Glomerular Filtration Rate

Starting SGLT2 inhibitors among older patients did not increase risk for skeletal fractures compared with the use of dipeptidyl peptidase inhibitors, according to this study.

Fresenius Medical Care has appointed Nwamaka “Amaka” Eneanya, MD, MPH, FASN, as head of strategy and operations for its global medical office.

Malnutrition is associated with poor kidney function, increased risk of kidney function decline and chronic kidney disease among older adults without advanced kidney disease, according to data published in the Journal of Renal Nutrition.

In the general population in the Netherlands, reduced kidney function is linked with increased risk of sudden cardiac death, according to data published in the Clinical Kidney Journal.

A lower baseline eGFR and reduced urine output at the start of kidney replacement therapy “are strongly and independently” correlated with lack of kidney recovery among critically ill patients with COVID-19.

In a remote Australian Aboriginal community with high rates of kidney disease, researchers found that eGFR directly correlated with birthweight and increasingly worsening albuminuria among adults.

A composite end point that includes low eGFR, declining eGFR and kidney replacement therapy proved to be useful when studying chronic kidney disease progression, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.

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.

Removing the race coefficient in eGFR equations may increase equitable distribution of Black candidates listed earlier for kidney transplantation on a preemptive basis, according to data published in the Clinical Kidney Journal.

Patients with stage 4 chronic kidney disease benefit from a 24-week home-based exercise program, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.