With the whole world focused on—one might say obsessed with—the World Cup, we find ourselves thinking about the role of referees in sport and medicine. The general consensus is that they are needed to ...

Blood clots are thought to occur in as many as a third of patients hospitalized with COVID-19. In many cases these clots can be deadly, such as pulmonary embolisms—blood clots that travel to the lungs ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Acute kidney injury is a frequent complication following hematopoietic cell transplantation. Risk factors ...

In a study, AKI risk was 3- to 4-fold higher among patients with the highest vs lowest suPAR levels. Elevated levels of soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR), a signaling ...

A new observational study finds patients in the hospital for COVID-19 have high levels of soluble urokinase receptor (suPAR), an immune-derived pathogenic protein that is strongly predictive of kidney ...

Scientists have improved their understanding of kidney failure for patients that possess high levels of suPAR protein (soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor). Researchers studied suPAR ...

August 29, 2012 — An elevation in soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) levels may predict case fatality and is associated with severe sepsis among patients admitted to the ...

Kidney injury is a dreaded complication in patients hospitalized for COVID-19, with more than a third of patients ending up in need of dialysis. Patients with COVID-19-related kidney injury are also ...

A study from a COVID-19 cohort reveals an additional link between the immune system and blood clots, which could improve the treatment of critical illnesses. Blood clots are thought to occur in as ...