Chronic Kidney Disease

A tool that used data from electronic health records accurately diagnosed chronic kidney disease in patients treated at five diverse health care organizations, according to a published study.

Mobile cardiac telemetry monitors detected high rates of preclinical cardiac arrythmias in patients with chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes, according to a published study. Monitoring these patients for such abnormalities may help prevent clinically significant cardiovascular events, such as sudden cardiac death.

In a post hoc analysis of the SAVOR-TIMI 53 trial of patients with diabetes at high risk for CVD, patients taking metformin had lower rates of mortality than those not taking it.

Older men with chronic kidney disease had a 50% increased risk for progression to ESKD compared with women and this may be the result of higher levels of proteinuria, according to a recently published study.

Ferric citrate complex can help increase hemoglobin and reduce serum phosphate in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease, a recently published study shows.

The FDA has approved Accrufer for the treatment of iron deficiency in adults with chronic kidney disease.

Women who had no major comorbidities before their first pregnancy but who developed preeclampsia had a five-fold increased risk for end-stage kidney disease, according to a recently published study.

SAN DIEGO — Patients with baseline chronic kidney disease who used marijuana experienced more rapid eGFR decline, according to data presented at the ASN Kidney Week 2018.

Chronic kidney disease, defined as the presence of albuminuria or estimated glomerular filtration rate of less than 90 mL/min/1.73 m2, impairs the body’s ability to excrete potassium.

  Healio spoke with Kevin Martin, MD, professor of medicine and director of the division of nephrology at Saint Louis University School of Medicine, about the challenges of managing hyperphosphatemia, prevention measures to recommend to patients at high risk for developing the condition, unmet needs in hyperphosphatemia management and more.