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Assessment of Acute Kidney Injury and Longitudinal Kidney Function After Hospital Discharge Among Patients With and Without COVID-19
Nugent J, Aklilu A, Yamamoto Y, Simonov M, Li F, Biswas A, Ghazi L, Greenberg J, Mansour S, Moledina D, Wilson FP. Assessment of Acute Kidney Injury and Longitudinal Kidney Function After Hospital Discharge Among Patients With and Without COVID-19. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e211095. PMID: 33688965, PMCID: PMC7948062, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.1095.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute Kidney InjuryAgedAged, 80 and overBlack or African AmericanCohort StudiesComorbidityCOVID-19CreatinineFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGlomerular Filtration RateHispanic or LatinoHumansHypertensionKidney Function TestsLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedPatient DischargeProportional Hazards ModelsRenal Insufficiency, ChronicRetrospective StudiesSARS-CoV-2United StatesConceptsCOVID-19-associated acute kidney injuryAcute kidney injuryHospital acute kidney injurySubgroup of patientsKidney functionKidney injuryCohort studyHospital dischargeAKI recoveryKidney diseaseCOVID-19Peak creatinine levelsRetrospective cohort studyChronic kidney diseaseDays of dischargeHalf of patientsGlomerular filtration rateCoronavirus disease 2019AKI severityBaseline comorbiditiesEGFR decreaseDialysis requirementEGFR slopeKidney recoveryCreatinine levels
2024
Mechanistic Differences between Torsemide and Furosemide.
Rao V, Cox Z, Ivey-Miranda J, Neville D, Balkcom N, Moreno-Villagomez J, Ramos-Mastache D, Maulion C, Bellumkonda L, Tang W, Collins S, Velazquez E, Mentz R, Wilson F, Turner J, Wilcox C, Ellison D, Fang J, Testani J. Mechanistic Differences between Torsemide and Furosemide. Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2024 PMID: 39196651, DOI: 10.1681/asn.0000000000000481.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTorsemide groupDiuretic doseTubular site of actionHigher diuretic dosesDose of furosemideProportion of dosesOral furosemideSite of actionPrescribed doseNeurohormonal activationMechanistic substudyClinical outcomesPharmacodynamic advantagesKidney dysfunctionPharmacodynamic parametersKidney functionRandomized trialsNatriuresisTubular sitesFurosemideTorsemideDoseTRANSFORM-HFPlasma volumeBody weightIncidence of Acute Kidney Injury and Associated Mortality among Individuals with Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis in Uganda
Kansiime G, Aklilu A, Baluku J, Yasmin F, Kanyesigye M, Muzoora C, Wilson F, Bajunirwe F, Brewster U, Kalyesubula R. Incidence of Acute Kidney Injury and Associated Mortality among Individuals with Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis in Uganda. Kidney360 2024, 5: 1446-1454. PMID: 39141693, PMCID: PMC11556924, DOI: 10.34067/kid.0000000000000551.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIncidence of acute kidney injuryAcute kidney injuryDiagnosis periodKidney injuryKDIGO-defined acute kidney injuryKidney functionTB diagnosisPredictors of acute kidney injuryTime to TB diagnosisAssociated with significant risk of mortalityIndependent of HIV statusOverall incidence of AKIAssociated with increased mortality riskCohort study of adultsAssociated with higher oddsAssociated with significant mortalityDrug-susceptible TBDrug-susceptible tuberculosisObservational cohort study of adultsAssociated with significant riskHIV-negative participantsSignificant risk of mortalityObservational cohort studyStudy of adultsMonitoring kidney functionCOVID-19−Associated Acute Kidney Injury and Longitudinal Kidney Outcomes
Aklilu A, Kumar S, Nugent J, Yamamoto Y, Coronel-Moreno C, Kadhim B, Faulkner S, O’Connor K, Yasmin F, Greenberg J, Moledina D, Testani J, Wilson F. COVID-19−Associated Acute Kidney Injury and Longitudinal Kidney Outcomes. JAMA Internal Medicine 2024, 184: 414-423. PMID: 38407862, PMCID: PMC10897825, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.8225.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCOVID-19-associated acute kidney injuryCOVID-19-associated AKIAcute kidney injuryMulticenter cohort studyKidney function declineKidney functionKidney injuryCohort studyKidney outcomes of patientsIncidence of acute kidney injuryLong-term kidney outcomesHistorical cohort of patientsMultivariate time-to-event analysesPositive influenza ALongitudinal multicenter cohort studyWorsening kidney functionOutcomes of patientsAdverse kidney eventsCohort of patientsComposite of mortalityMarkers of illness severityAdult hospitalized patientsBaseline comorbidity scoreTime-to-event analysisFunctional declineSerial direct sodium removal in patients with heart failure and diuretic resistance
Rao V, Ivey‐Miranda J, Cox Z, Moreno‐Villagomez J, Ramos‐Mastache D, Neville D, Balkcom N, Asher J, Bellumkonda L, Bigvava T, Shaburishvili T, Bartunek J, Wilson F, Finkelstein F, Maulion C, Turner J, Testani J. Serial direct sodium removal in patients with heart failure and diuretic resistance. European Journal Of Heart Failure 2024, 26: 1215-1230. PMID: 38556717, DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.3196.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiuretic resistanceCardiorenal syndromeHeart failureLoop diureticsDiuretic withdrawalHigh-dose loop diureticsN-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptidePro-B-type natriuretic peptideGrowth differentiation factor 15Carbohydrate antigen 125Differentiation factor 15Sodium removalRandomized controlled studyCardiorenal parametersDiuretic doseSoluble ST2Natriuretic peptideMedian timeDiuretic responseKidney injuryPeritoneal membraneElectrolyte handlingKidney functionDiureticsInterleukin-6
2023
Epigenome-Wide Meta-Analysis Reveals Differential DNA Methylation Associated With Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Among African American Men With HIV
Chen J, Hui Q, Wang Z, Wilson F, So-Armah K, Freiberg M, Justice A, Xu K, Zhao W, Ammous F, Smith J, Kardia S, Gwinn M, Marconi V, Sun Y. Epigenome-Wide Meta-Analysis Reveals Differential DNA Methylation Associated With Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Among African American Men With HIV. Kidney International Reports 2023, 8: 1076-1086. PMID: 37180517, PMCID: PMC10166785, DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2023.02.1085.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEpigenome-wide association studiesDNA methylationGlomerular filtration rateRenal diseaseFinger protein 20Differential DNA methylationKidney functionFiltration rateAfrican ancestryEnd-stage renal diseaseDifferent populationsProtein 20Ancestral groupsRenal disease progressionAssociation studiesDifferent ancestral groupsMethylationAfrican American menAncestryEuropean ancestryStudy cohortIndependent African American samplesDisease progressionFaster progressionGeneral population
2022
Nocturnal Dipping and Kidney Function Decline: Findings From the CKD in Children Study
Bakhoum C, Phadke M, Deng Y, Samuels J, Garimella P, Furth S, Wilson F, Ix J. Nocturnal Dipping and Kidney Function Decline: Findings From the CKD in Children Study. Kidney International Reports 2022, 7: 2446-2453. PMID: 36531891, PMCID: PMC9751682, DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2022.08.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChronic kidney diseaseGlomerular filtration rateIohexol glomerular filtration rateNocturnal dippingDipping statusKidney diseaseKidney failureEnd-stage kidney diseaseCox proportional hazards modelKidney failure eventsKidney function declineBlood pressure declineProportional hazards modelMore rapid declineCKiD cohortGFR declineCreatinine ratioKidney functionFunction declineMean ageUrine proteinFiltration rateGlomerular diseaseNondippingChild Cohort
2021
Renal negative pressure treatment as a novel therapy for heart failure-induced renal dysfunction
Rao VS, Maulion C, Asher JL, Ivey-Miranda J, Cox ZL, Moreno-Villagomez J, Mahoney D, Turner JM, Wilson FP, Wilcox CS, Testani J. Renal negative pressure treatment as a novel therapy for heart failure-induced renal dysfunction. AJP Regulatory Integrative And Comparative Physiology 2021, 321: r588-r594. PMID: 34405731, DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00115.2021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRenal plasma flowGlomerular filtration rateCongestive HFTubular pressureHeart failure hospitalizationPara-aminohippurate clearanceCentral venous pressureHigh fractional excretionNegative pressure therapyUrinary collecting systemNegative pressure treatmentSimilar diuresisFailure hospitalizationRenal dysfunctionCardiac tamponadeIothalamate clearanceFractional excretionRenal parametersKidney functionRenal congestionRenal responseRight kidneyVenous pressurePressure therapyControl kidneysSubtyping CKD Patients by Consensus Clustering: The Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study
Zheng Z, Waikar SS, Schmidt IM, Landis JR, Hsu CY, Shafi T, Feldman HI, Anderson AH, Wilson FP, Chen J, Rincon-Choles H, Ricardo AC, Saab G, Isakova T, Kallem R, Fink JC, Rao PS, Xie D, Yang W, Investigators C. Subtyping CKD Patients by Consensus Clustering: The Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study. Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2021, 32: 639-653. PMID: 33462081, PMCID: PMC7920178, DOI: 10.1681/asn.2020030239.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) StudyClinical end pointsKidney function markersCKD subgroupsBaseline characteristicsCohort studyFunction markersCardiovascular diseaseProspective Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort StudyEnd pointBaseline kidney functionPatient baseline characteristicsImportant clinical outcomesBone mineral densityPrecision medicineMultiple underlying causesDifferent risksDifferent risk profilesCKD patientsCKD progressionMore medicationsComposite outcomeClinical outcomesKidney functionAdverse outcomes
2020
Urine interleukin-9 and tumor necrosis factor-α for prognosis of human acute interstitial nephritis
Moledina DG, Wilson FP, Kukova L, Obeid W, Luciano R, Kuperman M, Moeckel GW, Kashgarian M, Perazella MA, Cantley LG, Parikh CR. Urine interleukin-9 and tumor necrosis factor-α for prognosis of human acute interstitial nephritis. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2020, 36: 1851-1858. PMID: 33125471, PMCID: PMC8476079, DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfaa169.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute interstitial nephritisTumor necrosis factorCorticosteroid useIL-9Interstitial nephritisNecrosis factorAcute kidney injuryIL-9 levelsGlomerular filtration rateSubset of patientsCohort of participantsImmunosuppressive therapyTubulointerstitial infiltratesKidney injuryMedian eGFRKidney functionUrine biomarkersInterstitial fibrosisFiltration rateHistological featuresClinical trialsInterleukin-9PatientsEGFRComplete data
2019
Research-based versus clinical serum creatinine measurements and the association of acute kidney injury with subsequent kidney function: findings from the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort study
Hsu RK, Hsu CY, McCulloch CE, Yang J, Anderson AH, Chen J, Feldman HI, He J, Liu KD, Navaneethan SD, Porter AC, Rahman M, Tan TC, Wilson FP, Xie D, Zhang X, Go AS, Appel L, Kusek J, Lash J, Rao P, Townsend R. Research-based versus clinical serum creatinine measurements and the association of acute kidney injury with subsequent kidney function: findings from the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort study. Clinical Kidney Journal 2019, 13: 55-62. PMID: 32082553, PMCID: PMC7025351, DOI: 10.1093/ckj/sfz057.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute kidney injuryChronic Renal Insufficiency CohortSerum creatinine measurementsEGFR declineEGFR slopeKidney injurySerum creatinineKidney functionCreatinine measurementsAssociation of AKIChronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) StudyGlomerular filtration rate (eGFR) trajectoriesChronic kidney disease progressionLarge integrated healthcare delivery systemKidney function testingSubsequent kidney functionKidney disease progressionAbsolute changeIntegrated healthcare delivery systemRoutine clinical careHealthcare delivery systemEGFR lossCohort studyDiabetes statusStrength of associationSerum and Urine Albumin and Response to Loop Diuretics in Heart Failure
Charokopos A, Griffin M, Rao VS, Inker L, Sury K, Asher J, Turner J, Mahoney D, Cox ZL, Wilson FP, Testani JM. Serum and Urine Albumin and Response to Loop Diuretics in Heart Failure. Clinical Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2019, 14: cjn.11600918. PMID: 31010938, PMCID: PMC6500945, DOI: 10.2215/cjn.11600918.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiuretic efficiencyHeart failureAlbumin levelsDiuretic excretionDiuretic doseInpatient cohortUrine albuminOutpatient cohortLoop diureticsIL-6Higher urine albuminLoop diuretic doseUrinary albumin levelsLow serum albuminPlasma IL-6Heart failure cohortHuman heart failureDiuretic resistanceSuccessful decongestionDiuretic treatmentSystemic inflammationKidney functionSite of actionSerum albuminSodium output
2018
Attributable Risk and Time Course of Colistin-Associated Acute Kidney Injury
Miano TA, Lautenbach E, Wilson FP, Guo W, Borovskiy Y, Hennessy S. Attributable Risk and Time Course of Colistin-Associated Acute Kidney Injury. Clinical Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2018, 13: 542-550. PMID: 29545383, PMCID: PMC5969457, DOI: 10.2215/cjn.06980717.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBaseline hemoglobin concentrationAKI riskAttributable riskHours of exposureHemoglobin concentrationEquation Poisson regression modelsGlobal Outcomes creatinine criteriaIncidence of AKIAcute kidney injuryRetrospective cohort studyPropensity-matched pairsSimilar baseline characteristicsEarly treatment decisionsIncidence rate ratiosBroad-spectrum antibioticsHours of treatmentPoisson regression modelsColistin groupColistin toxicityHospital mortalityCreatinine criteriaKidney injuryBaseline characteristicsCohort studyKidney function