Six in 10 Heart Failure Patients Readmitted Within One Year
FRIDAY, March 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Among heart failure patients, hospital readmission...
Nephrology
CKD Patient Education Motivates Changes for Reducing Disease Progression
Management of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a particular focus in East London, England, which...
Estimated GFR Slope in Kidney Transplant Patients: When the Error Is Random.
The evaluation of renal function changes over time is crucial in day-to-day renal transplant care and a major outcome in clinical trials. Little is known about the reliability of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in...
Risk Prediction for Delayed Allograft Function: Analysis of The Deterioration of Kidney Allograft Function (Dekaf) Study Data.
Delayed graft function (DGF) of a kidney transplant results in increased cost and complexity of management. For clinical care or a DGF trial, it would be ideal to accurately predict individual DGF risk and provide preemptive...
Risk factors, histopathological features and graft outcome of transplant glomerulopathy in the absence of donor-specific HLA antibodies.
Transplant glomerulopathy is established as a hallmark of chronic antibody-mediated rejection in kidney transplant patients with donor-specific HLA antibodies (HLA-DSA). The clinical importance of transplant glomerulopathy in...
Sodium-glucose transporter 2 inhibitors for renal and cardiovascular protection in US adults with type 2 diabetes: impact of the 2020 KDIGO clinical practice guidelines.
Sodium glucose transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2-i) reduce renal and cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and their use is recommended by the 2020 KDIGO guidelines in patients with T2D and chronic kidney...
Thoracic Outlet Decompression for Subclavian Venous Stenosis after Ipsilateral Hemodialysis Access Creation.
Central venous stenosis (CVS) is one of the most challenging complications in hemodialysis patients. Venous thoracic outlet syndrome (vTOS) is an underappreciated cause of CVS in a dialysis patient which may result in failed...
Antenatal iron supplementation, FGF23, and bone metabolism in Kenyan women and their offspring: secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial.
Fibroblast growth factor-23 (FGF23) regulates body phosphate homeostasis primarily by increasing phosphaturia. It also acts as a vitamin D-regulating hormone. Maternal iron deficiency is associated with perturbed expression...
Using iron-based phosphate binders in phosphate reduction and anemia improvement in patients receiving dialysis: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
A study was conducted to determine whether iron-based phosphate binders (IBPBs) need to be preferred for hyperphosphatemia and anemia management in patients on dialysis.For this meta-analysis, we searched PubMed, Embase, and...
DNA repair gene polymorphisms and chromosomal aberrations in healthy, nonsmoking population.
Nonspecific structural chromosomal aberrations (CAs) can be found at around 1% of circulating lymphocytes from healthy individuals but the frequency may be higher after exposure to carcinogenic chemicals or radiation. The...
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Nephrology Fellow Training and Well-Being in the United States: A National Survey.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic’s effects on nephrology fellows’ educational experiences, preparedness for practice, and emotional wellbeing are unknown.We recruited current adult and pediatric...
Terlipressin Bests Placebo in Type 1 Hepatorenal Syndrome
THURSDAY, March 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) — For patients with type 1 hepatorenal syndrome...
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