Rates of Hyperkalemia, Other Adverse Events Increase as CKD Progresses
Adverse events rates have been rising over time among patients receiving dialysis, investigators reported.
Adverse events rates have been rising over time among patients receiving dialysis, investigators reported.
The rate of AKI requiring dialysis among patients hospitalized with pneumonia was 2.5% for those with CKD compared with 0.03% for those without CKD.
Patients who experienced CMV viremia had significantly lower total protein, hemoglobin, and platelet and lymphocyte counts compared with those who did not.
Heavy mycobacterial growth identified in ice and water machine on the unit where the 4 cardiac surgery patients were admitted
Prophylaxis against Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole reduced the risk for severe infections by nearly 77%, a study found.
While uncommon, BK polyomavirus-associated nephropathy is associated with a “substantial” risk of graft loss in kidney transplant recipients.
Letermovir is currently marketed under the brand name Prevymis for prophylaxis of CMV infection and disease in adult CMV-seropositive recipients of an allogeneic HSCT.
Other than female sex, no factors predict development of long-lasting symptoms
Bloodstream infections overall in the dialysis population have decreased since 2014, according to a CDC report.
Authors say the new algorithm could be used to safely withhold antibiotics in low-risk patients in the primary care setting