Urologist, Radiologist Blame Each Other for Patient’s Untimely Death
Who is to blame when a patient suffers a fatal adverse reaction to a diagnostic test—the urologist who ordered it or the radiologist who carried it out?
Print Issue: July 01, 2012
BP Drugs Could Boost Risk of Contrast-Induced AKI
Use of ACE inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers during coronary angiography found to independently boost risk by 43%.
Riser BP Pattern More Common in CKD, Diabetes
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring is necessary for the proper evaluation of cardiovascular disease risk, researchers conclude.
Novel Agent Could Help Men with Metastatic CRPC
CHICAGO—Men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer may benefit from treatment with OGX-427, an investigational drug that inhibits production of a protein implicated in cancer progression.
Preemptive Transplants May Not Offer Survival Edge
BOSTON—Preemptive kidney transplantation may offer no survival advantage over kidney transplantation soon after dialysis initiation, according to new findings reported at the 2012 American Transplant Congress.
Radium Drug’s Benefits for Prostate Cancer Patients Confirmed
Treatment with the investigational drug radium-223 is associated with significantly increased overall survival in patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer.
One-Year Outcomes Not Worse in Obese Kidney Donors
BOSTON—Researchers who examined renal outcomes in obese living kidney donors observed no increased incidence of hypertension, proteinuria, or renal dysfunction compared with non-obese donors at one year after nephrectomy.
Kids’ Kidneys Can Work Well in Adult Recipients
BOSTON—Transplantation of kidneys from child donors into adult recipients can achieve good outcomes, according to researchers.
Daily Fluid Intake Found To Have No Effect on Mortality
PARIS—New data from a population-based cohort study appear to challenge the belief that survival is linked to daily fluid intake.
Statins Have Mixed Effects in CKD Patients
PARIS—Statin medications appear to have different effects on patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) depending on their disease stage, researchers reported.
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