Improvement observed in estimated glomerular filtration rate in kidney transplant recipients treated with allopurinol for elevated uric acid. Urate-lowering treatment with allopurinol may help ...

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Researchers have conducted a retrospective study of over 3100 people with chronic kidney disease to evaluate the association between mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (MRA) use and renal outcomes.

In patients with chronic kidney disease, the loss of podocytes—part of the kidney's glomerular filtration barrier—causes irreversible disease progression. So far, physicians and researchers have found ...

(HealthDay News) — For statin-treated patients with coronary heart disease (CHD), stabilization or improvement in renal function is associated with a reduced rate of major cardiovascular events (MCVEs ...

The latest consensus meeting of international experts in critical care and nephrology supports the use of novel biomarkers in the prevention and management of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) The consensus ...

Disagreement between creatinine and cystatin C kidney tests signals a much higher risk of serious disease and death, ...