Nephrology Newsletter

Roadmap Developed for Resuming Elective Surgery During COVID-19

Posted by Physicians Weekly | Apr 27, 2020

Sustained drop in rate of new COVID-19 cases for at least 14 days required to resume elective surgery

72-Hours After Acute Kidney Injury Dx Critical for Prognosis

Posted by Physicians Weekly | Apr 20, 2020

Longer time to resolve means greater risk of major adverse kidney events The timing of functional recovery from acute kidney injury is associated with the risk of future adverse events, researchers found.Pavan K. Bhatraju, MD,...

Warfarin No Benefit for ESRD Patients with AFib, Increases Hemorrhagic Stroke Risk

Posted by Physicians Weekly | Apr 20, 2020

Anticoagulant also failed to protect against ischemic stroke or improve mortality The use of warfarin in patients with end-stage-renal disease (ESRD) and atrial fibrillation (AF) did not prevent ischemic stroke nor did it...

Acute Kidney Injury Seems to Promote Renal Cell Carcinoma

Posted by Physicians Weekly | Apr 7, 2020

AKI promotes the development of papillary renal cell carcinoma from single progenitors

Epidemiology, risk factors across the spectrum of age-related metabolic diseases.

Posted by admin | Apr 6, 2020

Population aging is dynamic process of increasing proportion of older adults in the total population, which is an inescapable result of decline in fertility rate and extension in life expectancy. Inevitably, age-related...

Controversial aspects of testosterone in the regulation of sexual function in late onset hypogonadism.

Posted by admin | Apr 6, 2020

Testosterone (T) plays a pivotal role in coordinating a series of psychological, cognitive and physical events that might (or might not) culminate in male sexual activity. In fact, T deficiency is associated, in a statistically...