuclear cell (PMN) recruitment during [...]
Pediatric AKI/CRRT 2012 Conference: Novel therapies and studies in AKI
Novel therapies mentioned at the conference for acute kidney injury (AKI) in future p53 si RNA Deferipone Alpha MSH Mesenchymal stem cells Translational Research [...]
Pediatric AKI/CRRT 2012 Conference: Biomarkers in AKI
Biomarkers Dr Devarajan calls the panel “NGAL, IL-18, KIM-1 and L-FABP” as Super Four of the markers of acute kidney injury (AKI) diagnosis. Urine NGAL represents NGAL [...]
Pediatric AKI/CRRT 2012 Conference: Incidence of AKI
About the Conference The PCRRT conference has been renamed as the PCRRT/P-AKI to include both the treatment and the pathophysiology of Pediatric acute kidney injury (AKI). [...]