Uric Acid Thresholds That Predict Risk of Kidney Failure, Death Identified
The relationship between current serum uric acid levels and death followed a U-shape.
The relationship between current serum uric acid levels and death followed a U-shape.
A dietary pattern that meets patients’ protein and other nutrient needs provides long-term success for kidney health.
Histologic lesions in the kidney may reflect systemic processes that lead to cardiovascular events, according to investigators.
Calciphylaxis treatment should include a multimodal approach with a focus on supportive care, infection prevention, pain management, and wound healing.
Daprodustat is an oral hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor.
The OPTN policy revision may increase some Black kidney candidates’ total waiting time, which is a major factor in their transplant priority for organ offers.
The update reflects advances in hepatitis C management, such as antiviral therapy, increased use of hepatitis C kidney grafts, and treatment of glomerular diseases associated with the virus.
Blocking the endothelin pathway could represent a new mode of action to lower blood pressure in resistant hypertension, according to investigators.
Practices need to look at all opportunities for preserving kidney function, according to the director of the Kidney Nutrition Institute.
Findings were consistent for patients aged 80 years or older and patients with chronic kidney disease, who are often underrepresented in clinical trials.