Kidney Failure

Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes has released a series of recommendations for the transplant team on how to manage patients with a failing kidney allograft.

Older adults with low eGFR based on creatinine and cystatin C levels may be at higher risk for adverse events compared with those who have low eGFR based on creatinine level, data show.

Health Canada has approved the use of Jardiance for the treatment of adults with chronic kidney disease, according to a press release.

More older patients with COPD, dementia or kidney failure had a palliative care consultation shortly after admission through a default ordering system vs. usual care, according to study results published in JAMA.

Intradialytic hypotension and mortality in adolescents and young adults with kidney failure requiring hemodialysis share no significant connection, a recently published study found.

Results from a recently published U.S. survey show that most adults would consider becoming a living kidney donor, and donation rates could increase with culturally competent education.

Many patients may experience post-dialysis disruption, but their emotional response to adversity depends on whether they feel high or low levels of regret, according to recently published data.

Select contaminants within the phthalate class may be linked to more rapid deterioration in kidney function, researchers from New York University found in a recently published study.

Patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease receiving empagliflozin were less likely to experience a decline in eGFR compared with patients taking placebo, results from a newly published study show.

The use of finenerone to reduce albuminuria in patients with chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes provided kidney and cardiovascular benefits when the urine albumin-to-creatine ratio was reduced by 30% or more, a study shows.