KIMS Doctors remove 12 kg polycystic liver from 50-year-old woman Kajal Rajput9 Dec 2022 3:45 PM ISTHyderabad: A liver weighing 12 kg is too preposterous a thought and hard to believe even by the best of medical brains. And if the patient is a woman...
Hypertension crisis, the first symptom of renovascular hypertension in children? Medha Baranwal9 Dec 2022 10:15 AM ISTChina: Most renovascular hypertension (RVH) patients with hypertensive crisis (HTN-C) as the first symptom, particularly in males over six years,...
Atrasentan reduces triglycerides, albuminuria, and LDL-C in patients with type 2 diabetes and CKD Medha Baranwal8 Dec 2022 8:00 PM ISTNetherlands: In high-risk patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and CKD (chronic kidney disease), atrasentan provides cardioprotection, is the...
Half of patients with low-grade proteinuria develop treatable lupus nephritis within two years Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli8 Dec 2022 10:15 AM ISTNew research presented this week at ACR Convergence 2022, the American College of Rheumatology's annual meeting, found that 50% of people with...
HbA1C to be lower than 7% to cut down complications in type 1 diabetes patients: Study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli8 Dec 2022 10:00 AM ISTAccording to a new study HbA1C levels should be lower than 7% to cut down complications among patients of type 1 diabetes.People with diabetes may...
Combo of SGLT2 and ACE inhibitors reduces risk of cardiorenal complications: Circulation Medha Baranwal7 Dec 2022 7:30 PM ISTEmpagliflozin addition to ramipril, betters surrogate measures of kidney protection in patients with uncomplicated type 1 diabetes and preserved...
Conservative management vs. dialysis for preventing hospitalizations in patients with advanced kidney diseases and different ethnicities Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli7 Dec 2022 11:30 AM ISTFor some individuals with advanced kidney disease, dialysis may not be the optimal treatment strategy for their condition, and these patients may be...
Personalized kidney screening in type 1 diabetes tied to early detection and reduced testing frequency Medha Baranwal7 Dec 2022 11:00 AM ISTUSA: Adopting a personalized approach alternative to annual screening for patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) can considerably reduce the frequency of...
Intravenous vs Oral Iron not tied with increased CKD Risk individuals with normal kidney function Dr. Shravani Dali5 Dec 2022 8:00 PM ISTIntravenous (IV) vs oral iron therapy is not associated with a higher risk for new-onset chronic kidney disease (CKD) among individuals with normal...
Sarcopenic obesity elevates risk of CKD among diabetes patients Dr. Shravani Dali4 Dec 2022 8:00 PM ISTSarcopenic obesity elevates risk of CKD among diabetes patients suggests a recent study published in the ObesityThis study aimed to investigate the...
Are non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants feasible for patients with atrial fibrillation on hemodialysis? Medha Baranwal4 Dec 2022 8:00 PM ISTGermany: A recent study comparing apixaban and vitamin K antagonist (VKA) in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients on hemodialysis revealed no differences...
ACE Inhibitors reduce CV, renal, and mortality events independent of associated hyperkalemia Jacinthlyn Sylvia3 Dec 2022 10:15 AM ISTA new study published in Clinical Journal of American Society of Nephrology suggests that regardless of short-term changes in serum potassium levels,...
