Copeptin Predicts IgA Nephropathy Outcomes
Copeptin, a surrogate marker for arginine vasopressin (AVP), showed prognostic value of established risk markers.
Copeptin, a surrogate marker for arginine vasopressin (AVP), showed prognostic value of established risk markers.
Patients feel better and recovery times are shorter with 6 hemodialysis sessions per week rather than 3, researchers report.
The majority of injuries involved the external genitalia, including the scrotum, testes, penis, and/or urethra.
Benign prostatic hyperplasia is more likely to develop among men with larger waist circumference and body mass index and higher leptin levels.
Predictors of renal failure within 10 years include Oxford M1 disease and low eGFR at biopsy.
The normal range for total testosterone is 264 to 916 ng/dL for healthy men ages 19 to 39 with a body mass index below 30 kg/m2.
End-stage renal disease is 5-fold more likely to develop in patients with 3 or more infection-related hospitalizations versus none.
In a study, only 3 of 108 patients experienced complications, all of which were minor and required no hospitalization or further intervention.
An enzyme that inhibits vascular calcification depends on the vitamin for conversion to its active form.
End-stage renal disease is nearly 1.9 times more likely to develop in donors with a body mass index of 30 kg/m2 or higher.