Tag: Kidney Problems: Misc.

For patients with stage 4 chronic kidney disease and poorly controlled hypertension, addition of low dose of chlorthalidone improves BP control

For each 1-degree Celsius increase in daily mean temperature, estimated risk for hospitalization for renal diseases increased by 0.9 percent

Racial/ethnic disparities in time from dialysis initiation to transplantation mitigated by 2014 Kidney Allocation System

Kidney came from pig genetically engineered to grow an organ with a low risk for being rejected by the human body

Two studies describe strategies for estimating glomerular filtration rate without the use of race in the equations

Removing race from CKD-EPI will calculate lower eGFR for Black patients and exclude more from receiving chemo

Secondary analysis of randomized trial shows no difference in progression of KDIGO risk scores with daily vitamin D versus placebo

Potential referral volume could be reduced if referral was restricted to patients with predicted risk ≥1 percent in addition to laboratory criteria

Pooled data show roxadustat versus placebo increases hemoglobin levels with an acceptable profile for cardiovascular safety

Variabilities in metabolic syndrome components linked to prognosis, with worse prognosis for more components with high variability