Tag: kidney function
Roivios announces final enrolment for JuxtaFlow Renal Assist Device feasibility trial
Roivios has announced that they have enrolled the final patient for the BIPASS-AKI study for the JuxtaFlow renal assist device (RAD). The American Heart...
Acute kidney injury not associated with worsening of CKD in new...
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is considered by many to cause accelerated loss of kidney function—but, according to the authors of new research published in...
Even modest kidney function reduction increases health risks in young adults
A study of more than 8 million adults in Ontario, Canada has suggested that even a modest loss of kidney function is associated with...
Study finds creatinine-based eGFR equation could reduce racial differences in transplant...
In light of recent shifts away from race-based algorithms in medicine—such as the adjustment for Black race in equations that estimate patients’ kidney function—new...
New research sheds light on impact of recent eGFR updates
New research indicates that removing a race modifier from a formula used to diagnose kidney disease—estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR)—could lead to more equitable...
Race-free kidney function estimates may have small but potentially important impact...
Data analysis from a recent clinical trial has indicated that removing a race-based adjustment in the estimation of patients’ kidney function had a small...
University of Maryland Medicine to eliminate race from kidney function estimates
University of Maryland Medicine—which is comprised of the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) and the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM)—has announced...
Improved understanding of current dialysis modalities may hold greater value than...
There are several different types of dialysis treatment available to kidney disease patients—with the three major players, in-centre haemodialysis (ICHD), home haemodialysis (HHD) and...
ASN Kidney Week: Research uncovers why dialysis and transplant patients are...
People with kidney failure who are on dialysis or who have received a kidney transplant face a higher risk of dying from COVID-19—and new...
ASN Kidney Week: Study indicates substantial discrepancies between kidney function assessments
New research presented at the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Kidney Week (2–7 November 2021, virtual) indicates that substantial discrepancies exist between two major...