Renal transplantation reduces risk of CV events in patients of ANCA-associated vasculitis and ESRD Written By Dr. Shravani Dali28 Feb 2022 9:00 AM ISTMyocardial infarction and ischemic stroke are leading causes of cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV), ...
Metformin Might Have Unfavourable Outcomes in Patients with CKD Written By MD Bureau3 Jan 2022 9:15 AM ISTChronic kidney disease (CKD) is becoming a global health challenge. Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the most important causes of CKD in several...
Kidney transplant to reduce risk of MI and CVD in patients with renal failure: Study Written By MD Editorial Team24 Sept 2021 9:00 PM ISTEnd Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), is the last stage of chronic kidney disease that requires dialysis or transplant. Kidney diseases are known to cause...
Timely management of psoriasis lowers infection and mortality risk in ESRD: Study Written By Dr Satabdi Saha19 Jun 2021 9:15 AM ISTPsoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease related to T-cell-mediated immunity. The global prevalence of psoriasis is 0.91–8.5%. Despite novel...
Peritoneal Dialysis is significantly improving patient outcomes: Experts Written By hina15 March 2021 1:15 PM ISTNon-communicable diseases (NCDs) pose an increasingly large threat to the world today. What is more alarming is that India is one of the countries ...
Dyskalemias Before Dialysis Increases Risk of Post-Dialysis mortality Written By Dr Kartikeya Kohli14 Feb 2021 11:30 PM ISTPatients with advanced NDD-CKD are prone to plasma potassium (K) variability and dyskalemias(hypo- and hyperkalemia), because of the reduced...
Bisprolol safer than carvedilol in Hemodialysis patients for lowering HF, stroke risk: Study Written By Dr Kartikeya Kohli10 Jan 2021 8:21 PM ISTPersons with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) undergoing dialysis are at high risk of developing and dying from cardiovascular (CV) disease, for which...
Oxygenated hypothermic machine perfusion safely reduces post-transplant complications Written By Dr Kartikeya Kohli16 Dec 2020 7:15 PM ISTA recent study published in The Lancet journal on 21 November 2020 suggests that oxygenated hypothermic machine perfusion is safe and reduces...
Hypertension in Diabetes: Considering Therapies which Optimise Kidney Protection Written By Dr Sujoy Ghosh20 Nov 2020 11:25 AM ISTHypertension and Diabetes remain the top two causes of End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) (1). Hence, it seems clinically appropriate to establish that...
SGLT-2 inhibitors tied to lower risk of End-Stage Renal Disease, Finds Study Written By Dr. Nandita Mohan12 Nov 2020 6:32 PM ISTResearchers have noted that the initiation of SGLT-2i vs oGLD was associated with a lower risk of End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) and all-cause death,...
Kidney function decline at young age tied to worse cognitive performance later: Study Written By Medha Baranwal4 Nov 2020 7:33 PM ISTUSA: People who experience episodes of kidney function decline in their young adulthood are at greater risk for worse cognitive performance in their...
AI can successfully predict ESRD in diabetes patients, finds study Written By Medha Baranwal10 Sept 2020 8:00 PM ISTNetherlands: A machine-learning model can help in the successful prediction of end‐stage renal disease (ESRD) in patients with nephropathy and type 2...
