The World Health Organization has called for 'immediate and concerted action' to protect children from contaminated medicines after a spate of child deaths linked to cough syrups last year.

Close to 100 children in Indonesia have died from acute kidney injury (AKI) so far this year, a health ministry official said on Wednesday, as a team of experts investigates the spike in cases.

Adverse events associated with antipsychotic use in people with dementia are far broader and pose more severe health risks than previously reported.

Low-volume bowel preparation is noninferior in adequacy to standard-volume prep in hospitalized patients undergoing colonoscopy.

Deficiency of the pancreatic progenitor cell differentiation and proliferation factor gene was identified as a risk factor for chronic kidney disease in preclinical studies, representing a potential therapy target.

In a first renal outcome trial of its kind, the SGLT2 inhibitor showed favorable outcomes in the most advanced stages of CKD.

Intensive blood pressure control in patients with chronic kidney disease showed cardiovascular benefits in real-world settings similar to those observed in the SPRINT.

An intervention designed to better manage acute kidney injury in hospitalized patients through recommendations from a dedicated kidney action team did not meet the primary outcome.

More than one in four patients who develop acute kidney injury die within 1 year of being hospitalized, with little improvement in survival over the past decade.

The first head-to-head randomized controlled trial comparing new intermediate-sized valves to contemporary standards shows the new approach enables precise matching of devices.

What would've taken Rachael untold years was solved in mere months when her brother, Jonah, volunteered to enter the kidney paired donation donor pool.

Electronic alerts for acute kidney injury were associated with a lower risk for disease progression, increased nephrologist consultations, and reduced NSAID exposure, found an updated meta-analysis.

Although acute kidney injury donor kidney procurement is on the rise, many AKI kidneys are discarded, despite evidence of success; researchers urge changes to the kidney donor scoring system.

The risk of acute kidney injury was greatest with treatment of 48 hours or longer.

Contrary to current conventional wisdom, patients with chronic kidney disease who develop mild or moderate acute kidney injury have only a small subsequent worsening of kidney function.

Products containing glyoxylic acid were associated with the accumulation of calcium oxalate crystals in the kidneys.

A large retrospective study of electronic medical records found better cardiovascular and renal outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes treated with tirzepatide vs GLP-1 RAs.

While some cancer treatments have a known AKI risk, exposure to GLP-1 receptor agonist drugs shows no added risk.

Austrian research indicates that it is not overweight status alone but being overweight and having an unfavorable metabolic profile that increases the risk of kidney failure.

Only 19.7% of alert-identified acute kidney injury episodes in children are documented in hospital records, highlighting a lack of recognition and underestimation of the incidence of this condition.