SAN DIEGO—Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) using gadolinium-based contrast agents is safe in intensive care unit (ICU) patients at high risk for kidney injury, according to the results of a small retrospective study presented in poster format at the Society for Critical Care Medicine 2011 annual meeting.
Low levels of vitamin D may be associated with an increased risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a recently published study.
Monitoring CKD patients’ weight and visceral protein status is more important than estimating kilocalorie needs.
Dr. Q, 74, was a small-town family practitioner who had worked in the same town for close to half a century. Living and working in a small town meant that the physician often treated families of patients, even several generations of patients. Such was the case with Mrs. G, 65.
Following a renal biopsy diagnosis of IgA nephropathy, clinicians need to estimate prognosis and design an appropriate short- and long-term treatment strategy.
An analysis of 5,519 men undergoing biopsy in the control arm of the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial uncovered no evidence to support the recommendation that men with high PSA velocity be biopsied in the absence of other indications, according to an online report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Nephron-sparing surgery (NSS), the gold-standard treatment for renal tumors 4 cm or less in diameter, appears to benefit long-term kidney function in cases involving larger tumors as well—even in elderly patients, according to findings published in BJU International (2011;107:554-561).
Long-term use of a topical antibiotic application at central venous catheter (CVC) exit sites in hemodialysis (HD) patients may result in a sustained decrease in all CVC-related infections, according to a Canadian study.
PHOENIX—Cinacalcet hydrochloride (CH) treatment in dialysis patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism may improve responsiveness to an erythropoiesis-stimulating agent (ESA) by reducing systemic inflammation, resulting in decreased ESA requirements, new data suggest.
PHOENIX—Lower serum magnesium levels are a significant predictor of mortality in patient on peritoneal dialysis (PD), researchers found.
