NIDDK Central Repository - Plasma inflammatory and apoptosis markers are associated with dialysis dependence and death among critically ill patients receiving renal replacement therapy.

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Publication Information

DOI

10.1093/ndt/gfu051

PubMed ID

24619058

Public Release Type

Journal

Publication Year

2014

Affiliation

The Center for Critical Care Nephrology, CRISMA, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA The Clinical Research, Investigation, and Systems Modeling of Acute Illness (CRISMA) Center, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Authors

Biological Markers for Recovery of Kidney (BioMaRK) Study Investigators, Carter M, Elder M, Finkel K, Keener C, Kellum JA, Kong L, Lee M, Murugan R, Paganini E, Palevsky PM, Pike F, Shah N, Unruh M, Vijayan A, Wen X

Studies

ATN

Citation

Murugan R, Wen X, Shah N, Lee M, Kong L, Pike F, Keener C, Unruh M, Finkel K, Vijayan A, Palevsky PM, Paganini E, Carter M, Elder M, Kellum JA, Biological Markers for Recovery of Kidney (BioMaRK) Study Investigators. Plasma inflammatory and apoptosis markers are associated with dialysis dependence and death among critically ill patients receiving renal replacement therapy. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2014 Oct;29(10):1854-64. Epub 2014 Mar 11.

Abstract

Survivors of critical illness complicated by acute kidney injury requiring renal replacement therapy (RRT) are at an increased risk of dialysis dependence and death but the mechanisms are unknown.