Acute kidney injury linked to increased risk of dementia
Alzheimer's dementia, vascular dementia and Lewy body dementia were all associated with AKI in the Swedish study.
Acute kidney injury can increase the risk of a subsequent dementia diagnosis by more than 50%, a population-based cohort study suggests.
Preclinical studies have previously identified biochemical and pathological changes in the brain associated with acute kidney injury (AKI), according to the researchers from Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet.
