Credit: Thinkstock Patients with CKD also should reduce intake of ultra-processed foods. Latest update gives greater weight to the significance of diet in managing chronic kidney disease. The Kidney ...

Bicarbonate use vs nonuse by patients with incident CKD is associated with a 1.5-fold higher risk for incident end-stage kidney disease in a fully adjusted model. Oral bicarbonate use by patients ...

US veterans who transition to dialysis are 22% and 43% less likely to be referred to palliative and hospital care, respectively, than those managed conservatively. Patients with advanced chronic ...

A study documents poor outcomes among hospitalized patients with kidney failure and critical limb ischemia who did not receive dialysis. Critical limb ischemia is common among patients with end ...

During a 30-year span from 1990 to 2019, the nationwide incidence of chronic kidney disease increased by 39%. The incidence and prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) has increased ...

Investigators reported an upward trend in the prevalence of polycystic kidney disease, Alport syndrome, lupus nephritis, and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis from 2016 to 2020 and characterized ...

A patient report submitted to the FDA provides insights on living with ARPKD and unmet medical needs. An “ARPKD Therapeutic Development Roadmap” is forthcoming. Current treatments for ...

In a trial, nearly twice as many patients with IgA nephropathy in the iptacopan than placebo group attained a reduction in proteinuria to less than 1 g/g over 9 months. Iptacopan reduces ...

In patients with IgA nephropathy, treatment with either sparsentan or irbesartan appears more protective against kidney function decline compared with standard of care treatment. Both sparsentan ...

A SOFA score of 12 or higher at ICU admission is associated with an increased risk for hospital mortality among critically ill patients with COVID-19 and AKI requiring CRRT. The Sequential Organ ...

(HealthDay News) — For kidney transplant (KT) candidates with obesity, sleeve gastrectomy (SG) is effective, and a considerable proportion of patients undergo KT within 20.9 months, according to a ...