Many Kidney Transplant Recipients Back to Work
THURSDAY, Sept. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Employed kidney transplant recipients report that they function very well at work, according to a study published online Sept. 26 in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.Tim J. Knobbe,…
Learn MoreArterial Stiffness Tied to Kidney Disease in Children
WDNESDAY, Sept. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Pulse wave velocity is increased in children with chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study published online Aug. 25 in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.Karolis Azukaitis,…
Learn MoreRace-Free Creatinine Equation May Cut Disparity in Kidney Wait Time
TUESDAY, Sept. 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Use of the creatinine race-free 2021 Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) equation to determine eligibility for the kidney transplant wait list may reduce racial differences in preempt…
Learn MoreCKD Risk Up for Metabolically Healthy Overweight, Obese People
MONDAY, Sept. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Metabolically healthy overweight and obese individuals may have an increased risk for chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study published online Sept. 19 in the European Journal of Clinical Investiga…
Learn MoreIntervention Cuts Risk for AKI After Coronary Angiography
TUESDAY, Sept. 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — An intervention, including clinical decision support with audit and feedback, reduces the likelihood of acute kidney injury (AKI) among patients undergoing coronary angiography, according to a study published…
Learn MoreOutcomes of Living, Unrelated Donor Kidney Transplants in Children Examined
THURSDAY, Sept. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Graft survival is comparable for pediatric recipients of living unrelated donor (LURD) and living related donor (LRD) kidneys, according to a study published online July 23 in Pediatric Transplantation.
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Learn MoreKidney Function Lower in Middle-Aged Women Than Men
TUESDAY, Aug. 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) — With aging, kidney function is lower in women than men, but the rate of change in glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is higher in men than women, according to a study published online Aug. 17 in the Journal of …
Learn MorePatient Preferences for Choices in Kidney Transplant Examined
MONDAY, Aug. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Patients are willing to receive a worse-quality kidney sooner in order to avoid additional waiting time for transplant, according to a study published online Aug. 19 in the Clinical Journal of the American S…
Learn MoreKidneys’ Resilience May Depend on Your Gender, Study Finds
MONDAY, Aug. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Men and women have different experiences with declining kidney function as they age, so researchers set out to try to figure out what was happening. What they knew was that more women have chronic kidney disea…
Learn MoreReal-World Data Links Rosuvastatin to Adverse Effects on Kidneys
THURSDAY, Aug. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Rosuvastatin is associated with increased risks for hematuria, proteinuria, and kidney failure with replacement therapy (KFRT) compared with atorvastatin use, according to a study published online July 19 in…
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