Prevention of nephrotoxicity is clearly preferable to treatment, especially given the long life expectancy of survivors of childhood malignancy. General measures to reduce renal damage often include ...

Vancomycin has been associated with nephrotoxicity since first becoming available for clinical use. Until recently, the risk for vancomycin-induced nephrotoxicity was presumed to be minimal -- modern ...

In collaboration with Rigshospitalet, researchers from DTU Health Technology have developed a machine learning model that can predict chemotherapy-associated nephrotoxicity, a particularly significant ...

TORONTO—Clinicians can take steps to prevent nephrotoxicity from chemotherapy agents, according to a researcher who spoke here at the Prevention in Renal Disease 8 th Annual Conference. Cisplatin is ...

Oxidative stress could be a key process in acyclovir (ACV)-induced nephrotoxicity. N-acetylcysteine (NAC) is a water-soluble antioxidant with anti-inflammatory activity. This study aimed to evaluate ...

Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes-Palliative Care in Africa and Quality of Life, Symptoms, Patient Experience, and Caregiver Distress Among Patients With Cancer This phase II randomized ...

Childhood, adolescent, and young adult (CAYA) survivors of cancer are at risk of nephrotoxicity. Surveillance guidelines are important for timely diagnosis and treatment of these survivors, which ...

Long-term lithium therapy remains the most effective maintenance treatment for bipolar disorder, yet it poses a significant ...

Nephrotoxicity means damage to kidney function, as a result of which kidney-specific function like excretion of waste does not happen. Nephro comes from Greek and means ‘kidney’. Approximately 20% of ...

Painkillers, specifically NSAIDs (Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs), can cause varying degrees of kidney damage. As a matter of fact, research indicates that in intensive care units (ICUs), NSAID ...