Tag: chronic kidney disease

1. Proband exome sequencing revealed that approximately 10% of patients in this study cohort had a detectable genetic variant of ...

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

1. Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) have significantly worse survival outcomes following left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation compared ...

1. The kidney failure risk equation (KFRE), currently used in adults to estimate risk for progression to end-stage renal disease ...

1. In a meta-analysis of randomized trials evaluating blood pressure control in patients with stage 3-5 chronic kidney disease (CKD), ...

1. While osteoporosis medications may have some benefits in chronic kidney disease patients (CKD), the evidence is unclear with respect ...

1. Metformin use is associated with reduced all-cause mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease, congestive heart failure, or chronic ...

1. This study quantified sodium intake by measuring the 24-hour urinary sodium excretion, and found that among patients with chronic ...

1. From this systematic review and meta-analysis, use of erythropoietin-stimulating agents (ESAs) to achieve high hemoglobin targets in patients with ...

  1. Amongst two prospective cohorts, use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) was associated with a 20 – 50% higher ...