Chronic Kidney Disease News

Daily fruit and vegetable consumption may reduce all-cause mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease, including those on hemodialysis, in Japan, according to data published in the Journal of Renal Nutrition.

An online and interactive decision aid about kidney replacement therapy improved decisional quality among older adults with advanced chronic kidney disease, according to data published in Annal Internal Medicine.

Experts recommend using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment to identify high-risk patients on dialysis with both high and low frailty, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.

Regardless of proteinuria, the presence of a high-risk apolipoprotein L1 genotype in patients with chronic kidney disease correlates with an increased risk of kidney failure, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.

More than half of caregivers of patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease report significant emotional impacts on their daily life, according to published data.

Long-term exposure to a high levels of a specific air pollution called fine particulate matter can lead to an increased risk of chronic kidney disease in China, according to data published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.

A group of clinicians provided 46 consensus recommendations for sick day medication guidance for patients with diabetes, kidney or cardiovascular disease, according to data published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.

A new calculator was validated and is available online to predict a user’s risk for developing chronic kidney disease in up to 8 years, according to data published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

Adults on dialysis for end-stage kidney disease are 100 times more likely to have a Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection than those not on dialysis, according to a new report, which uncovered disparities in the rates of infection.

Irrespective of chronic kidney disease progression, the most common cause of death among individuals with a reduced eGFR was death due to cardiovascular disease, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.