First-Ever Pig Kidney Transplant Performed in Living Recipient Patient with end-stage kidney disease underwent transplant at Massachusetts General Hospital Mar 21, 2024
Acute Kidney Injury Outcomes Better When It's Due to COVID, Study Finds "Survivors of COVID-AKI appear to be a resilient population," say researchers Feb 26, 2024
FDA Slaps Boxed Warning on Osteoporosis Drug Denosumab can cause severe hypocalcemia in patients with advanced CKD, agency finds Jan 19, 2024
Calcium Levels Quickly Become Critical for Many Denosumab-Treated Women on Dialysis New findings led to boxed warning on drug's labeling for advanced CKD patients Jan 19, 2024
Telehealth, Default Orders Show Promise in Palliative Care Telecare improved quality of life for people with chronic illnesses Jan 17, 2024
Top Insomnia Treatments Offer Little Relief for Dialysis Patients CBT, trazodone outcomes were "surprising" Jan 16, 2024
Go Vegetarian to Avoid COVID? Making Dialysis Centers Work Better Also in TTHealthWatch: diagnostic errors among hospitalized patients Jan 13, 2024 podcast
In Acute Kidney Disease, SGLT2 inhibitors Were All-Around Protective Risk of all-cause mortality, MAKE, and MACE were significantly reduced Jan 04, 2024
Teens' High BMI Tied to Early Chronic Kidney Disease "Enormous" risk increase seen in the highest BMI categories Dec 11, 2023
Kidney Disease in Pregnancy Often Overlooked for Care These women had less nephrology care prior to end-stage disease onset Dec 08, 2023
Quick Albuminuria Reduction Key Factor in Finerenone's Efficacy 4-month UACR reduction mediated 84% of kidney treatment effect Dec 05, 2023
Methotrexate Tied to Greater Risks for Older Patients With CKD FDA should consider warning labels based on study results, researchers argue Nov 28, 2023
FDA OKs Product to Thwart Bloodstream Infections During Dialysis Taurolidine-heparin solution reduced infections by 71% versus heparin alone Nov 15, 2023
Kidney Week Roundup: Cell Therapy Cuts Immunosuppressive Drug Use Post-Transplant Plus: bardoxolone methyl for diabetic kidney disease and spironolactone in hemodialysis patients Nov 07, 2023
Kidney Transplant Rates Stubbornly Resist Systems Intervention in Canada Multi-pronged approach to boost living and deceased donor transplant fails in randomized trial Nov 06, 2023
Sparsentan Bests Irbesartan for Preserving Kidney Function in IgA Nephropathy Proteinuria reduction and slower eGFR decline in 2-year PROTECT trial Nov 05, 2023
ERA and SGLT2 Inhibitor Combo Cuts Albuminuria in Chronic Kidney Disease But ZENITH-CKD trial had to pivot to only using low-dose zibotentan due to fluid retention Nov 05, 2023
Sparsentan Failed to Preserve Kidney Function Over Time in FSGS However, more patients on the drug achieved partial remission of proteinuria vs irbesartan Nov 03, 2023
Mid-Stage Win for Novel IgA Nephropathy Drug APRIL-neutralizing antibody sibeprenlimab reduced proteinuria and stabilized eGFR Nov 02, 2023
How to Deprescribe Dialysis After Patients Leave the Hospital Acute kidney injury patients should not be left on dialysis longer than necessary Oct 19, 2023
FDA Approves First Phosphate Absorption Inhibitor for CKD Tenapanor indicated for adults on dialysis who fail on phosphate binders Oct 18, 2023
FDA Approves Another SGLT2 Inhibitor for Treating CKD Empagliflozin adds indication in adults, regardless of diabetes status Sep 22, 2023
Pig-Kidney Xenotransplants Prove Successful in Two Brain-Dead Men "Life-sustaining kidney function" was seen with gene-edited pig kidneys Aug 16, 2023
Hemodiafiltration Reduced Dialysis Mortality in Kidney Failure Randomized trial strengthens the argument for adopting this type of dialysis beyond the ICU Jun 16, 2023
TAVR Valves Fail Fast in ESRD, Study Shows Group predisposed to calcification shows double digit rate within 6 months May 19, 2023
Experts Outline Strategies for Boosting Equity in Chronic Kidney Disease Race-neutral calculations for kidney function, leveling the playing field on waiting lists May 15, 2023
GLP-1 RAs Safe Months After Kidney Transplant Helped diabetics cut down on daily insulin dose, body weight May 08, 2023
Vascular Complications Big Contributor to Diabetes Deaths Diabetic nephropathy was most common of the fatal complications, study showed May 05, 2023
Sodium Thiosulphate Not Much Help for Calciphylaxis in CKD Though used off-label for years, treatment isn't very beneficial Apr 26, 2023
NKF Roundup: Latest Data on Tolvaptan, Terlipressin, and Lumasiran More research from the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meeting Apr 17, 2023
Another Measure of Terlipressin Success in Hepatorenal Syndrome Goal of 30% reduction in serum creatinine in the absence of full response or HRS reversal Apr 13, 2023
Long COVID Patients on Dialysis See Elevated Oxidative Stress Markers Temporary vascular access, uncontrolled hypertension may be risk factors in this population Apr 13, 2023
Stroke Outcomes Provide Some Clarity on Kidney-Brain Connection Kidney dysfunction, kidney damage increase risks in different ways, say researchers Apr 07, 2023
Kidney Transplant Less Likely in Adults With Developmental Disabilities "Urgent need" for anti-discrimination initiatives to promote equitable care, researchers argue Feb 15, 2023
Chilling Donors Not as Good as Machine Perfusion for Kidney Transplant Noninvasive cooling before organ removal didn't measure up for early organ function Feb 02, 2023
Combo Treatment Could Delay Kidney Failure for Years in Nondiabetic CKD Big benefits projected with SGLT2/RAAS inhibitor combination therapy Nov 23, 2022
Watch for Severe Hypocalcemia in Dialysis Patients on Prolia, FDA Warns Agency said potential risk may require more frequent blood calcium monitoring Nov 22, 2022
Saline Goes Head-to-Head With Balanced Crystalloid IV Fluids for Kidney Transplant Researcher argued saline should be reconsidered as the standard IV fluid used Nov 07, 2022
Not So Cool After All: No CV Benefit With Lower-Temp Dialysate in Hemodialysis Some patients in MyTEMP trial even complained cooler dialysate was "worst possible feeling" Nov 06, 2022
Empagliflozin Protects At-Risk Patients From CKD Progression Also cut risk for cardiovascular-related death and worsening kidney function Nov 04, 2022
