Kidney Failure

Disease State Hub

Polls

Poll

ESRD, Amputations, and Death

09/17/2018

Nearly half of patients with ESRD who undergo a lower extremity amputation die within how many years of amputation?

09/17/2018

Research Summaries

Research Summary

Large Case Series Identifies Key Clinical, Pathological Characteristics of Patients With Oxalate Nephropathy

05/24/2024

Anthony Calabro, MA

Oxalate nephropathy is a commonly underrecognized cause of chronic kidney disease and end-stage kidney disease with multiple etiologies, including primary hyperoxaluria, enteric hyperoxaluria, or ingestion...

05/24/2024

Kidney Transplant

How Does Body Weight Effect Kidney Transplant Outcomes?

01/19/2021

While previous studies have examined outcomes in kidney transplant patients with obesity, knowledge gaps remain concerning how changes in body mass index following kidney transplantation impact these...

01/19/2021

Nutrition

Nutrition Therapy May Improve Kidney Failure Risk in Patients With CKD

10/21/2020

Patients with chronic kidney disease who are on hemodialysis have a higher risk of hyperphosphatemia, which may lead to kidney failure. A new study highlights whether nutritional therapy can reduce the...

10/21/2020

Kidney Disease

Kidney Survey Identifies Barriers to Dialysis Adherence

03/22/2018

The American Kidney Fund recently surveyed 1200 patients on dialysis and 400 renal professionals regarding barriers to adherence to treatment regimens for kidney failure.

03/22/2018

Screening

Uric Acid Levels May Hint at Faster Kidney Failure, Death

02/07/2018

In a recent study, researchers aimed to clarify the longitudinal trajectories of serum uric acid over the course of chronic kidney disease, as well as the effects on time to end-stage renal disease and...

02/07/2018

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September 2024

Volume 64

Issue 9