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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Drug-induced nephrotoxicity is one of the primary causes of drug failure, as predictions of kidney toxicity during new drug development are still inaccurate. Early detection is critical for reducing ...

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 ...

Kidney damage is usually detected at advanced stages. Healthy lifestyle, keeping diabetes and blood pressure under check, and regular tests can help prevent it. Acute Renal (Kidney) Failure- Causes, ...

(a) Control; (b, c) Treatment with ACV (150 mg/kg); (d, e, f) Supplementation with NAC (25 mg/kg), NAC (50 mg/kg), and NAC (100 mg/kg), respectively. R, normal renal tubule; N, tubular necrosis; G, ...

Source: Shutterstock Researchers compared the nephrotoxicity of VEGF tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) therapy alone, the combination of a VEGF TKI and an immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI), and ICI-ICI ...