Acute tubular necrosis (ATN) is a type of renal azotemia caused by damage to the kidney tubules, leading to cell death. Ischemia, sepsis, heavy metals, and medications can…
Dana V. Rizk, MD, professor of medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham; and Gerald Appel, MD, professor of medicine and co-director of the Center for Glomerular Disease, Columbia…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Researchers cut short a clinical trial of the endothelin blocker avosentan in patients with diabetic nephropathy because it was linked with fluid overload…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – As initial treatment of hypertension, a combination of benazepril plus amlodipine is more effective at preserving renal function compared to benazepril plus hydrochlorothiazide,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Potassium monitoring can help prevent drug-associated hyperkalemia events in patients with diabetes, according to a report in the January 20th online issue of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with hypertensive nephropathy and metabolic acidosis, alkali treatment reduces tubulointerstitial injury and slows the decline in glomerular filtration rate (GFR), a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – High-dose atorvastatin does not protect against contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) in patients with kidney disease, Italian researchers report. “Statins have recently been proposed for…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The incidence of acute kidney injury after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is higher than 10%, a Canadian study shows. As reported in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In type 2 diabetics with multiple comorbidities, tight glycemic control does not provide the same cardiovascular benefits that it does in diabetics with…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Chronic renal disease appears to reduce platelet responsiveness to clopidogrel, according to a Korean research team. Furthermore, increasing the dose of clopidogrel does…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adding angioplasty to medical therapy does not improve the outcomes of patients with renal-artery stenosis and carries substantial risks, according to a report…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In kidney transplant recipients, bringing hemoglobin levels above 125 g/L with erythropoietin may increase mortality, according to a report in the November 6th…
