Targeting a systolic blood pressure below 130 mm Hg was associated with a 21% decreased risk of all-cause mortality among patients with stage 3 to 4 chronic kidney disease, a meta-analysis found.
In a subanalysis, researchers discovered that testosterone deficiency was common in men with a sustained virologic response after being treated for hepatitis C.
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A recently published report describes the case of a 62-year-old patient who experienced rare but serious central nervous system (CNS) side effects following the initiation of gabapentin therapy.
In a new study, patients with serum phosphate levels above 1.78 mmol/L at the start of peritoneal dialysis had a nearly 2-fold increased risk of death.
Whole exome sequencing, a technique for sequencing the protein-coding genes in the genome, can identify multiple potential genetic causes of inherited kidney disease, according to investigators. Their study of exome sequencing and diagnostic analysis involving 2 cohorts totaling 3315 patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) detected diagnostic variants in 307 patients (9.3%). Of these, 206…
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Antonino Sidoti, MD gives us his opinion on our survey question “Do you think many CKD patients are being placed on dialysis too soon?” with a “European point of view” and how nephrologists should largely consider comorbidities.
Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM, FASN gives us her opinion on our survey question “Do you think many CKD patients are being placed on dialysis too soon?” and how patients with high GFR show little to no differences in outcome than patients with low GFR.
David S. Goldfarb, MD gives us his opinion to the question “Do you think many CKD patients are being placed on dialysis too soon?” and problems with relying too much on estimated GFR.
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