Chronic Kidney Disease

Race may play a role in the waitlist experience, allograft quality and transplant outcomes of patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, according to results from a cohort study.

Twelve years is a long time by most measures, but in a field has rapidly changing as lupus nephritis research, it may as well be an eternity.

Nearly all children with ANCA-associated vasculitis demonstrate active kidney disease at diagnosis, and their renal function status is strongly predictive of outcomes 1 year later, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.

Adults in Tanzania living with HIV and taking tenofovir have a higher rate of chronic kidney disease vs. those without the viral infection, according to a prospective cohort study.

It is going to be impossible for me to describe accurately the horror that unfolded on those first few days of Hurricane Helene. I can describe what we went through, but the recovery process continues even today, 3 months later.

Extreme weather and climate disasters pose particular dangers for patients with chronic kidney disease who are dependent on dialysis.

Adults with type 2 diabetes receiving tirzepatide had significantly greater declines in urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio than those receiving comparators such as placebo or another therapy, researchers reported.

Patients with chronic kidney disease and those who have had a kidney transplant should avoid high doses of vitamin D, according to an evidence-based consensus document.

Pregnant patients with psoriasis hospitalized for delivery have a higher risk for preeclampsia, cardiac arrhythmias and other cardiovascular complications, according to a study.

Adults with type 1 diabetes who partake in weight cycling and repeatedly lose and regain body weight are more likely to develop diabetic kidney disease, researchers reported in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.