Empaglifozin reduces death in heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction
1. Empaglifozin treatment was shown to have reduced rates of cardiovascular death or hospitalization in patients with heart failure and...
Nephrology
Reports of high-impact nephrology studies by medical professionals
Effects of intradialytic exercise for advanced-age patients undergoing hemodialysis
1. Patients over 70 years old with Chronic kidney disease (CKD) had higher Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) scores...
Pembrolizumab after nephrectomy improves survival in renal-cell carcinoma patients
1. Patients receiving adjuvant pembrolizumab after nephrectomy for renal-cell carcinoma showed significantly improved disease-free survival compared to patients receiving placebo...
Poor humoral response observed in patients undergoing hemodialysis following a single dose of the BNT162b2 SARS-CoV-2 vaccine
1. The findings of this prospective cohort study suggested poor humoral immune response following a single dose of the BNT162b2...
7-day antibiotic therapy is noninferior to 14-day therapy in afebrile men with urinary tract infection
1. A double-blinded, randomized controlled trial found that there were no significant differences between afebrile men treated for 7 days...
Impact of point-of-care screening for hypertension, diabetes, and progression of chronic kidney disease in rural Manitoba Indigenous communities
1. Point of care screening interventions lead to higher frequency of comprehensive lab testing, medication prescriptions, and nephrology follow up...
Daratumumab therapy addition improved response in systemic immunoglobulin light-chain amyloidosis
1. Daratumumab therapy addition to bortezomib, cyclophosphamide, and dexamethasone showed improved cancer response in patients with systemic immunoglobulin light-chain amyloidosis....
Voclosporin shows clinical promise for treatment of active lupus nephritis
1. A significantly greater proportion of patients in the voclosporin group achieved complete renal responses after 52 weeks compared to...
Reduced-dose glucocorticoid adjunct non-inferior to high-dose glucocorticoid plus rituximab regimen for induction of disease remission in autoimmune vasculitis
1. Reduced-dose glucocorticoid plus rituximab regimen was non-inferior compared to high-dose glucocorticoid plus rituximab regimen for induction of disease remission...
Risk factors for acute kidney injury and mortality in high risk patients undergoing cardiac surgery
1. In a retrospective cohort study, several pre-operative and operative factors were found to be associated with acute kidney injury...
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