Acute Kidney Failure

Reports summarize acute kidney failure study results from University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Published in Medical Device Law Weekly, December 17th, 2006

Researchers detail in "Effects of isoflurane, pentobarbital, and urethane on apoptosis and apoptotic signal transduction in rat kidney," new data in acute kidney failure. "Renal cell apoptosis contributes significantly to the pathogenesis of acute renal failure. Anesthetic agents have been shown to modulate apoptotic signal transduction in various tissues," scientists in the United States report.

"We examined the effects of 6 h of different general anesthetic techniques on renal cell apoptosis in rat kidneys. Twenty-one male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly allocated into four groups: (i) control, non-anesthetized rats (n=3) and rats anesthetized with (ii) inhaled...

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Source: Medical Device Law Weekly (2006-12-17)

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