Progressive Chronic Kidney Disease

Mild and reversible AKI was tied to an increased risk for probable dementia and mild cognitive impairment in older adults with high cardiovascular risk, data show.

Patients with rare kidney diseases have greater 5-year rates of kidney failure but higher survival than those with chronic kidney disease stages 3 through 5, according to published data.

Patients with chronic kidney disease may have difficulty accessing equitable treatment even in a country with universal health care, according to published findings.

A computerized clinical decision support system could improve the management of uncontrolled hypertension in adults with chronic kidney disease, according to published data.

Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes has announced the release of its 2024 clinical practice guideline for the evaluation and management of chronic kidney disease.

Measuring baseline and post-acute kidney function is key in evaluating the risk of adverse outcomes in patients requiring dialysis, according to a nationwide cohort study.

A computerized clinical decision support system intervention reduced patients’ mean systolic BP and increased prescriptions of multiple medications, a study in JAMA Internal Medicine showed.

Adults with kidney failure at risk for diabetes-related foot ulcers who receive foot and ankle care may have a lower chance of diabetes-related amputation and death, according to recently published data.

Balboa Nephrology and IKONA Health have entered into a partnership to develop, test and commercialize education for people with kidney disease, according to a press release.

Black veterans with new-onset chronic kidney disease had a 2.5-fold higher cumulative incidence of kidney failure compared with white veterans, according to a published study.