Paul M. Palevsky

Intensity of Renal Support in Critically Ill Patients with Acute Kidney Injury

Intensive renal support in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury did not decrease mortality, improve recovery of kidney function, or reduce the rate of nonrenal organ...

Epidemiology of Acute Renal Failure

The epidemiology of ESRD is well characterized. For nearly two decades the United States Renal Data System has provided ongoing analysis of the incidence, prevalence, treatment,...

Acute renal failure – definition, outcome measures, animal models, fluid therapy and information technology needs: the Second International Consensus Conference of the Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative (ADQI) Group

Abstract Introduction There is no consensus definition of acute renal failure (ARF) in critically ill patients. More than 30 different definitions have been used in the literatu...

Global epidemiology and outcomes of acute kidney injury

The first international consensus conference on continuous renal replacement therapy

Selection of endpoints for clinical trials of acute renal failure in critically ill patients

The selection of appropriate outcome measures is essential to the design of clinical trials of the prevention or treatment of acute renal failure in critically ill patients. In ...