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Patients with an emergency department discharge with acute kidney injury have increased mortality compared to those with no acute kidney injury

Worse Outcome for Discharge From ER With Acute Kidney Injury

Lower mortality for emergency department discharge versus hospitalization with acute kidney injury
For hemodialysis patients

Thyroid Status Linked to Impaired HRQoL in Dialysis Patients

Higher TSH levels linked to lower role limitations due to energy/fatigue, physical function, pain
Severely impaired left ventricular global longitudinal strain is associated with worse prognosis in predialysis and dialysis patients

Mortality Up With Impaired LV Global Longitudinal Strain in CKD

Worse prognosis for patients with severely impaired left ventricular global longitudinal strain
In a case report published online June 29 in the Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics

Nephrotic Syndrome Reported With Everolimus, Voriconazole

Case report of patient with relapsed Hodgkin's lymphoma treated with everolimus for five years
Suboptimal kidneys from older donors with health problems perform much better than expected

Doctors May Be Discarding Viable Donor Kidneys

Study found suboptimal organs prolonged lives and were a much better option than dialysis

June 2017 Briefing – Nephrology

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Nephrology for June 2017. This roundup includes the latest...
For patients with diabetes and chronic kidney disease

Tryptophan May Be Marker for Diabetic Nephropathy

Lower level of tryptophan, especially below 44.20 µM related to rapid decline in eGFR
Plasma suPAR levels independently predict renal function decline in individuals with apolipoprotein L1 risk variants

suPAR Protein Levels Impact CKD Risk With APOL1 Variants

Risk reduced with lower levels of plasma suPAR, strengthened by higher levels
For patients with end-stage renal disease

Rate of Hip Fracture Declining in End-Stage Renal Disease

From 2003 to 2011 there was a decrease in hip fracture rate, in-hospital mortality after hip fracture
Serum levels of soluble receptor for advanced glycation end products are associated with the risk of developing incident diabetic nephropathy in individuals with type 1 diabetes

sRAGE Linked to Risk of Incident Diabetic Nephropathy

Independent link seen for soluble receptor for advanced glycation end products, but not for CML