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) – Lower serum levels of creatinine are associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes, according to a brief report in the March issue…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Rituximab appears to be of benefit to some patients with severe proliferative or membranous lupus nephritis, according to a small French study published…
Jaime Landman MD, Director of Minimally Invasive Urology at Columbia Medical Center discusses Cytoreductive Nephrectomy, the cutting edge of kidney cancer management for patients whose disease is not…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Vitamin D deficiency is “rampant” among children with chronic kidney disease, and the prevalence of severe deficiency has increased over the last two…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Reducing blood pressure with the drug combination perindopril-indapamide reduces renal events in patients with type 2 diabetes, even when the initial blood pressure…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcSSc), treatment with rituximab depletes B cells in the peripheral circulation and in skin, with few…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Educating patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) to avoid processed and fast foods prepared with phosphorus-containing additives results in clinically significant improvements in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Pulse pressure can be used to screen patients with chronic kidney disease to identify those with coronary artery calcification who need further evaluation,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – One reason that African Americans have high rates of renal failure is that earlier, treatable stages of kidney disease are not being recognized…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Carefully selected kidney donors can expect to live just as long as people in the general population and experience no significant drop in…
