Glomerular Filtration Rate

Greater eGFR variability predicts an increased risk of death, dementia, disability and CVD events among older and healthy adults, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.

Risk of adverse kidney outcomes after angiography with IV fluid volumes of at least 1L administered in a period of 6 hours was similar to that found for higher volumes with fluid administration durations longer than 6 hours, research shows.

ORLANDO — In this video from ASN Kidney Week, Abdul A. Abdellatif, MD, discusses the efficacy of pegloticase treatment in conjunction with methotrexate for patients with uncontrolled gout.

In this video from ASN Kidney Week, Navdeep Tangri, MD, PhD, discusses the results of the REVEAL CKD study.

ORLANDO —Use of the 2021 Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration eGFR formula may lead to incorrect classification of Black living kidney donors as having CKD, according to data presented here.

ORLANDO — Patients with chronic kidney disease did not see a change in kidney function when clinicians continued a course of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers, according to a study presented here.

ORLANDO — Nephrology has never been better poised for a movement toward kidney health than now, according to the presidential address at ASN Kidney Week.

Pediatric patients with a solitary functioning kidney are at a significant risk for developing kidney injury before adulthood, according to data published in Kidney International Reports.

Researchers identified a correlation between urine albumin-to-creatine ratio and worse physical performance among individuals with and those without chronic kidney disease, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.

The Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration 2021 equation for estimating GFR proved to be the least biased and most accurate GFR equation among potential living donors, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.