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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A recently published study found primary care physicians prescribed nephrotoxic medications to children with ...

The use of iodinated contrast medium can result in nephropathy. Whether iso-osmolar contrast medium is less nephrotoxic than low-osmolar contrast medium in high-risk patients is uncertain. We ...

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 ...

Acute tubular necrosis (ATN) is the most frequent cause of acute kidney injury. It most often results from taking medications that can injure the kidneys, an insufficient blood supply to the kidneys, ...

Drug-induced acute kidney injury (AKI) frequently develops in hospitalized patients receiving nephrotoxic therapy.

Nephrotoxic medications for patients on dialysis Can drugs that are contraindicated in patients with severe renal impairment be used in individuals with ESRD who are actively receiving hemodialysis?

Credit: istockphoto Two-thirds of studied patients were exposed to nephrotoxic medications, which was identified as a risk factor for RRT initiation. Nephrotoxic medication exposure was the only risk ...