In 12 of the 32 participants (six men aged 47-76 and six women aged 36-84), the lowest eGFR in the postprandial period fell into a worse category than the preprandial eGFR. In 11 subjects, CKD staging ...

Many older individuals receive a false diagnosis of CKD stage 3, two nephrologists say. Two nephrologists believe CKD is being overdiagnosed in the United States, particularly among the elderly. The ...

Credit: Getty Images The number of patients diagnosed with CKD continues to rise each year. Those in the health care field need to work together to minimize the number of patients who go undetected ...

In a recent study posted to Preprints with the Lancet*, researchers investigate gender-, socioeconomic status-, and age-based disparities in chronic kidney disease (CKD) and update global CKD ...

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Aims The epidemiology of the five stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in systolic heart failure (HF) patients has predominantly been described in hospitalized White patients, with little known ...

The authors developed an algorithm that uses medical claims to identify patients with chronic kidney disease who are at greatest risk of being hospitalized within 90 days. Objectives: Patients with ...

Study reveals a correlation between smoking and chronic kidney disease (CKD) in observational analyses, but no causal relationship in genetic models, highlighting the role of confounding factors like ...

Kidneys are vital organs responsible for filtering waste, balancing electrolytes, and producing hormones that regulate blood pressure and red blood cell production. When kidney function declines, ...

When it comes to issues of vitamin D in chronic kidney disease (CKD), core certainties include that most patients with CKD have dysregulated 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25[OH]D) and nutritional ...