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When the race coefficient was removed from the eGFR equation, 28.1% of Black patients were reclassified to a more severe chronic kidney disease stage, compared with when the coefficient was included in the equation.

Aldosterone is associated with an increased risk of chronic kidney disease progression and the development of end-stage kidney disease, according to data published in the European Heart Journal.

Primary care physicians did not use clinical decision support often when diagnosing patients with chronic kidney disease, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.

Calliditas Therapeutics AB announced the European Commission gave conditional marketing authorization for Kinpeygo.

Healthy.io, a technology company, announced its product Minuteful Kidney has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA.

The eGFR equation that includes creatinine and cystatin C but not the race coefficient may be preferable to the eGFR equation that only includes creatinine for measuring racial differences in the risk of kidney failure.

Models based on perioperative basic metabolic panel laboratory values performed well in predicting acute kidney injury at 72 hours and 14 days after cardiac surgery, researchers reported in JAMA.

The difference between eGFR cystatin and eGFR creatinine reveals information about older adults’ kidney functional status that is somewhat explained by muscle quantity and quality, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.

In this exclusive video, Andrew Allegretti, MD, MSc, discussed a post hoc analysis assessing serum creatinine in patients treated with terlipressin for hepatorenal syndrome-acute kidney injury.

Race may have little influence in determining an accurate eGFR when assessing patients for kidney disease, according to study results published in American Journal of Kidney Diseases.