Strict Blood Pressure Control Cuts Death Risk After ESRD Onset
This intervention in patients with chronic kidney disease reduced by 28% their risk of death after progressing to end-stage renal disease.
This intervention in patients with chronic kidney disease reduced by 28% their risk of death after progressing to end-stage renal disease.
In the fight against kidney disease, greater gains may be realized by focusing on personal economy.
The risk is 2.6 times greater among postmenopausal women with waists larger than 88 cm
In the first few months of hemodialysis, one additional provider visit per month increased the probability of AV fistula or graft surgery by nearly 5%.
A study of 4,803 patients who underwent robot-assisted radical prostatectomy had long-term outcomes on par with other surgical approaches.
Simulation model projects that chronic kidney disease (CKD) prevalence will rise from 13.2% currently to nearly 17% by 2030.
Sodium zirconium cyclosilicate and patiromer hold promise as hyperkalemia treatments.
It preserves kidney function better than radical nephrectomy in patients with small- to medium-sized tumors, study finds.