Nephrology

1. Patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis experienced fewer serious adverse events if treated proactively with high-dose intravenous iron sucrose compared to patients reactively treated with...

Diabetic nephropathy is a major concern for patients with diabetes and pre-diabetes. The neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in kidneys has prognostic value for cancers and...

1. For patients with Lupus nephritis end stage renal disease (LN ESRD), renal transplant reduced the risk of death by about 70%.2. The risk...

1. Proband exome sequencing revealed that approximately 10% of patients in this study cohort had a detectable genetic variant of chronic kidney disease.2. A majority...

1. In this randomized clinical trial, patients on hemodialysis who received a vitamin D receptor activator (VDRA) did not have better cardiovascular health compared...

1. In this retrospective cohort study of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) patients, Renin-Angiotensin System (RAS) inhibitors administered at hospital discharge reduced mortality and...

1. This secondary analysis of genetic data emphasized the high number of potentially “pathogenic” variants that are revealed through exome sequencing when analyzing a...

Patients undergoing hemodialysis typically receive intravenous iron, despite a lack of established clinical efficacy. In this randomized controlled trial, investigators randomized 2141 patients undergoing...

1. In this retrospective cohort study looking at patients admitted to hospital with acute kidney injury, use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or angiotensin receptor...

1. Patients managed with intensive blood pressure reduction were found to have significantly greater decreases in kidney damage biomarkers compared to standard blood pressure...