In a population-based study of individuals aged 70 years or older, renal impairment was significantly associated with increased risk for death from cardiovascular and all causes.
BMI did not appear to influence the risk for CKD progression.
Aspirin use among patients with chronic kidney disease was associated with reduced risk for major adverse cardiovascular events.
Clinical improvement in pruritus itch intensity occurs in fewer weeks than previously reported.
Inhaled nitric oxide appears to increase the risk for severe acute kidney injury among ICU patients with COVID-19, a French study suggests.
Elevated serum urea levels are common among patients with moderate-to-advanced CKD.
Investigators performed a subgroup analysis of patients in the phase 3 FIDELIO-DKD and FIGARO-DKD clinical trials comparing finerenone with placebo in patients with CKD and type 2 diabetes.
Previous research suggested that allopurinol, a xanthine oxidase inhibitor, prevents the formation of oxygen-free radicals that may contribute to contrast nephropathy.
A study of patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis revealed that those who contracted COVID-19 were more likely to die in the 90-day post-COVID-19 period than those who did not have COVID-19.
In a Dutch study, each doubling of urine albumin excretion was significantly associated with a 7% increase in overall cancer risk.
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