Factors Linked to Self-Care Behavior ID'd for CKD Patients
THURSDAY, Oct. 20, 2022 -- For patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), promoting adequate self-care necessitates identification of each patient ' s barriers and needs based on individual characteristics including age, cohabitation, and employment... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - October 20, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Which Side Are the Organs On?
Discussion
Although externally vertebrates present with bilateral symmetry, this is not necessarily true internally for humans. Humans have a normal left-right asymmetry of their internal organs. For example, the right lung has 3 lobes and is slightly larger than the left lung with 2 lobes. The normal asymmetry is called situs solitus (SS). Complete reversal of the normal abdominal and thoracic organ positions is called situs inversus totalis (SIT). Variations on the laterality between situs solitus and SIT has been referred to by different names including situs ambiguous or heterotaxy. For this case, the term situs ambigu...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - October 17, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Diabetes-Related CKD Rates Dropped Slightly in Recent Years
(MedPage Today) -- Rates of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in people with diabetes have dipped in recent years but still remain high, researchers reported.
Between 2015 and 2020, the incidence of CKD among those with diabetes dropped by an estimated... (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - October 12, 2022 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Episode 4: Disparities in Care: Race, Equity, and CKD in the US Episode 4: Disparities in Care: Race, Equity, and CKD in the US
Join experts Drs Matthew Sparks and Dinushika Mohottige as they discuss disparities in care for individuals who have chronic kidney disease in the United States.Medscape (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - October 12, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nephrology InDiscussion Source Type: news
Corrigendum: The impact of alcohol consumption on cognitive impairment in patients with diabetes, hypertension, or chronic kidney disease - Yen FS, Wang SI, Lin SY, Chao YH, Wei JCC.
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2022.861145.].
A corrigendum on
The impact of alcohol consumption on cognitive impairment in patients with diabetes, hypertension, or chronic kidney disease
by Yen, F-S., Wang, S-I., Lin, S-Y., Chao, Y-H... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 12, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
The Kidney Transplant Ecosystem Is Ripe for Reform
(MedPage Today) -- For many patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) or end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), the treatment that provides the longest and best quality of life is a kidney transplant. Recently, the U.S. transplant system achieved... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - October 11, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: news
New Consensus on Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease Together New Consensus on Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease Together
ADA and KDIGO, an international kidney disease group, together summarize their current guidance on how to manage patients with diabetes and chronic kidney disease.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - October 5, 2022 Category: Cardiology Tags: Nephrology News Source Type: news
Arterial Stiffness Tied to Kidney Disease in Children
WDNESDAY, Sept. 28, 2022 -- Pulse wave velocity is increased in children with chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study published online Aug. 25 in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
Karolis Azukaitis, M.D., Ph.D.,... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - September 28, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Calf circumference predicts falls in older adults on hemodialysis - Rodrigues RG, Dalboni MA, de A Correia M, Machado Dos Reis L, Moyses RMA, Elias RM.
OBJECTIVE: Older patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing maintenance hemodialysis are at higher risk of falling. However, there is no standard method to screen patients at higher risk. We have evaluated whether calf circumference (CC) measurement w... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 28, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Race-Free Creatinine Equation May Cut Disparity in Kidney Wait Time
TUESDAY, Sept. 27, 2022 -- Use of the creatinine race-free 2021 Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) equation to determine eligibility for the kidney transplant wait list may reduce racial differences in preemptive wait time... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - September 27, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
CKD Risk Up for Metabolically Healthy Overweight, Obese People
MONDAY, Sept. 26, 2022 -- Metabolically healthy overweight and obese individuals may have an increased risk for chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study published online Sept. 19 in the European Journal of Clinical Investigation.
Mehmet... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - September 26, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Science Saturday: Mayo Clinic researchers integrate genomics into kidney disease diagnosis, care
Genomic testing results evaluated by a team of Mayo Clinic researchers, coupled with the latest research techniques, provided a definitive diagnosis for 30.7% of families with unexplained chronic kidney disease or stones, as reported in a 2021 study published in Kidney Medicine, a Journal of the National Kidney Foundation. The study obtained the highest diagnostic yield in people with tubulointerstitial diseases at 53.3%, followed by congenital anomalies of the kidney and urological tract, 33.3%; glomerular 31%; cysts 26.7%; stones… (Source: Mayo Clinic Research News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Research News - September 17, 2022 Category: Research Source Type: news
South Africa: Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease on Rise - South African News Briefs, September 7, 2022
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 7, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Real-World Findings Support RASi Continuation in Advanced CKD Real-World Findings Support RASi Continuation in Advanced CKD
Discontinuing renin-angiotensin-system inhibitors in people with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease can lead to a greater risk of adverse outcomes.First Look (Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines)
Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines - August 31, 2022 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Source Type: news
Do People Living With HIV Age Prematurely? Do People Living With HIV Age Prematurely?
People living with HIV may develop cardiovascular disease and hypertension earlier and be increasingly prone to chronic kidney disease, researchers in the United Kingdom report.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines - August 29, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: HIV/AIDS News Source Type: news
