USA Acute tubular necrosis (ATN) is the most common cause of acute kidney injury in both native and transplant kidneys. The severity and the long- and short-term outcomes in ATN may be affected by ...

renal tubule epithelial cells are highly predictive of acute tubular necrosis and can help to exclude prerenal acute kidney injury, seen in postoperative patients who may be hypovolemic secondary ...

it is interesting that these tests make biological sense as they differentiate AIN from other causes such as prerenal azotemia and acute tubular necrosis," Parikh says. The study consisted of two ...