Does Marijuana Use Impact Kidney Function?
Researchers compared current and past marijuana use to never users
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Balanced Crystalloids May Cut Kidney Complications Compared With Saline
The results showed no difference in the number of hospital-free days between either group but the balanced crystalloids group had a lower incidence of major adverse kidney events ≤30 days vs the saline group.
Tolvaptan Slows Loss of Renal Function in Later-Stage ADPKD
Reduction in decline in eGFR for patients with later-stage autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
New Data Show Canagliflozin May Improve Renal Outcomes in T2DM Patients
The renal analyses showed that compared to placebo, canagliflozin reduced the risk of kidney disease progression, including significantly reducing urinary albumin excretion and stabilizing estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) over a study duration of more than six years.
Does Antioxidant Supplementation Slow Diabetic Kidney Disease Progression?
Since oxidative stress is known to worsen DKD, study authors sought to review available data on the possible benefits of chronic antioxidant supplementation on DKD progression.
Diabetic Nephropathy Rx Trends Investigated
DDP-4 inhibitors used in 54 percent of visits in last quarter of 2014; ACE inhibitors, ARBs often used
Orphan Drug Status Granted for C3 Glomerulopathy Treatment
Patients with C3G experience progressive deterioration in renal function, ultimately leading to renal failure requiring dialysis and kidney transplant, if left untreated.
Risks Following RFA for Liver Cancer in ESRD Patients on Hemodialysis Investigated
Dialyzed patients have higher in-hospital mortality, hemorrhagic complications after RFA for HCC
RRT Initiation Impacts Health-Related Quality of Life in ESRD
Total of 26.6 and 27 percent of patients experienced anxiety, depression with initiation of RRT
Renal Cell Carcinoma
This 64-year-old female patient, was referred to our clinic with an enlarging right renal tumor. The tumor was incidentally detected on ultrasound, which her primary-care provider (PCP) ordered in response to her nonpalpable ovaries.
