Stanford University School of Medicine–led researchers have found that intensive blood pressure (BP) control produces ...

An FDA-approved medication called glucarpidase could serve as an antidote to kidney toxicity in patients receiving the chemotherapy drug methotrexate (MTX), according to a new study. Using data from ...

COVID-19 is associated with accelerated decline in kidney function, especially after hospitalization, according to a study published online.

Kidney failure may occur due to acute (sudden) or chronic causes. As a chronic condition, kidney failure is the final stage of chronic kidney disease. Medical professionals also refer to it as end ...

In this video, Jay B. Wish, MD, professor of clinical medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine and chief medical ...

The National Kidney Foundation published a consensus document that advocates transition to race-free eGFR equations in health ...

In this nonrandomized, retrospective study, minor (but not major) bleeding was significantly more common with enoxaparin than with UFH among patients with severe renal insufficiency. In December ...

Background Heart failure (HF) guidelines recommend routine testing for iron deficiency (ID) and, for those with ID, ...

If your kidney loses some function, it’s typically not severe and won’t impact your life span. Some people, however, may develop the progressive loss of kidney function, or chronic kidney ...

Kidney transplantation represents a significant advancement for managing end-stage renal disease (ESRD), offering improved recipient quality of life and ...

QUADAS-2 is applied in four phases: summarise the review question tailor the tool to the review and produce review-specific guidance construct a flow diagram for the primary study assess ... knowledge ...

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