Adults who drink large amounts of coffee are less at risk for incident AKI compared with those who never drink coffee.
“Our data support chronic coffee consumption as an opportunity for cardiorenal protection through diet, particularly for the prevention of AKI hospitalizations or procedures,” Kalie L. Tommerdahl, MD, of the department of pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital Colorado and University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Colorado, and colleagues wrote. “Larger studies evaluating the effects of coffee consumption on kidney perfusion and oxygenation in