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All articles tagged: Unspecified kidney failure (N19)

HealthDay 29 January at 10.47 PM

eGFRcr-cys Levels More Strongly Linked to Adverse Outcomes in Seniors

In older patients, a low estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) based on creatinine and cystatin C levels (eGFRcr-cys) is more strongly associated with adverse outcomes compared with low eGFR based on creatinine level (eGFRcr), according to a study published online Jan. 30 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.Ed

HealthDay 22 January at 04.53 PM

Ordering Palliative Care Consult by Default Increases Rate of Consultation

Ordering palliative care consultation by default increases the rate of consultation but does not reduce the length of stay for older hospitalized patients with advanced chronic illness, according to a study published in the Jan. 16 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.Katherine R. Courtright, M.D., from the Perelman

HealthDay 21 December at 04.17 PM

No Improvement Noted in Black-White Kidney Transplant Rate Ratios

For patients with kidney failure, there appears to be no substantial improvement over time in the observed or adjusted Black-White mean living donor kidney transplant (LDKT) rate ratios (RRs), according to a study published online Dec. 15 in JAMA Network Open.Lisa M. McElroy, M.D., from Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, No

HealthDay 11 December at 04.49 PM

Retinal OCT Can Act as Prognostic Biomarker of Kidney Injury

Retinal optical coherence tomography (OCT) has potential to act as a noninvasive monitor and prognostic biomarker of kidney injury, according to a study published online Dec. 5 in Nature Communications.Tariq E. Farrah, B.M., B.Sc., from the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom, and colleagues examined the potential of retinal O