Chronic Kidney Disease News

The benefits of residual kidney function in people treated with chronic hemodialysis cannot be overstated, according to Mariana Murea, MD, and include longer survival and fewer complications related to advanced kidney dysfunction and its treatment.

For years, cystinosis — the rare, inherited and life-long condition caused by abnormal buildup of the amino acid cystine in the body — was considered a fatal pediatric disease.

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When discussing dialysis physiology, I often make the joke that convection plus diffusion leads to confusion.

PHILADELPHIA — In this Healio video exclusive, Yehuda Handelsman, MD, FACP, FNLA, FASCP, MACE, presents updated multispecialty practice recommendations for diabetes, cardiorenal and metabolic diseases at the Heart in Diabetes CME Conference.

Adults with class II to III obesity may have an increased risk for poor cardiac outcomes but not kidney risk after adjusting for potential confounders, according to multicenter data.

Low levels of lead contamination were often found in drinking water among United States households and may be particularly harmful for susceptible individuals, researchers reported in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Use of remdesivir in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 and reduced eGFR did not decrease the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events or major adverse kidney disease.

In a study of Medicare beneficiaries, researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital found that 6% of patients treated for heart failure progressed to dialysis within 1 year after hospitalization.

Receiving a kidney transplant from a deceased donor who had dialysis before donation may be tied to a higher rate of delayed graft function, according to a published study.