Plant-Based Phosphorus Best for Kidney Disease (CKD) Patients
Plant-based diet had the lowest urinary phosphorus excretion, whereas an inorganic-based diet had the highest.
View ArticleGiving Vitamin B6 Ups Resistance to ESAs
New finding on vitamin B6 is the opposite of what investigators hypothesized on patients with anemia.
View ArticleSevere Periodontal Disease Ups Kidney Disease (CKD) Risk in African Americans
Periodontal disease is associated with a significant 4.2-fold greater incidence of chronic kidney disease (CKD).
View ArticleFerric Citrate Phosphate Binder Cuts Hospitalization Rates
Rates for infection-, gastrointestinal-, and cardiac-related adverse events are lower than with sevelamer carbonate or calcium acetate.
View ArticleTight Blood Pressure Control Benefits Some Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD)...
Tight blood pressure control slows the rate of increase in total kidney volume and reduces left ventricular index.
View ArticleEarlier Use of ESAs Benefits Non-Dialysis Kidney Disease (CKD) Patients
Renal events are significantly less likely if erythropoiesis-stimulating agents are started at hemoglobin levels below 11 g/dL.
View ArticlePost-Op Acute Kidney Injury Not Prevented by Aspirin, Clonidine
Aspirin and clonidine increased the risk of major bleeding and clinically important hypotension in acute kidney injury (AKI).
View ArticleHigher Phosphorus, Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Not Linked in Kidney Disease...
Each 0.5 mg/dL increment in serum phosphorus associated with 58% increased odds of coronary heart failure (CHF).
View ArticleESA Use May Lower Risk of Transfusion
Benefit seen among anemia and hemodialysis patients with hemoglobin levels below 10 g/dL.
View ArticleInsulin Resistance Linked to High Phosphorus in Maintenance Hemodialysis...
In adjusted analyses, serum phosphorus levels independently predicted glucose disposal rate.
View ArticleDiabetic Nephropathy More Common Than Previously Thought
Researchers in the Netherlands report results from an autopsy study of diabetic nephropathy patients.
View ArticleFerric Citrate Controls Phosphorus, Cuts ESA Use
Over 52 weeks, the drug maintained hemoglobin levels while decreasing IV iron use in dialysis patients with anemia.
View ArticleCalciphylaxis Risk Lower in Cinacalcet Users
Calciphylaxis was 75% less likely to develop in patients who received the drug rather than placebo.
View ArticleStudy Reveals Advantages of Non-Calcareous Phosphate Binders
Use of these agents is associated with a much lower incidence of hypercalcemia compared with the use of calcium carbonate or calcium acetate.
View ArticleKidney Cancer Linked to Kidney Stones
Meta-analysis reveals a significantly increased risk of kidney stones only in male patients with kidney cancer.
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