Acute Renal Failure

The use of SGLT2 inhibitors with type 2 diabetes is associated with lower risks for end-stage renal disease and acute renal failure compared with DPP-IV inhibitor use, according to study findings from Hong Kong.

Patients with stage 4 chronic kidney disease benefit from a 24-week home-based exercise program, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.

The proteomic characterization of patients with chronic kidney disease allows for more generating mechanism-based hypotheses that could assist in future drug targeting, according to a speaker at American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week.

Despite guidelines recommending periodic laboratory testing in patients with HIV on ART, it may be beneficial to delay liver, renal and lipid testing in low-risk patients to minimize exposure to COVID-19, new data suggest.

Adults with obesity who died of COVID-19 in Italy were more likely to experience nonrespiratory complications such as acute renal failure and shock than those without obesity, with higher odds for those younger than 60 years, according to study data.

Despite guidelines recommending chlorthalidone over hydrochlorothiazide for hypertension, the drugs have similar effectiveness and chlorthalidone was associated with a significantly worse safety profile, according to research published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Reports of acute renal failure occur 5.7 times more frequently among patients treated with febuxostat, and 3.3 times more often with allopurinol, compared with other drugs, according to data published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.