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Clinical and histopathological characteristics of acute kidney injury in a cohort of brain death donors with procurement biopsies.
Journal of nephrology - 1 Jul 2024
Scurt Florian G, Ernst Angela, Korda Alexandra, Fischer-Fröhlich Carl-Ludwig, Schwarz Anke, Becker Jan U, Chatzikyrkou Christos
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Kidney biopsies are routinely used for diagnostic and prognostic purposes but their utility in the intensive care unit (ICU) setting is limited. We investigated the associations of clinical and histopathological risk factors with ICU-acute kidney injury (AKI) in donors with brain death (DBD) with kidneys of lower quality and procurement biopsies. METHODS: Overall, 221 donors with brain death, 239...
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