Type 1 diabetes with CKD is understudied with no advancement of therapy options since the 1990s. The FINE-ONE phase 3 trial addresses a high, unmet need for treatments.
The results of two large-scale studies demonstrate that sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors significantly ...
ATLANTA—Increased urine protein is associated with an increased risk of white coat, masked, and sustained hypertension in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), a study reported at the American ...
We often focus on blood work for diagnostics, but urine tests hold great power mdash; sometimes uncovering things that blood ...
Current equations for estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) that use serum creatinine or cystatin C incorporate age, sex, and race to estimate measured GFR. However, race in eGFR equations is a ...
The nephron is the basic structural and functional unit of the kidney. Each kidney houses approximately one million nephrons, ...
A prospective population-based cohort study found that glomerular filtration rate based on cystatin C was more sensitive and specific for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality risks compared with ...
This study was a phase II, randomized, placebo-controlled design. All patients with solid cancers who were treated with cisplatin (n = 48) were randomly assigned to receive either placebo (n = 25) or ...