Brief dialysis may be best for patients with acute kidney injury Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli22 Jan 2024 8:00 AM ISTPatients with acute kidney injury requiring outpatient dialysis after hospital discharge receive the same care as those with the more common end-stage...
Eculizumab Mitigates Long-Term Kidney Damage in Pediatric Patients Jacinthlyn Sylvia22 Sept 2023 8:00 PM ISTShiga toxin-related hemolytic uremic syndrome (STEC-HUS), a rare and severe condition primarily affecting children, has long posed a significant...
Valganciclovir or preemptive therapy, which is better for preventing CMV infection in kidney transplant recipients? Medha Baranwal13 March 2023 8:00 PM ISTCzech Republic: The use of valganciclovir prophylaxis among kidney transplant recipients did not result in a significantly lower incidence of acute...
Empagliflozin promising in hyponatremia induced by Chronic Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuresis Dr Kartikeya Kohli10 Feb 2023 11:30 AM ISTSwitzerland: According to clinical research on acid-base and electrolyte disorders, the sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor...
Intensive BP control can delay kidney replacement therapy in Stage 4/5 CKD Dr.Niharika Harsha B23 Jan 2023 8:00 PM ISTRecent research found that intensive blood pressure control has a beneficial effect of delaying kidney replacement therapy in stage 4 and 5 chronic...
Study provides reassuring data on the risk of kidney disease relapse after COVID-19 vaccination Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli1 Dec 2022 8:00 PM ISTSeveral reports have described a relapse of certain autoimmune kidney diseases in patients after they've received COVID-19 vaccines, but it's unclear...
Kidney disease relapse after COVID-19 vaccination: JASN Study Isra Zaman5 Nov 2022 9:45 AM ISTPeople with glomerular diseases-a group of autoimmune kidney disease that often require long-term treatment with medications that suppress the...
Dietary potassium intake linked with blood potassium concentration in patients with CKD: study Dr. Shravani Dali15 Sept 2022 9:15 AM ISTDietary potassium intake is linked with blood potassium concentration in patients with CKD according to a recent study published in the Journal of...
Rosuvastatin linked with signs of kidney damage in real world data Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli21 July 2022 1:30 PM ISTStatins can effectively lower high cholesterol, and many individuals take rosuvastatin, one member of this drug class. New research based on patient...
Patients receiving dialysis at higher risk of dying in hurricanes: Study Jacinthlyn Sylvia18 July 2022 8:00 PM ISTUSA: Patients requiring maintenance dialysis are at a greater risk of mortality in 30 days following a hurricane, says an article published in the...
COVID-19 vaccination protects adults on dialysis against infection and severe disease Hina Zahid19 March 2022 9:00 AM ISTWashington, DC - Multiple studies have shown that individuals with kidney failure who are undergoing dialysis mount weaker antibody responses after...
Obesity may increase risk of kidney failure in patients with glomerulonephritis MD Editorial Team18 Nov 2021 9:00 AM ISTBetween 1975 and 2020, global obesity climbed nearly thrice. Many investigations revealed an increase in obesity-related kidney disease, the majority...
