Elevated serum normalized alkaline phosphatase (nAP) is associated with significantly higher risks of hospitalization and death among hemodialysis patients, independent of calcium, phosphorus, and parathyroid hormone levels, ac-cording to a study of patients in 12 countries.
Patients do not appear to be burdened by clean intermittent self-catheterization (CISC), according to researchers in Switzerland.
Nephrologists want to improve outcomes and quality of life for renal disease patients through research, but we are faced with major hurdles.
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune vasculitis that affects 1.5 million people in the United States, with approximately 160,000 new cases each year.
A routine file maintenance ended in arrest and jail time for a licensed nurse who shared a patient’s medical information with her spouse.
The absence of urinary nitrites predicts potential resistance of pediatric UTIs to cephalosporins, according to investigators at the Children’s Hospital of Western Ontario, London, Ont., Canada.
