Acute kidney injury

Kidney stones: symptoms, diagnosis and management

Kidney stones are a source of significant patient morbidity. Pharmacists can have an impact in identifying, triaging and supporting patients with the management of this condition.…

Medication maths: estimations of kidney function

This article is part of a comprehensive series on pharmaceutical calculations in preparation for the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) registration assessment, providing guidance on how to tackle questions related to kidney function, including a worked example of a sample exam question.…

Semaglutide lowers risk of kidney failure and cardiovascular death in patients with type 2 diabetes and CKD, study results show

Experts say this is an “important trial in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus”, offering the possibility of semiglutide as an additional treatment option for slowing the progression of chronic kidney disease.…

Dose adjustments of antimicrobials in patients with renal impairment

An overview of appropriate dosing of antimicrobials in patients with acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease and patients on dialysis.…

Pharmacist review required in majority of acute kidney injury cases, finds pilot

The pharmacy team at Wrexham Maelor Hospital in north Wales were awarded the 'Digital Impact Award' at the MediWales Innovation Awards 2021 for their software project.…

Top five infographics of 2020

I’m sure it will come as no surprise that The Pharmaceutical Journal’s most-read infographics this year take a look at COVID-19.…

EMA to investigate possible link between remdesivir and acute kidney injury

The European Medicines Agency’s safety committee is to review reports of acute kidney injury in some patients being given remdesivir for COVID-19.…

Spotting the signs of acute kidney injury

With 65% of cases beginning in the community, pharmacists can help detect acute kidney injury early and review patients’ medicines before their condition worsens. …

Identifying the risk of acute kidney injury in primary care

It is thought that up to 60% of acute kidney injury (AKI) cases presented in hospital begin in primary care[1] . In the UK, AKI costs the NHS over £1bn each year[2] . Up to one-fifth of patients admitted to hospital in an emergency have AKI, which, if untreated, can lead to c…

Drug classes commonly implicated in causing kidney injury identified

Researchers have identified the drug classes that are frequently implicated in causing acute kidney injury after analysing adverse drug reactions in a French national pharmacovigilance database.…