News tagged with serum creatinine level
New lab test helps predict kidney damage
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent complication in patients in intensive care. A new laboratory test called urine neutrophil gelatinase associated lipocalin (NGAL) helps predict if patients will develop acute kidney ...
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Jul 24, 2009 |
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Elderly patients admitted with high glucose levels are more likely to die in hospital
A two-country hospital study of 808 elderly patients found a strong association between high, undiagnosed blood glucose in non-diabetic patients and increased hospital death rates, according to the March issue of IJCP, the In ...
Feb 24, 2011 |
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Researchers develop real-time method to detect kidney damage
(PhysOrg.com) -- The current check for kidney disease is a simple blood test for serum creatinine, but it can take longer than two days for this metabolite to accumulate to levels that are significant enough ...
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Feb 14, 2011 |
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Seeing kidney injury, as it happens
The current check for kidney disease is a simple blood test for serum creatinine, but it can take longer than two days for this metabolite to accumulate to levels that are significant enough to indicate kidney damage - and ...
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Jan 31, 2011 |
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Starting dialysis earlier may be harmful for some patients
Beginning dialysis therapy earlier in the development of advanced kidney disease appears to be associated with a greater risk of death for some patients in the following year, according to a report posted online today that ...
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Nov 08, 2010 |
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Simple blood test helps predict chronic kidney disease
Measuring three biomarkers in a single blood sample may improve physicians' ability to identify patients at high risk of developing chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the ...
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Oct 21, 2010 |
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Study shows short-term kidney failure in heart patients may not be as detrimental
New research led by UC Health cardiologists shows that while short-term worsening kidney function is frequent among patients with heart failure, these patients also have better outcomes than those who have persistent kidney ...
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Jul 01, 2010 |
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Risk of death in general population independently predicted by both low kidney filtration rate and high albumin: creatin
A meta-analysis of more than a million people in populations across Europe, the USA, Australia, and Asia has shown that both glomerular filtration rate (GFR) (the rate at which blood is filtered by the kidneys) and levels ...
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May 17, 2010 |
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New studies help establish potential of artificial liver support devices
Results from two studies presented today at the International Liver Congress 2010 have shown that treatment with extracorporeal devices may not confer a survival advantage for severe liver failure patients, despite positive ...
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Apr 16, 2010 |
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Reduced kidney function, high levels of protein in urine associated with adverse outcomes
Patients with high levels of proteinuria (protein in urine) in addition to another marker of reduced kidney function had an associated increased risk of all-cause death, heart attack or progression to kidney failure, according ...
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Feb 02, 2010 |
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Rapid cardiac biomarker testing system developed by Singapore scientists
Scientists at Singapore's Institute of Microelectronics (IME) have developed a rapid and sensitive integrated system to test simultaneously for specific cardiac biomarkers in finger prick amount of blood.
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Dec 08, 2009 |
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