Dr Sadia Jahan1, Dr Alan Xu1, Dr Rhea Danner1, Dr Imogen Sellars1, Prof Toby P Coates1 1CNARTS, Adelaide, Australia Background A plethora of case reports are published around the relationship between acute interstitial nephritis (AIN) and irritable bowel disease (IBD)...
- 27 July 2022
Dr Candice Khor1, Dr Maria Maawad1, Dr Jonathan Erlich1, Prof Zoltan Endre1 1Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, Australia Aim: To describe the characteristics and evaluate outcomes of inpatients consulted for acute kidney injury (AKI). Background: AKI occurs in 7-18% of...
- 27 July 2022
Dr Candice Khor1, Dr Maria Maawad1, Dr Jonathan Erlich1, Prof Zoltan Endre1 1Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, Australia Aim: To describe clinical practice around medication cessation and recommencement in acute kidney injury (AKI) Background: Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE-i), angiotensin...
- 27 July 2022
Dr GHIA SPANGENBERG1,2, Dr RAJIV JUNEJA1,2, Dr CHIANG LEE1,2, A/Prof JORDAN LI1,2 1Renal Unit, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, Australia , 2College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Bedford Park, Australia Background: Trabectedin is an alkylating chemotherapy agent used...
- 27 July 2022
Miss Jenny Tung Yu Lau1, Dr Rebecca Ling1, Dr Rajesh Raj1 1Department of Nephrology, Launceston General Hospital, Launceston, Australia Background The degree of elevation of creatinine is used as a marker to stage severity of acute kidney injury (AKI). Levels...
- 27 July 2022
Christina Okello1, REBECCA LING1, RAJESH RAJ1 1Department of Nephrology, Launceston General Hospital, Launceston, Australia Background Deleterious effects of a high protein intake in chronic kidney disease (CKD) are well known, as are the acute increases in creatinine in those without...
- 27 July 2022
Dr JESSICA SUN1,2, Dr MARGARET JANU1,2,3, Dr SHAUNDEEP SEN1,2 1Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, Australia, 2University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia, 3NSW Health Pathology, Sydney, Australia Background Serum creatinine (sCr) is the most common marker used to estimate glomerular filtration rate....
- 27 July 2022
Dr Kieran Muir1, DR KARTHIK KUMAR 1Central Coast Local Health District, Gosford, Australia Background Polymer coating of intravascular devices have been increasingly used since the 1980s to reduce friction and thus arterial spasm and pain during vascular access. There have...
- 27 July 2022
Dr Cian O’Leary1, Dr David Wong2, Dr Gregory John Wilson1,3 1Mater Kidney Health Service, South Brisbane, Australia, 2Department of Anatomical Pathology, Mater Adult Hospital, South Brisbane, Australia, 3University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine, Brisbane, Australia Background Acute interstitial nephritis (AIN)...
- 27 July 2022
Jacqueline Evans1, A/Prof Scott Wilson1,2 1Department of Renal Medicine, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia, 2Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Background: Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) and MEK inhibitor combination therapy is being trialled as treatment for metastatic Neuroblastoma-RAS (NRAS) mutant...
- 26 July 2022