CKD in Non-Renal Transplant Recipients On the Rise
The risk for CKD is influenced by many factors, some of which depend on how patients are treated before, during, and after transplantation.
Print Issue: August 01, 2010
Unique Treatment Raises Tricky Bioethical Issues
Vaccine for advanced castration-resistant prostate cancer prolongs life by a median of four months, but at an extremely high cost.
Urologist Defends Himself in Malpractice Case from Post-Circumcision Impotence Patient
At 60 years old and with almost 30 years of private practice under his belt, Dr. G understood what sort of physician he was. Better put, he understood what sort of physician he was not. He was not the sort who wanted to coddle patients, or become friends with them, or look at their family pictures.
Managing Metabolic Acidosis in CKD Patients
The condition occurs frequently in both pre-dialysis and dialysis patients, but correction with either sodium bicarbonate or sodium citrate is safe and effective.
Early Dialysis Start Not Advantageous
MUNICH, GERMANY—Planned early initiation of dialysis does not improve survival or clinical outcomes among patients with end-stage renal disease, study findings show.
Coffee Not A Prostate Cancer Risk
Coffee consumption is not associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer, Korean researchers concluded in a report published online in BJU International.
Novel Agent May Work for Advanced Urothelial Cancer
CHICAGO—A novel drug called eribulin may be effective for advanced urothelial cancer (UC), even in patients with prior adjuvant or neoadjuvant chemotherapy, according to new data presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting.
AKI After Angiography Raises Risks
MONTREAL—Patients who experience acute kidney injury (AKI) after undergoing coronary angiography have more than double the long-term risk of dying and a 74% greater likelihood of being hospitalized for heart failure than those who do not develop AKI, a study found.
Gout Drug Has Cardiac Benefit
MUNICH, GERMANY—Allopurinol, a drug long used to treat gout, can cause regression of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and improvement of endothelial dysfunction in CKD patients, a study found.
UTI Pathogens Differ in Renal Transplant Patients
MUNICH, GERMANY—Urinary tract infections (UTIs) caused by non-coliform bacteria are significantly more common among renal transplant patients compared with the general population, according to a British study.
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