Kidney Failure Associated With Low Albumin Levels
End-stage renal disease is more likely to develop in individuals with serum albumin levels of 4.1 g/dL or below than in those with levels of 4.4 g/dL or higher.
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Oral Nutritional Supplement Users Miss Fewer Hemodialysis Sessions
Intradialytic use of oral nutritionalsupplement (ONS) by hemodialysis(HD) patients may help decrease thenumber of missed dialysis sessions,researchers reported online in theJournal of Renal Nutrition. Debbie Benner, MA, RD, of DaVita Inc, in Denver, and colleaguescompared 2 groups of in-center HDpatients with serum albumin levels of3.5 g/dL or less: 3374 patients whoparticipated in an ONS pilot…
ED Risk Is Associated With Handgrip Strength
Men with greater handgrip strength have a lower risk of erectile dysfunction (ED), new findings suggest.
Prostate Cancer Gene Testing Guidelines Issued
Clinicians need to ask about cancers among members of the maternal and paternal sides of a family.
Robotic Kidney Transplantation Safe, Feasible
Robotic-assisted kidney transplantation is associated with a low complication rate and excellent graft function, European study shows.
PSA at 7 Months Prognostic in Treated mHSPC
A study showed longer survival among patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer who achieved a PSA level of 0.2 ng/mL or less 7 months after initiating ADT.
Radical Cystectomy Offers Better Long-term MIBC Patient Survival
Chemoradiation for muscle-invasive bladder cancer is associated with a lower 1-year mortality risk versus radical cystectomy, but at year 2 and beyond, mortality risk is lower with radical cystectomy.
Anemia in Dialysis Patients Linked With Hemorrhagic Stroke
Patients with hemoglobin values of 9.7 g/dL or below had more than double the risk for hemorrhagic stroke compared with patients with hemoglobin values of 11.2 g/dL or above.
High-grade Prostate Cancer Risk Again Linked to Cholesterol
Each 10 mg/dL increase in serum levels of total and HDL cholesterol are associated with a significant 5% and 14% increased risk of high-grade PCa, respectively.
Guidelines Disconnect: Patients’ Voice Absent
Patient-centeredness should become a core component of clinical practice guidelines, according to Dr Kalantar-Zadeh.
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