Although daily dosing of cinacalcet may be an optimal treatment for secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) compared with other dosing regimens, thrice-weekly post-dialysis dosing may be a viable option when daily dosing is ineffective because of patient noncompliance or other factors.
Low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25 D) levels may be playing a role in bone disease among renal transplant recipients, researchers reported here at the National Kidney Foundation’s Spring Clinical Meetings.
Obesity and metabolic syndrome may influence CKD measures differently among African Americans and whites.
Higher serum phosphorus is associated with lower pulse pressure in women, but not men, with non-dialysis dependent CKD, according to researchers at the National Kidney Foundation’s 2010 Spring Clinical Meetings.
Hemoglobin (Hb) levels in non-dialysis CKD patients treated with erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) have been on the decline.
Patients who undergo in-center nocturnal hemodialysis (INHD) have significantly better two-year survival than well-matched patients receiving convention hemodialysis (CHD), researchers reported here at the National Kidney Foundation’s 2010 Spring Clinical Meetings.
Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) taken concurrently with phosphate binders may increase phosphate control in hemodialysis (HD) patients, according to researchers who presented their data at the National Kidney Foundation’s 2010 Spring Clinical Meetings..
Administration of ergocalciferol (vitamin D2) to anemic hemodialysis (HD) patients receiving erythropoietin (EPO) may decrease EPO requirements, suggest data presented at the National Kidney Foundation 2010 Spring Clinical Meetings.
Lanthanum carbonate rapidly reduces serum phosphorus levels in dialysis patients, according to an analysis of data from four clinical trials reported at the National Kidney Foundation’s 2010 Spring Clinical Meetings.
Serum alkaline phosphatase may be a marker for inflammation in CKD patients, according to data presented here at the National Kidney Foundation’s 2010 Spring Clinical Meetings.
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