Acute Kidney Injury

The addition of nivolumab to low-dose tivozanib did not improve PFS for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma, according to data from the agent’s manufacturer.

The frequency and risk of AKI in patients hospitalized with inflammatory bowel disease is higher compared with admissions with collagen vascular diseases and from the general population, a recently published study shows.

Patients with HIV who undergo immediate antiretroviral therapy may not experience significant differences in chronic kidney disease outcomes compared with patients who defer treatment.

WASHINGTON — Bariatric surgery was associated with improved clinical outcomes and more cost-effective health care resource utilization among patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, according to data.

A new prosthetic aortic valve with a wider range of intermediate sizing was noninferior at 30 days vs. other contemporary transcatheter aortic valves, a speaker reported.

Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital developed a tool that predicts risks for moderate to severe kidney injury after treatment with the chemotherapy drug cisplatin.

According to published results, use of perioperative IV dexamethasone was not associated with increased risk of periprosthetic joint infection or wound healing complications after total shoulder arthroplasty.

Despite dapagliflozin not improving diuretic efficiency in the setting of acute HF hospitalization, it was associated with fewer diuretic doses to achieve the same weight change as usual care and shorter hospital stay, researchers reported.

Adults who survive COVID-AKI hospitalization may experience fewer major adverse kidney events and lower mortality than patients with AKI tied to with other illnesses, according to published data.

Use of nonselective beta-blockers was associated with stage 2 acute kidney injury and all-cause mortality among patients with decompensated cirrhosis waitlisted for liver transplantation, data showed.