Chronic Kidney Disease

Healio has compiled a list of its most-read news items regarding AKI in 2023.

A community-based strategy to screen lower-income African Americans for elevated risk for chronic kidney disease and CVD and intervene with a fruit and vegetable diet, was feasible, according to results of a recently published study.

BOSTON — A regimen of sofosbuvir/velpatasvir with ribavirin was effective among patients with refractory chronic hepatitis C virus with liver cirrhosis and chronic kidney disease, according to data presented at The Liver Meeting.

The use of finenerone to reduce albuminuria in patients with chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes provided kidney and cardiovascular benefits when the urine albumin-to-creatine ratio was reduced by 30% or more, a study shows.

Using more stringent algorithms to define chronic kidney disease stage G4 may lead to lower estimates of disease incidence and a higher risk of kidney failure, researchers found.

Personalization is a key aspect of value-based care for patients with chronic kidney disease and end-stage kidney disease.

Elevated resting heart rate may be a novel risk factor for end-stage renal disease, independent from other traditional risk factors, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

PHILADELPHIA — An examination of patients with chronic kidney disease identified comparable amounts of organic pollutant contamination to the baseline population, according to data from a pilot study presented at ASN Kidney Week.

PHILADELPHIA — Cellular respiration was reduced in platelets and increased in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with chronic kidney disease, according to data from a study presented at ASN Kidney Week.

A lack of knowledge about reproductive health and inadequate counseling from physicians were cited as barriers to contraceptive use among women with chronic kidney disease, according to a qualitative study published in Kidney Medicine.