Glycemic Variability in Diabetes Ups AKI, CKD Risks
Beyond mean hemoglobin A1c, glycemic variability over time may be an additional risk factor for poor kidney outcomes.
Beyond mean hemoglobin A1c, glycemic variability over time may be an additional risk factor for poor kidney outcomes.
Even people with HIV that is well controlled with viral suppression are at increased risk for acute kidney injury.
Inorganic nitrate also reduced the risk for major adverse cardiac events in patients undergoing coronary angiography for non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome.
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The benefit of aspirin in sepsis-associated AKI may relate to its anti-inflammatory and anti-platelet properties.
Use of the antihypertensive medications improved survival whether or not patients fully recovered from acute kidney injury.
Preeclampsia is an important risk factor for chronic kidney disease and warrants post-delivery monitoring, according to investigators.
Acute kidney injury did not necessarily explain the study results.
The atlas will allow investigators to compare healthy kidney cells to injured cells to understand the factors that contribute to recovery or kidney disease progression, including kidney failure.
Investigators report findings from one of the largest cohorts of patients treated with androgen receptor pathway inhibitors.