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- Lakhmir S Chawla.
- Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 3550 La Jolla Village Drive, San Diego, CA, USA. minkchawla@gmail.com.
- Crit Care. 2022 Apr 28; 26 (1): 116116.
AbstractPreclinical models of acute kidney injury (AKI) consistently demonstrate that a uremic milieu enhances renal recovery and decreases kidney fibrosis. Similarly, significant decreases in monocyte/macrophage infiltration, complement levels, and other markers of inflammation in the injured kidney are observed across multiple studies and species. In essence, decreased renal clearance has the surprising and counterintuitive effect of being an effective treatment for AKI. In this Perspective, the author suggests a hypothesis describing why the uremic milieu is kidney protective and proposes a clinical trial of 'permissive azotemia' to improve renal recovery and long-term renal outcomes in critically ill patients with severe AKI.© 2022. The Author(s).
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