Ching-Chun Su, Jui-Yi Chen, Sheng-Yin Chen, Chih-Chung Shiao, Javier A Neyra, Ryo Matsuura, Eisei Noiri, Emily See, Yih-Ting Chen, Cheng-Kai Hsu, Heng-Chih Pan, Chih-Hsiang Chang, Mitchell H Rosner, Vin-Cent Wu
BACKGROUND: Acute kidney disease (AKD) defines the period after kidney damage and it is a critical period of both repair and fibrotic pathways. However, the outcomes of patients with AKD have not been well-defined. METHODS: In this meta-analysis, PubMed, Embase, Cochrane and China National Knowledge Infrastructure were searched on July 31,2022. We excluded studies including patients undergoing kidney replacement therapy at enrollment. The data was used to conduct a random-effects model for pool outcomes between patients with AKD and non-AKD (NKD)...
January 2023: EClinicalMedicine