Chronic Kidney Disease News

Based on both clinic and ambulatory blood pressure, children with chronic kidney disease are more likely to be grouped as hypertensive when using the American Academy of Pediatrics 2017 clinical practice guidelines vs. its 2004 guidelines.

Researchers identified racial and ethnic disparities among patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.

Each year increase in retinal age gap independently correlated with a 10% increase in the risk of end-stage kidney disease, according to data published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.

Increased fat mass, particularly visceral adiposity, promotes kidney disease generation and progression through direct and indirect mechanisms, and pharmacologic treatment is necessary to avoid adverse outcomes, according to a speaker.

Men and women with persistent microscopic hematuria are at an increased risk for the development of chronic kidney disease, according to data published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.

The SGLT2 inhibitor dapagliflozin was associated with a reduced risk for hospitalization due to any cause in patients with chronic kidney disease with and without type 2 diabetes, according to a post hoc analysis of the DAPA-CKD trial.

ORLANDO — Patients with advanced chronic kidney disease who choose conservative management have lower hospitalization rates vs. patients who choose dialysis, according to a study presented at ASN Kidney Week.

Patients undergoing dialysis who received a COVID-19 vaccination experienced fewer associated hospitalizations and deaths than those who did not receive a vaccination, according to data published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.

PHILADELPHIA — Researchers have identified “dozens” of new causal genes and pathways responsible for disease activity in patients with gout, according to a presenter at ACR Convergence 2022.

Patients with albuminuric chronic kidney disease without diabetes can experience a significantly increased survival free of kidney failure if treated with the combination of angiotensin receptor blockers and SGLT2 inhibitors.