Chronic Kidney Disease

Age may work as a protective factor against incident kidney failure with replacement therapy but not against death, according to results from a national cohort study of U.S. veterans.

Men with chronic kidney disease may have higher resting muscle sympathetic nerve activity than women but show no difference in vascular stiffness, according to study results.

Approximately 23% of patients with chronic kidney disease meet the criteria for gout, of whom 13% have uncontrolled gout and 36% have no formal gout diagnosis, according to data published in Gout, Urate, and Crystal Deposition Disease.

The American Kidney Fund has chosen the recipients of this year’s Clinical Science in Nephrology fellowship program, which supports researchers working to improve the quality of care for patients with kidney disease.

Use of an electronic health record-based intervention among patients with chronic kidney disease led to greater use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors/angiotensin receptor blockers but did not slow progression of the disease.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. has agreed to acquire Alpine Immune Sciences Inc., a company developing a drug to treat IgA nephropathy, according to a press release.

Neonatal recurrent AKI may be associated with longer hospital stays compared with single AKI episodes, according to researchers.

ATLANTA — A remote, team-based approach with immediate initiation of necessary medications improved guideline-directed medical therapy use at 6 months for patients with diabetes at high CV or renal risk, researchers reported.

Editor’s note: Healio interviewed Brendan T. Bowman, MD, program chair of the Renal Physicians Association Annual Meeting, taking place April 11-14 in Baltimore.

Higher ambient heat exposure may be associated with accelerated eGFR decline in patients with chronic kidney disease, according to a post-hoc analysis of the Dapagliflozin and Prevention of Adverse Outcomes in Chronic Kidney Disease trial.