Acute kidney injury (AKI) is the sudden onset of kidney failure or kidney damage that happens within a few hours or days.
AKI causes a build-up of waste products in the blood making it hard for the kidneys to keep the right balance of fluid in the body.
AKI can affect other organs such as the brain, heart, and lungs. Acute kidney injury is common in older patients and who are in intensive care units.
Do you know someone who has made a significant contribution to kidney care? The ISN Awards are a chance to recognize an individual's role in advancing global kidney health in line with the ISN’s mission. Find out more about ISN Awards here. The deadline to submit nominations for the ISN 2023 Awards is now September 26, 2022. Send all nominations,...
The ISN will be present at the 19th International Pediatric Nephrology Association (IPNA) congress in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, from September 7-11, 2022. Delegates can visit the ISN at our exhibition booth, or connect with us online here. ISN President Agnes Fogo will present 'Tubulo-glomerular Cross Talk' during the 'Plenary State of the Art #1 session' on...
The ISN warmly congratulates these newly-appointed ISN Fellows. Get to know our new ISN Fellows here. These doctors from eight countries will spend between three and twelve months training at host centers worldwide, where they will receive hands-on training in their specialty area. Most training will take place in an ISN Regional Training Center. Once trained, ISN...
Participants are instructed on point-of-care ultrasound at a workshop at the ISN Ambassadors training program in Egypt An ISN Educational Ambassadors (EA) training program was held at Dikirnis Central Hospital in Dakahlia, Egypt, in July. The sessions, led by ISN Educational Ambassador Prof. Ahmed Akl, and Dr. Ahmed Albeyaly, director of Dakahlia Ministry of Health, nephrology sector,...
Have your patients inspired you? Admire tireless colleagues? Tell their story! Stories of kidney health challenges and the resilience needed to face them raise awareness of the impact of poor kidney health on those living with kidney diseases. The ISN invites its members to film a short account of people living with or treating kidney diseases. You don’t have...
By Wing-Shing Fung, on behalf of the ISN Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) 2022 cohort* Climate change is the biggest health threat humanity is currently facing [1], and its impact on health is devastating. Indeed, climate change is expected to cause approximately 250,000 additional deaths per year between 2030 and 2050 [2]. The global temperature has...
Are you planning a research project but need help with statistics? Access the new chapter here. This narrative-based chapter of the Clinical Trials (ISN-ACT) Toolkit guides you through key statistical concepts to help you identify variables and use a design study best suited to the data type and target population. The fictional narrative addresses: Descriptive and inferential statistics Primary...
From Oral Anticoagulants in Kidney Disease to the Future of Dialysis – Access all #ISNTweetorials here. Watch a recording of the tweetorial on liver-kidney disease here. Take the quiz "Liver and the Kidneys – the Love and the Hate."
Participants at the Saving Young Lives workshop held at the ISPD congress As part of the ISPD congress program, the Saving Young Lives (SYL) Project welcomed 27 participants from South Asia and the Oceania and Southeast Asia (OSEA) regions to a two-day workshop. The workshop included lectures and a hands-on practical session where catheter insertion was demonstrated,...
The ISN Frontiers Meeting in New Delhi, India, will take place from September 22-25, 2022. The theme is bi-directional relationships between infections and kidney diseases. Register for the meeting at the regular price by midnight CEST, August 24, 2022, here. Explore highlights from the scientific program from Frontiers Meeting-New Delhi Chairs Vivekananad Jha and Saraladevi Naicker: Days...
The ISN Frontiers Meeting on bi-directional relationships between infections and kidney diseases will take place in New Delhi, India, from September 22-25, 2022. Only two days left to register for the meeting at the regular price here. The deadline is midnight CEST, August 24. We asked Frontiers Meeting New-Delhi Chair Saraladevi Naicker to tell us about...
The ISN Frontiers Meeting "Infections and the Kidneys" is planned as an in-person event in New Delhi. The ISN continues to monitor the global COVID-19 situation and opportunities to follow the program online are available for those whose travel is restricted by the pandemic. Find out more here. The final format of the ISN Frontiers Meeting...
The ISN Frontiers Meeting on bi-directional relationships between infections and kidney diseases will take place in New Delhi, India, from September 22-25, 2022. Register for the meeting at the regular price until midnight CEST, August 24, here. We asked ISN Past President and Frontiers Meeting New Delhi Chair Vivekanand Jha about the event's program: Why is...
The ISN World Congress of Nephrology 2023 (WCN’23) will be held from March 30 – April 2 in Bangkok, Thailand. The ISN invites authors to submit their abstracts to WCN’23. Submit your abstract here. All accepted abstracts will be displayed as posters at the congress – one of the world's largest kidney care events – and published...
Workshop participants and course presenters at the SYL workshop at Universidad de Los Andes in Bogota, Colombia Course presenters Guillermo Hidalgo and Bill Smoyer welcomed 18 participants from Central and South America to the two-day Saving Young Lives Project (SYL) workshop held at Universidad de Los Andes in Bogota, Colombia, at the end of June....
The IACN-ISN-HKSN Scholarship supports young nephrologists to train in clinical nephrology for three months in China, including Hong Kong. The grant is a joint initiative from the International Association of Chinese Nephrologists (IACN), the ISN, and the Hong Kong Society of Nephrology (HKSN). Applications are available in Chinese. Find out more and apply here by...
ISN Fellowship grants are open to young ISN members from lower, lower-middle and upper-middle income countries. The deadline to apply is October 1, 2022 – apply here. Successful applicants receive high-quality, hands-on training for up to 12 months at a host center. Former ISN Fellow Muhammad Mohsin Riaz went on to open the first peritoneal dialysis center...
The kidney stone course is designed to assist healthcare providers to: recognize the burden of kidney stones understand the causes of kidney stone formation understand preventative treatments Access the course content here. The course comprises webinars and videos on: why kidney stones form nutrition and kidney stone disease metabolic evaluation of people with kidney diseases pharmacological treatment of metabolic abnormalities related to kidney...
WIN-India (Women in Nephrology, India) is hosting the first annual chapter of WIN ICON 2022 from August 13-14, 2022, in Hyderabad, India. The conference will be a two-day hybrid event with a scientific program of diverse topics by national and international faculty. Several ISN Regional Board and Supporting Group chairs and deputy chairs will attend...
More than 200 delegates from 51 countries joined us over the three days at the ISN Frontiers Meeting in Bergamo, Italy, at the end of June. The event had a significant online reach attaining 6.5 million impressions. A global panel of clinical and scientific experts presented three days of specialty content at the meeting on ‘Complement-related kidney...
