Chronic Kidney Disease News

Insight from nephrologists and nephrology nurses on a wearable hemodialysis device will aid in refining its design, according to a presenter at the Innovations in Dialysis: Expediting Advances Symposium.

The FDA has announced approval of Terlivaz, a terlipressin injection formulation by Mallinckrodt plc., to treat patients with hepatorenal syndrome with rapid reduction in kidney function.

A high prevalence of patients with chronic kidney disease report decisional conflict about kidney failure treatment, regardless of their risk of kidney failure, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.

Five years of debate on advances in technology for treating kidney disease has not resulted in new products coming to market, but change is underway, the Innovations in Dialysis: Expediting Advances program chair said in recent remarks.

Among patients with chronic kidney disease, the more medication prescriptions one has is associated with poor nutritional status, according to data published in the Journal of Renal Nutrition.

Investigators identified tumor necrosis factor receptor 1 as the most frequently studied plasma biomarker in the setting of chronic kidney disease progression.

Among patients with advanced chronic kidney disease, increasing dietary potassium consumption to recommended levels can increase blood potassium concentration on a short-term basis, according to results of this study.

Due to a significant association between the urine to phosphate-to-creatinine ratio and mortality among individuals without chronic kidney disease, researchers suggest this may be a predictor for future adverse events in this population.

Among patients with chronic kidney disease and albuminuria treated with dapagliflozin, researchers did not identify a correlation between acute reduction in eGFR and higher rates of CKD progression.

A new report from the Milken Institute recommends that health officials prioritize identification of the root causes of health inequity that contribute to kidney disease in efforts to slow down its occurrence.