A switch to Warburg metabolism seems to be an important survival strategy in immune cells and possibly in tubular epithelial cells in response to inflammation Reprogramming of metabolic pathways is a ...

A 70-year-old woman is admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with a pH of 7.1, an acute kidney injury (AKI), and ketonuria. She is volume depleted and her history is consistent with starvation ...

With indications that ‘“dialysis begets dialysis”’ and can obscure kidney function improvement, a novel trial shows notable ...

The Liberation From Acute Dialysis (LIBERATE-D) randomized clinical trial tested the value of a conservative vs conventional hemodialysis strategy on recovery of kidney function in stable patients ...

AKI Patients Require Strong Assessment to Prevent Protein-Energy Wasting Recent reports have demonstrated a link between acute kidney injury (AKI) and chronic kidney disease (CKD). Individuals with ...

DURING the past five years phenethylbiguanide, more commonly known as phenformin or DBI, has proved to be a potent hypoglycemic agent. 1 Its main use has been in the control of maturity-onset diabetes ...