Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent complication following cardiac surgery, with an incidence ranging between 20% and 40% [1, 2, 3–4]. Patients with preexisting kidney impairment are especially at risk for developing AKI after cardiac surgery [5, 6], which significantly increases the likelihood...
Leptospirosis caused by the genus Leptospira is a reemerging and neglected waterborne zoonotic infection that causes approximately 1 million morbidities and 60,000 mortalities annually on a global scale [1, 2]. Currently, the disease is not confined solely to rural areas; it has also become...
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Acute kidney injury (AKI) in patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is driven by the severity of systemic inflammation, acute portal hypertension driving circulatory dysfunction, hyperbilirubinemia, and toxicity of bile acids. The spectrum is mostly structural, associated with reduced response...