Hemoglobin

Over time, a declining hemoglobin z score correlates with impaired height among children with mild to moderate nonglomerular chronic kidney disease, according to data published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.

Pediatric patients with anemia and chronic kidney disease can alternate between maintenance erythropoiesis-stimulating agents and subcutaneous continuous erythropoietin receptor activators every 4 weeks, according to a study.

During short exposure and follow-up periods, patients on dialysis with higher hemoglobin concentrations were at a reduced risk for death, hospitalization and ED visits, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.

BOSTON — In this video from the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings, Joseph A. Vassalotti, MD, reviews results from late-breaking clinical trials.

Preoperative optimization of patients and perioperative antibiotic use may prevent infection after total joint replacement, according to a presenter here.

Compared with placebo, daprodustat was well tolerated and significantly increased hemoglobin levels in patients with chronic kidney disease, according to research presented at ASN Kidney Week.

An analysis of Japanese Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Pattern Study data indicated that the association between hemoglobin concentration and major adverse cardiovascular events varies across categories of intradialytic weight gain.

Patients with chronic kidney disease and iron-deficiency anemia saw statistically significant increases in hemoglobin levels following treatment with oral ferric maltol, according to data from a phase 3 randomized placebo-controlled trial.

The American Diabetes Association 2021 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes reflects important updates regarding overbasalization, HbA1c goals in older adults and hypoglycemia assessments, according to the association.

Higher hemoglobin thresholds for red-cell transfusions in extremely-low-birth-weight infants with anemia did not improve their survival without neurodevelopmental impairment, researchers reported in the New England Journal of Medicine.