Nephrology News

In October 2023, the American Heart Association unveiled the term cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome to reflect the connection between metabolic and renal conditions associated with risk for heart disease.

Patients with lupus nephritis who receive higher initial doses of glucocorticoids demonstrate improved renal outcomes, albeit with increased serious infection and mortality risks, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.

PHILADELPHIA — A task force has issued an updated multispeciality guide to help clinicians manage diabetes, cardiorenal and metabolic diseases.

Low levels of lead contamination were often found in drinking water among United States households and may be particularly harmful for susceptible individuals, researchers reported in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Proteinuria levels are not predictive of membranous lupus nephritis vs. proliferative lupus nephritis, according to data published in Rheumatology.

BOSTON — Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome, or CKM, is a new term endorsed by the American Heart Association that reflects the interplay of metabolic and renal conditions that drive the risk for CVD.

Standard infection prevention and control procedures prevented the spread of Candida auris at a Tennessee dialysis facility despite two patients there being colonized for up to 4 months during treatment, researchers reported.

The FDA has approved an updated label for Lupkynis, an oral treatment for active lupus nephritis, that includes long-term safety and tolerability data, and eases the requirement for monthly kidney function assessments.

More than 70% of the overall U.S. population is estimated to have subclinical cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome, according to a research letter published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Approximately 23% of patients with chronic kidney disease meet the criteria for gout, of whom 13% have uncontrolled gout and 36% have no formal gout diagnosis, according to data published in Gout, Urate, and Crystal Deposition Disease.