LAS VEGAS—Replacing 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) in hemodialysis (HD) patients who are deficient in the vitamin does not result in a significant decrease in intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH) level, researchers reported at the National Kidney Foundation’s Spring Clinical Meetings.
In patients with prostate cancer (PCa) undergoing radical prostatectomy (RP), those with type 2 diabetes mellitus may have a higher risk of harboring high-grade tumors on final pathological examination, according to a new Italian study.
Prostate cancer (PCa) patients with bone metastases who receive early treatment with zoledronic acid (ZA) may have a lower six-month risk of death compared with patients not treated with bisphosphonates, data show.
NEW ORLEANS—New data demonstrate that a computer-assisted decision support (CADS) tool can significantly reduce the number of medication errors and adverse events, particular major bleeding, that occur in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) who require dialysis.
CHICAGO—Drug-eluting stents (DES) may achieve better outcomes than bare metal stents in the treatment of renal artery stenosis (RAS), according to researchers.
NEW ORLEANS—Chronic kidney disease (CKD), defined as a glomerular filtration rate of 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 or below, is an independent predictor of death in patients with peripheral vascular disease (PVD), researchers reported at the 60th Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Cardiology.
The severity of acute kidney injury (AKI) is a robust predictor of progression to chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a new study published online in Kidney International.
CHICAGO—Time may not be as serious an issue as previously thought when it comes to image-guided percutaneous thrombectomy in the setting of clotted surgical dialysis access, according to researchers.
CHICAGO—Using covered stents to treat pseudoaneurysms in arteriovenous (AV) grafts significantly increases the risk of graft infection, a study found.
CHICAGO—Prostatic artery embolization (PAE), a new outpatient interventional radiology treatment that blocks the blood supply to enlarged prostate glands, achieves outcomes similar to those of transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP), according to Portuguese researchers.
