Chronic Kidney Disease News

BOSTON — Finerenone reduces CV and renal events in patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease, and albuminuria is a good screening tool to identify candidates, according to a speaker.

Attendees of a workshop identified several barriers to managing obesity in patients with chronic kidney disease and published their findings in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.

Having both a dog and cat in the same household as a patient on peritoneal dialysis may increase the patient’s risk for peritonitis, according to a presenter at the DOPPS Autumn Clinical Update meeting. 

BOSTON — Masked hypertension is an underappreciated phenomenon that confers extra risk for CVD and chronic kidney disease, and simple steps such as home BP monitoring and stepped-up medications can improve outcomes, according to a speaker.

Standardized peritonitis reporting in peritoneal dialysis facilities is feasible, according to a presenter at DOPPS.

BOSTON — In this Healio video exclusive, Juan P. Frias, MD, discusses his presentation on newer treatment options for type 2 diabetes at the Cardiometabolic Health Congress.

In the 4 decades since 1976, the incidence and prevalence of lupus nephritis has increased among the population in Minnesota, according to data published in Arthritis Rheumatology.

Among people without chronic kidney disease, consuming a greater amount of high-fat dairy or high-fat milk corresponded with a lower risk of CKD, according to data published in the Journal of Renal Nutrition.

Pediatric patients with IgA vasculitis nephritis and nephrotic-range proteinuria achieved remission after 12 months of mycophenolate mofetil-based immunosuppression treatment, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.

A search in the medical literature or for information directed to patients on when treatment for kidney failure should begin is not likely to yield a consensus.