This article is the first in a series that will discuss various aspects of hyperphosphatemia in patients with renal disease. Csaba P. Kovesdy, MD, chief of nephrology at the Salem VA Medical Center, in Salem, Va., is the series editor.
For most patients with end-stage renal disease, dialysis centers provide crucial, even lifesaving, treatment. But are dialysis facilities prepared for emergencies?
SHANGHAI, China—Researchers who studied radiation exposure among patients being evaluated for urolithiasis found that about one fifth of them received potentially dangerous radiation doses.
Kidney stone formers with essential hypertension have increased acid excretion, Italian researchers reported.
Urological complications occur frequently following transplantation of deceased cardiac donor (DCD) kidneys but do not affect graft survival, researchers in the Netherlands have concluded.
Bulbomembranous (BM) urethral strictures are the most common grade 2 or higher urinary toxicity following high dose rate brachytherapy (HDRB), according to Australian investigators.
PHILADELPHIA—In a system where solid organ transplant recipients have universal access to medications and health care, kidney transplant patients have better survival following transplantation than liver and heart transplant patients, data show.
The FDA is recommending that only prescription oral sodium phosphate (OSP) bowel preparations be used by patients for bowel cleansing prior to undergoing colonoscopy. The agency also is requiring “black box” warnings on these products.
SHANGHAI—Pelvic cooling during robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RALP) may improve urological outcomes, according to researchers at the University of California at Irvine (UCI).
High-grade cystocele, performance of levator plication or Kelly plication, and severe intra-operative blood loss are independent risk factors for the development of urinary retention after vaginal prolapse surgery, according to researchers in the Netherlands.
