Nephrology
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EHR alerts flag acute kidney injury and avert progression
Automated EHR alerts for hospitalized patients alerted clinicians when acute kidney injury developed, triggered stoppage of potentially...
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Dialysis not always best option in advanced kidney disease
“We’ve recognized for a long time that there are many patients for whom dialysis provides neither a survival advantage nor a quality of life...
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Promising new antibiotic emerges for treating UTIs
It would be the first new treatment in 20 years for UTIs, which affect more than half of women at least sometime in their lives.
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Study sheds new light on RAS inhibitors’ role for advanced CKD
“The results of this trial will inform future clinical practice worldwide and guideline recommendations.”
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Moving the needle: SGLT2 inhibitor role for isolated kidney disease
When the EMPA-Kidney study began – before results from DAPA-CKD were known – “we never imagined such a large effect” on important endpoints in...
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Kidney function may help docs pick antiplatelet mix after stroke
Ticagrelor–aspirin compared with clopidogrel-aspirin reduced risk for recurrent stroke with no substantial increase in severe or moderate bleeding...
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Terlipressin decreases need for renal replacement therapy in liver transplant recipients
The drug restores renal blood flow and reverses hepatorenal syndrome type 1 in some patients.
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Goodbye ‘diabetes insipidus’, hello ‘AVP-D’ and ‘AVP-R’
Confusion with the term ‘diabetes mellitus’ ... has spurred proposed name change by an international panel representing major endocrinology...
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Islet transplants in type 1 diabetes durable up to 8 years
Long-term insulin independence and safety is seen with islet-cell transplant in patients with severe hypoglycemia at baseline.
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‘Too good to be true’? Ultrasound safely treats kidney stones
The results of limited patient discomfort and stone motion in 66% of treated patients seem “almost too good to be true.”
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Finerenone benefits T2D across spectrum of renal function
Finerenone treatment of people with type 2 diabetes and albuminuria improved outcomes, compared with placebo regardless of renal functional status...