Browsing by Author "Ahuja, Nilesh"

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    Early peritoneal dialysis reduces lung inflammation in mice with ischemic acute kidney injury
    (Elsevier, 2017-08) Altmann, Chris; Ahuja, Nilesh; Kiekhaefer, Carol M.; Andres Hernando, Ana; Okamura, Kayo; Bhargava, Rhea; Duplantis, Jane; Kirkbride-Romero, Lara A.; Huckles, Jill; Fox, Benjamin M.; Kahn, Kashfi; Soranno, Danielle E.; Gil, Hyo-wook; Teitelbaum, Isaac; Faubel, Sarah; Pediatrics, School of Medicine
    Although dialysis has been used in the care of patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) for over 50 years, very little is known about the potential benefits of uremic control on systemic complications of AKI. Since the mortality of AKI requiring renal replacement therapy (RRT) is greater than half in the intensive care unit, a better understanding of the potential of RRT to improve outcomes is urgently needed. Therefore, we sought to develop a technically feasible and reproducible model of RRT in a mouse model of AKI. Models of low- and high-dose peritoneal dialysis (PD) were developed and their effect on AKI, systemic inflammation, and lung injury after ischemic AKI was examined. High-dose PD had no effect on AKI, but effectively cleared serum IL-6, and dramatically reduced lung inflammation, while low-dose PD had no effect on any of these three outcomes. Both models of RRT using PD in AKI in mice reliably lowered urea in a dose-dependent fashion. Thus, use of these models of PD in mice with AKI has great potential to unravel the mechanisms by which RRT may improve the systemic complications that have led to increased mortality in AKI. In light of recent data demonstrating reduced serum IL-6 and improved outcomes with prophylactic PD in children, we believe that our results are highly clinically relevant.
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    Prolonged acute kidney injury exacerbates lung inflammation at 7 days post‐acute kidney injury
    (Wiley, 2014-07-22) Andres-Hernando, Ana; Altmann, Christopher; Bhargava, Rhea; Okamura, Kayo; Bacalja, Jasna; Hunter, Brandi; Ahuja, Nilesh; Soranno, Danielle; Faubel, Sarah; Pediatrics, School of Medicine
    Patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) have increased mortality; data suggest that the duration, not just severity, of AKI predicts increased mortality. Animal models suggest that AKI is a multisystem disease that deleteriously affects the lungs, heart, brain, intestine, and liver; notably, these effects have only been examined within 48 h, and longer term effects are unknown. In this study, we examined the longer term systemic effects of AKI, with a focus on lung injury. Mice were studied 7 days after an episode of ischemic AKI (22 min of renal pedicle clamping and then reperfusion) and numerous derangements were present including (1) lung inflammation; (2) increased serum proinflammatory cytokines; (3) liver injury; and (4) increased muscle catabolism. Since fluid overload may cause respiratory complications post-AKI and fluid management is a critical component of post-AKI care, we investigated various fluid administration strategies in the development of lung inflammation post-AKI. Four different fluid strategies were tested - 100, 500, 1000, or 2000 μL of saline administered subcutaneously daily for 7 days. Interestingly, at 7 days post-AKI, the 1000 and 2000 μL fluid groups had less severe AKI and less severe lung inflammation versus the 100 and 500 μL groups. In summary, our data demonstrate that appropriate fluid management after an episode of ischemic AKI led to both (1) faster recovery of kidney function and (2) significantly reduced lung inflammation, consistent with the notion that interventions to shorten AKI duration have the potential to reduce complications and improve patient outcomes.