ADVOR Backs Add-On Acetazolamide for Cutting Congestion in Decompensated HF
(MedPage Today) -- BARCELONA -- The addition of IV acetazolamide to loop diuretic therapy led to a greater incidence of successful early decongestion in patients with acute decompensated heart failure (HF), according to the ADVOR trial.
The... (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - August 27, 2022 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
No Detrimental Impact on Cognition With Entresto for Heart Failure
(MedPage Today) -- BARCELONA -- Patients who were treated with sacubitril/valsartan (Entresto) for heart failure with moderately reduced or preserved left ventricular ejection fraction did not appear to experience worsening cognition function... (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - August 26, 2022 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
COVID Clotting Risk; Monkeypox Guidelines; Cutoffs for Gestational Diabetes
(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center... (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - August 20, 2022 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Age-Related Kidney Function Loss Differs Significantly by Gender
(MedPage Today) -- A population-based study investigating gender differences in kidney function found that women had lower function at baseline, but that men's function declined faster, especially at older ages. The results suggest the need for... (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - August 17, 2022 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Aldosterone Linked to Kidney Failure Risk, Irrespective of Diabetes
(MedPage Today) -- Higher serum aldosterone levels were linked to a greater risk of kidney failure in chronic kidney disease (CKD), both for those with and without diabetes, a study showed.
Every doubling in aldosterone level was associated with... (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - August 9, 2022 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy Seen Feasible After Kidney Transplant
(MedPage Today) -- Continuing regular immunosuppression does not appear to diminish the efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors in kidney transplant recipients with incurable, locally advanced cancer or defined metastatic solid tumors, according... (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - July 14, 2022 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
People With Gum Disease Are More Prone to Heart Failure
(MedPage Today) -- The link between periodontal disease and heart failure (HF) was reinforced by long-term data from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) cohort.
Among study participants with full-mouth periodontal exams in 1996-1998... (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - July 6, 2022 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Which Advanced HF Patients Are Entresto-Intolerant in the Real World?
(MedPage Today) -- Confident prediction of who will or will not experience side effects from a cornerstone heart failure therapy continues to elude researchers, even as they showed that some real-world patients were more likely not to tolerate... (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - June 28, 2022 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Kidney Failure May Drive COVID Deaths in People With Sickle Cell Trait
(MedPage Today) -- COVID-19 patients with sickle cell trait (SCT) were prone to poor outcomes that appeared to be driven in part by kidney dysfunction, a genetic association study suggested.
Among U.S. veterans of African ancestry, SCT was tied... (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - June 27, 2022 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Heart Failure Drugs Can Be Unaffordable on Medicare, Study Finds
(MedPage Today) -- Nearly all Medicare prescription drug plans restricted coverage of established heart failure medications to some degree, most commonly by requiring cost-sharing, according to recent data.
Tier level 3 or higher cost-sharing... (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - June 21, 2022 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Good News for Heart Failure Patients Getting COVID Booster Shots
(MedPage Today) -- Vaccination against COVID-19 was associated with significant reductions in serious outcomes among patients with heart failure (HF), according to a retrospective cohort study.
Compared with unvaccinated patients with HF, those... (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - June 9, 2022 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
How Many More Diabetes Cases Will New Screening Recs Catch?
(MedPage Today) -- Implementing recommendations for starting prediabetes and diabetes screening at age 35 would increase eligibility by about 6 to 7 percentage points, an analysis of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data... (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - May 17, 2022 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Renal Denervation Responders Hint at Good Clinical Outcomes
(MedPage Today) -- PARIS -- The concept of time in target range (TTR) provided a stronger case for renal denervation as an adjunctive treatment to reduce blood pressure (BP) in people not responding to antihypertensives, according to studies... (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - May 17, 2022 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Self-Monitoring BP of Little Help in Higher Risk Pregnancies
(MedPage Today) -- Pregnant patients at risk of developing hypertensive disorders did not experience earlier detection of illness or better outcomes when they self-monitored their blood pressure (BP) levels, according to two parallel randomized... (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - May 3, 2022 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Novel Agents Promising in Pruritus, Rare Metabolic Disease, and More
(MedPage Today) -- Research on treatment for APOL1-mediated kidney disease and kidney troubles in COVID-19 patients, as well as DIAMOND trial data, were highlights at the 2022 National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings. Below are a few... (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - April 10, 2022 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
