Hyperphosphatemia

Vitamin D Plus a Phosphorus Binder Improves Survival

Jody A. Charnow December 17, 2009

SAN DIEGO—A study of Japanese dialysis patients demonstrated that a combination of oral vitamin D and a phosphorus binder is associated with lower mortality.
 

Higher Dietary Phosphorus Intake Raises Death Risk

Jody A. Charnow December 17, 2009

SAN DIEGO—Higher dietary phosphorus intake is associated with increased mortality in patients on maintenance hemodialysis (MHD), data show.
 

Drugs Not Equal in Phosphate Lowering

Jody A. Charnow December 17, 2009

In a study, lanthanum carbonate provided significantly greater reductions than sevelamer hydrochloride.
 

Ferric Citrate Promising as a Phosphate Binder

Jody A. Charnow December 17, 2009

A lower pill burden for patients may be possible, researcher says.
 

An 'HbA1c' for Phosphate Management?

Delicia Honen Yard December 10, 2009

FGF-23 may improve assessment of phosphate balance, but too many questions remain unanswered.
 

Normal Phosphate Levels May Predict CKD Progression

Jody A. Charnow November 01, 2009

Serum phosphate within the normal range is a strong predictor of CKD progression, according to Italian researchers who presented a study at ASN's Renal Week 2009.
 

Tablet Burden Lowest with Lanthanum Carbonate

Jody A. Charnow November 01, 2009

CKD patients who used lanthanum carbonate to manage hyperphosphatemia had a lower mean tablet burden compared with those who took sevelamer hydrochloride or calcium acetate, according to researchers who presented a study at ASN's Renal Week 2009.
 

Hemodialysis Patients Benefit from Residual Kidney Function

Jody A. Charnow November 01, 2009

Hemodialysis patients who have residual kidney function have lower serum phosphate levels and use less phosphate binders than those without RKF, according to a study presented at ASN's Renal Week 2009.
 

Hyperphosphatemia Afflicts Nearly Three-Fourths of HD Patients

Jody A. Charnow November 01, 2009

Researchers who reviewed data from about 60,000 hemodialysis patients found that 73% of them experienced hyperphosphatemia according to a study presented at ASN's Renal Week 2009.
 

Nocturnal Hemodialysis Improves Protein and Phosphorus Status

Jody A. Charnow October 31, 2009

Patients who undergo in-center nocturnal hemodialysis have improved protein and phosphorus status compared with those treated with in-center conventional hemodialysis, according to a study that was presented at ASN's Renal Week 2009.
 

Expert Series

Hyperphosphatemia in CKD - Part VI This article by Wajeh Y. Qunibi, MD, FACP of the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio is the final in a series on managing hyperphosphatemia in CKD patients.
Hyperphosphatemia in CKD - Part V
This article by Neenoo Khosla, MD, and Stuart M. Sprague, DO, of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, is the fifth in a series on managing hyperphosphatemia in CKD patients.
Hyperphosphatemia in CKD - Part IV
This article by Michal L. Melamed, MD, MHS, of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in Bronx, N.Y., is the fourth is a series on managing hyperphosphatemia in CKD patients.
Hyperphosphatemia in CKD - Part III
This article is the third in a series on hyperphosphatemia management in CKD patients. It is written by Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, MD, PhD, MPH, associate professor of medicine, pediatrics, and epidemiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) and director of Dialysis Expansion & Epidemiology in the Harbor-UCLA Division of Nephrology & Hypertension. He also is the Renal & Urology News medical director for nephrology.
Hyperphosphatemia in CKD - Part II
This article is the second in a series on hyperphosphatemia management in CKD patients. It is written by Joseph A. Coladonato, MD, MHS, medical director of South Greensboro Kidney Center, Carolina Kidney Associates, in Greensboro, N.C.
Hyperphosphatemia in CKD - Part I
Click here for the first article, which is by series editor Csaba P. Kovesdy, MD, chief of nephrology at the Salem VA Medical Center in Salem, Va. Dr. Kovesdy discusses whether the scientific evidence justifies the use of phosphate-lowering treatment.

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