Tag: Kidney Problems: Misc.

Adults receiving proton pump inhibitors have increased risk for acute kidney injury requiring dialysis following cardiac surgery

Steno Type 1 Risk Engine predicts substantial reduction in risks for CVD, ESKD with SGLT2i as adjunct therapy for type 1 diabetes

Randomized, open-label, phase 3 trials conducted in patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing, not undergoing dialysis

For patients with stage 4 chronic kidney disease and poorly controlled hypertension, addition of low dose of chlorthalidone improves BP control

For each 1-degree Celsius increase in daily mean temperature, estimated risk for hospitalization for renal diseases increased by 0.9 percent

Racial/ethnic disparities in time from dialysis initiation to transplantation mitigated by 2014 Kidney Allocation System

Kidney came from pig genetically engineered to grow an organ with a low risk for being rejected by the human body

Two studies describe strategies for estimating glomerular filtration rate without the use of race in the equations

Removing race from CKD-EPI will calculate lower eGFR for Black patients and exclude more from receiving chemo

Secondary analysis of randomized trial shows no difference in progression of KDIGO risk scores with daily vitamin D versus placebo