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Improved Method for Diagnosing Kidney Disease

BLATIMORE— Assessing glomerular filtration rate (GFR) using kidney filtration markers in blood is the standard means for determining kidney function, diagnosing kidney disease and measuring its progression. ...More

3 weeks ago

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Patient Care Targeted

WASHINGTON—The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Initiative (PCORI), established by the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, has set five priorities as the group's research agenda for the coming years, with the overall goal of advancing clinical effectiveness ...More

April 18, 2012

Posted in News, Government & Regulation

HBP Medication, Losartan, Not Linked with Increased Risk of Death

CHICAGO—Although observational studies have suggested that losartan, a drug used primarily for the treatment of hypertension, may be associated with an increased risk of death among patients with heart failure compared with other medications in the same class of drugs ...More

April 11, 2012

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Stem Cells Improve Transplant Outcomes

CHICAGO–According to a study released in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), among patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) undergoing living-related kidney transplants, the use of bone-marrow derived mesenchymal (cells that can differentiate into a ...More

March 21, 2012

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Transplant Recipients Have High Cancer Risk

WASHINGTON—Organ transplant recipients in the United States have a high risk of developing 32 different types of cancer, according to a study published in the Nov. 2 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. ...More

November 2, 2011

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Sterilization Method for Dialyzer Membrane Increases Risk

CHICAGO—Patients who had undergone hemodialysis using dialyzers that had been sterilized with the use of electron beams were more likely to develop thrombocytopenia (an abnormally low platelet count in the blood, associated with increased risk of bleeding), according to a ...More

October 18, 2011

Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management

Advance Directives Decrease Medicare End-of-Life Expenditures

CHICAGO—Medicare patients with advance directives specifying limits in treatment who lived in regions with higher levels of end-of-life spending were less likely to have an in-hospital death, averaged significantly lower end-of-life Medicare spending and had significantly ...More

October 10, 2011

Posted in News, Practice Management

Persistent, Microscopic Blood in Urine Increases ESRD Risk

CHICAGO—Adolescents and young adults who had persistent, microscopic blood in their urine (hematuria) were more likely to develop end-stage renal disease over a follow-up period of about 20 years, although the absolute risk was low, according to a study in the August 17 ...More

August 16, 2011

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Younger Black Dialysis Patients Have Higher Risk of Death

BALTIMORE—Even though overall black patients have a lower risk of death while receiving dialysis than white patients, this applies primarily to older adults, as black patients younger than 50 years of age have a significantly higher risk of death, according to a study in ...More

August 10, 2011

Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma

U.S. Diabetic Kidney Disease Prevalence Rises

CHICAGO—Over the past two decades the prevalence of diabetic kidney disease in the U.S. increased in direct proportion to the prevalence of diabetes itself, according to a study in the June 22/29 issue of JAMA. ...More

June 21, 2011

Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma

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