Early changes in albuminuria with Canagliflozin predicts kidney and cardiovascular outcomes
1. Among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease being treated with canagliflozin, earlier reductions in albuminuria ...
Tag: nephrology
2 Minute Medicine Rewind October 5, 2020
Early surgical intervention for symptomatic renal and ureteral stones is associated with reduced narcotic requirement relative to trial of passage ...
One‐Year Mortality After Intensification of Outpatient Diuretic Therapy
1. Patients with heart failure may experience a nearly two-fold increase in mortality risk during the next year after an ...
One‐Year Mortality After Intensification of Outpatient Diuretic Therapy
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Brain Natriuretic Peptide for predicting prognoses in patients with worsening renal function and acute heart failure
1. The reduction in Brain Natriuretic Peptide, in conjunction with worsening renal failure, can predict prognosis of patients with acute ...
Despite adverse events, corticosteroids may benefit patients with IgA nephropathy
1. In this multicenter, double blind study, IgA nephropathy patients had improved kidney function with corticosteroid treatment compared to those ...
MMF and rituximab combination effective in nephrotic syndrome
1. This retrospective analysis examined 24 children with steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome, all initially treated with rituximab after failing traditional therapies ...
New mutations behind heritable hypercalcemia and hypocalcemia identified
Image: PD G protein coupled receptor 1. Loss-of-function mutations in Gɑ11 cause type 2 familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia. 2. Gain-of-function mutations ...
Low birth weight linked to chronic kidney disease: review of the evidence
Image: PD 1. Low birth weight is identified as a risk factor for later life hypertension and chronic kidney disease ...
Post-operative acute kidney injury more common in obese elderly
Image: PD 1. Very obese patients older than 65 had a 1.68 odds ratio (p=0.01) for acute kidney injury (AKI) ...
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