Chronic Kidney Disease News

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh developed a comprehensive exercise intervention for patients on hemodialysis that was found to be acceptable and safe in a study.

In adults with chronic kidney disease and low-flow, low-gradient aortic stenosis, transcatheter aortic valve replacement improved kidney function for more patients than it worsened, data show.

A machine-learning model developed by researchers at Sonic Healthcare USA accurately predicted the progression of chronic kidney disease using readily available laboratory data.

The Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes has released a new report for the kidney community on managing the symptom burden of dialysis. “The frequency and burden of symptoms experienced by people on hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis is increasingly recognized throughout the medical community,” Edwina A. Brown, MD, of the Imperial College Renal and Transplant Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, and co-chair of the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Symptom-Based Complications in Dialysis Controversies Conference, said in a press release. “These wide-ranging symptoms include itching, fatigue, pain, dry skin, poor sleep, muscle cramps and depression.”

Researchers tied disparities related to age, sex, race and ethnicity, along with social deprivation, to the timing of hemodialysis for patients preparing for surgery, according to a study.

SGLT2 inhibitors and hydrochlorothiazide both reduced muscle sympathetic nerve activity in patients with diabetes, but recent data show one of the therapies could lead to more weight loss and better glycemic control.

Women who are pregnant and have preeclampsia worry nephrologists like Nityasree Srialluri, MD, MS, because without early detection chronic kidney disease may not be far behind.

It is critical for nephrologists to provide counseling and treatment when women’s health issues intersect with kidney disease. Much work remains.

Fewer than 40% of adults with diabetes received the clinically recommended testing for chronic kidney disease in 2017, according to a recently published study from the National Kidney Foundation and National Committee for Quality Assurance.

Results from a national cohort study of 39,623 patients starting thrice-weekly in-center hemodialysis showed that a lower baseline of urea was consistently associated with greater risk of cardiovascular death.