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John A. Kellum is a researcher affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States, specializing in the field of medicine with a focus on nephrology. Their body of work spans over 500 publications, encompassing critical subfields such as nephrology, epidemiology, surgery, critical care and intensive care medicine, and emergency medicine.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Acute Kidney Injury Research
  • Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
  • Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation
  • Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy
  • Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
  • Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes

Frequent publication venues for Kellum's research include:

  • Critical Care
  • Intensive Care Medicine
  • Blood Purification
  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Nature Reviews Nephrology

Kellum has collaborated extensively with several researchers, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Alexander Zarbock
  • Marlies Ostermann
  • Claudio Ronco
  • Lui G. Forni
  • Ravindra L. Mehta

Selected recent publications by John A. Kellum include:

  • "Acute kidney injury" (2021) published in Nature Reviews Disease Primers
  • "COVID-19-associated acute kidney injury: consensus report of the 25th Acute Disease Quality Initiative (ADQI) Workgroup" (2020) published in Nature Reviews Nephrology
  • "Mitochondria ROS and mitophagy in acute kidney injury" (2022) published in Autophagy
  • "Recommendations on Acute Kidney Injury Biomarkers From the Acute Disease Quality Initiative Consensus Conference" (2020) published in JAMA Network Open
  • "Controversies in acute kidney injury: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Conference" (2020) published in Kidney International

Throughout their career, Kellum has contributed significantly to understanding acute kidney injury, its biomarkers, and clinical implications in critical care settings. Their work also explores associated conditions, such as sepsis and chronic kidney disease, providing data relevant for diagnosis and treatment strategies in both acute and chronic scenarios.

Best Publications

  • Acute renal failure - definition, outcome measures, animal models, fluid therapy and information technology needs: the Second International Consensus Conference of the Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative (ADQI) Group.

    Rinaldo Bellomo;Claudio Ronco;John A Kellum;Ravindra L Mehta

  • Acute Kidney Injury Network: Report of an Initiative to Improve Outcomes in Acute Kidney Injury

    Ravindra L Mehta;John A Kellum;Sudhir V Shah;Bruce A Molitoris

  • Acute Renal Failure in Critically Ill Patients: A Multinational, Multicenter Study

    Shigehiko Uchino;John A Kellum;Rinaldo Bellomo;Gordon S Doig

  • Kidney disease: Improving global outcomes (KDIGO) acute kidney injury work group. KDIGO clinical practice guideline for acute kidney injury

    John A. Kellum;Norbert Lameire;Peter Aspelin;Rashad S. Barsoum

  • A Randomized Trial of Protocol-Based Care for Early Septic Shock

    Donald M. Yealy;John A. Kellum;David T. Huang;Lisa A. Weissfeld

  • Epidemiology of acute kidney injury in critically ill patients: the multinational AKI-EPI study

    Eric A.J. Hoste;Eric A.J. Hoste;Eric A.J. Hoste;Sean M. Bagshaw;Rinaldo Bellomo;Cynthia M. Cely

  • Diagnosis, evaluation, and management of acute kidney injury: a KDIGO summary (Part 1).

    John A Kellum;Norbert Lameire

  • Acute kidney injury

    Rinaldo Bellomo;John A Kellum;Claudio Ronco

  • Intensity of renal support in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury

    Paul M. Palevsky;Jane Hongyuan Zhang;Theresa Z. O'Connor;Glenn M. Chertow

  • RIFLE criteria for acute kidney injury are associated with hospital mortality in critically ill patients: a cohort analysis.

    Eric A J Hoste;Eric A J Hoste;Gilles Clermont;Alexander Kersten;Ramesh Venkataraman

  • Acute kidney disease and renal recovery: consensus report of the Acute Disease Quality Initiative (ADQI) 16 Workgroup

    Lakhmir S. Chawla;Rinaldo Bellomo;Azra Bihorac;Stuart L. Goldstein

  • Global epidemiology and outcomes of acute kidney injury

    Eric A. J. Hoste;John A. Kellum;Nicholas M. Selby;Alexander Zarbock

  • Derivation, Validation, and Potential Treatment Implications of Novel Clinical Phenotypes for Sepsis.

    Christopher W. Seymour;Jason N. Kennedy;Shu Wang;Chung-Chou H. Chang

  • Discovery and validation of cell cycle arrest biomarkers in human acute kidney injury.

    Kianoush B Kashani;Ali Al-Khafaji;Thomas Ardiles;Antonio Artigas

  • Effect of Early vs Delayed Initiation of Renal Replacement Therapy on Mortality in Critically Ill Patients With Acute Kidney Injury: The ELAIN Randomized Clinical Trial

    Alexander Zarbock;John A. Kellum;Christoph Schmidt;Hugo Van Aken

  • Acute kidney injury: an increasing global concern

    Norbert H Lameire;Arvind Bagga;Dinna Cruz;Jan De Maeseneer

  • Findings of the first consensus conference on medical emergency teams.

    Michael A DeVita;Rinaldo Bellomo;Kenneth Hillman;John A Kellum

  • Septic Acute Kidney Injury in Critically Ill Patients: Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes

    Sean M. Bagshaw;Sean M. Bagshaw;Shigehiko Uchino;Shigehiko Uchino;Rinaldo Bellomo;Hiroshi Morimatsu

  • Acute kidney injury from sepsis: current concepts, epidemiology, pathophysiology, prevention and treatment.

    Sadudee Peerapornratana;Carlos L. Manrique-Caballero;Hernando Gómez;John A. Kellum

  • Hepatorenal syndrome: the 8th international consensus conference of the Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative (ADQI) Group

    Mitra K Nadim;John A. Kellum;Andrew Davenport;Florence Wong

Frequent Co-Authors

Claudio Ronco
Claudio Ronco University of Padua
Rinaldo Bellomo
Rinaldo Bellomo Monash University
Derek C. Angus
Derek C. Angus University of Pittsburgh
Ravindra L. Mehta
Ravindra L. Mehta University of California, San Diego
Eric Hoste
Eric Hoste Ghent University Hospital
Sean M. Bagshaw
Sean M. Bagshaw University of Alberta
Andrew D. Shaw
Andrew D. Shaw University of Alberta
Michael R. Pinsky
Michael R. Pinsky University of Pittsburgh
Marlies Ostermann
Marlies Ostermann King's College London
Alexander Zarbock
Alexander Zarbock University of Münster

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