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Dehydration or use of NSAIDs before hospital admission may be linked to a higher risk of AKI in patients with exertional rhabdomyolysis, researchers found in a published study.

Loneliness and social isolation were associated with an increased risk for glaucoma, highlighting the importance of positive mental and social interventions, according to a study published in BMC Public Health.

Long-term exposure to air pollutants, including particulate matter, increases the risk for developing systemic lupus erythematosus, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.

Patients treated with interleukin-23i or IL-12/23i for psoriasis exhibited similar rates of risk for developing psoriatic arthritis, according to a study.

Higher nutritional risk may be associated with infection-related hospitalization but not cardiovascular disease-related hospitalization in patients on dialysis, according to results of a prospective study.

Patients with advanced chronic kidney disease may benefit from angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor and angiotensin-receptor blocker use, but the antihypertensive agents may not reduce mortality risk, a retrospective analysis shows.

Adults with high calcium and oxalate urinary levels may have a greater risk for developing kidney stones, according to data from a published study.

Incident cardiovascular and thromboembolic events may be more closely linked to the severity of kidney disease than with glomerular disease subtype, according to results of a prospective study.

Urinary plasminogen and the ratio of measured to expected plasminogen may be independently linked to the risk of progression to end-stage kidney disease, data show.

Patients with end-stage kidney disease may be at higher risk for hypoglycemia, with a disproportionate effect on young, Black and female patients, according to published data.