Chronic
kidney disease patient depression numbers may be higher due to the presence of the same simultaneously occurring conditions that resulted in progressive kidney disease, such as diabetes and atherosclerotic vascular disease, one of the researchers noted.
Obesity increases a chronic
kidney disease patient's risk of developing kidney failure, but the mechanism underlying this connection has remained unclear.
More than 90 per cent of educational materials written for
kidney disease patients is higher than an average patient's literacy, according to a new study published in the June issue of the National Kidney Foundation's American Journal of Kidney Diseases.
As a result, even though the sense of smell has a major contribution to the flavors of foods, most efforts to increase food intake in
kidney disease patients have focused on the sense of taste and direct appetite stimulation.
Kidney disease patients often lose their interest in food, reporting that it has little flavor or an unpleasant taste, and the malnutrition that results is a significant contributor to worsening of symptoms and mortality risk.
Based on this review, they suggest a «probable» association between vitamin D levels and birth weight, dental caries in children, maternal vitamin D levels at term and parathyroid hormone levels in chronic
kidney disease patients requiring dialysis, but «further studies and better designed trials are needed to draw further conclusions.»
A new tool may help health professionals assess
kidney disease patients» readiness to make important life - changing treatment decisions around their dialysis care.
The findings point to the power of salt restriction in potentially prolonging
kidney disease patients» lives.
«Lowering salt intake improves heart, kidney health of chronic
kidney disease patients.»
I sometimes suspect they are just trying to sell (toxic) potassium binding medication to
kidney disease patients.
This is why a restriction of protein intake is often recommended to chronic
kidney disease patients to help prevent further functional decline.
Researchers in Hungary conducted a study of kidney transplant recipients and found that 25 percent had moderate to severe sleep apnea, a rate similar to that seen in
kidney disease patients on dialysis awaiting a transplant.
When the Hungarian medical researchers calculated risk scores, they found that
kidney disease patients with sleep apnea were twice as likely to suffer heart disease or stroke than those without sleep apnea.
Not exact matches
The source of the controversy is a DeepMind app that aims to suss out which
patients are at risk for
kidney disease.
TRENTON, N.J. — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first drug to slow
kidney decline in
patients with the most common inherited
kidney disease.
It does have a high potassium content so
patients with
kidney disease and on certain medications should check with their doctors before using.
Study Suggests a Little Wine May be Good for Your
Kidneys: Moderate wine consumption could help keep the kidneys healthy, and may protect the heart in patients who already have kidney disease, according to new find
Kidneys: Moderate wine consumption could help keep the
kidneys healthy, and may protect the heart in patients who already have kidney disease, according to new find
kidneys healthy, and may protect the heart in
patients who already have
kidney disease, according to new findings...
He has published seminal works on blood pressure management through his role in the BPLTTC and played leading roles in a series of trials that define the clinical management of
patients with diabetes and chronic
kidney disease.
DeepMind announced in February that it was working with the NHS, saying it was building an app called Streams to help hospital staff monitor
patients with
kidney disease.
Sleep apnea may accelerate
kidney function decline in diabetic patients with kidney disease, according to a study that will be presented at ASN Kidney Week 2014 November 11 - 16 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia
kidney function decline in diabetic
patients with
kidney disease, according to a study that will be presented at ASN Kidney Week 2014 November 11 - 16 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia
kidney disease, according to a study that will be presented at ASN
Kidney Week 2014 November 11 - 16 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia
Kidney Week 2014 November 11 - 16 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA..
Led by Stella K. Kang, a radiologist with the Department of Radiology at the New York School of Medicine, the study was designed to compare the effectiveness of a treatment algorithm for small renal tumors incorporating the nephrometry score, a renal tumor anatomy scoring system developed by urologists, with the current standard of uniformly recommended partial nephrectomy in
patients with mild - to - moderate chronic
kidney disease (CKD).
A recently - developed mobile phone application could make monitoring conditions such as diabetes,
kidney disease, and urinary tract infections much clearer and easier for both
patients and doctors, and could eventually be used to slow or limit the spread of pandemics in the developing world.
Lifestyle and dietary modifications to maintain vascular health or reduce
disease risk might help protect
patients» heart health, but there are currently limited diet - based therapeutic approaches to counteract cardiovascular
disease in
patients with
kidney failure.
«Sepsis is the leading cause of death in intensive care units in the United States, and
patients with the diagnosis of sepsis have a minimum of a 30 percent chance of dying of their
disease; if their vital organ systems — brain, heart, lungs, liver,
kidneys — are affected, they have a 70 percent chance of dying.
«Diet and exercise can improve
kidney function in
patients with fatty liver
disease.»
Importantly, in
patients whose liver
disease improved, there was also an improvement in
kidney function even after several adjustments by potential confounding factors such as diabetes, hypertension, concurrent medications and weight loss by itself.
«These findings suggested that
patient information materials aimed at
patients with chronic
kidney disease are pitched well above the average
patient's literacy level, so that most
patients wouldn't be able to read and understand the health messages,» Webster said.
He says
patients with diabetes and chronic
kidney disease are among the most vulnerable to sustain acute
kidney injury when hospitalized.
«Monitoring and early treatment of those conditions are key to prevention, and can help
patients keep their
kidney disease under control.»
Although nanobacteria may not cause
kidney stone
disease, Coe notes additional circumstantial evidence: At least four teams have reported tiny spherical deposits in the calcified plaques that often appear in the
kidneys of
patients who suffer from
kidney stones.
A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found depressed
patients with chronic
kidney disease did not benefit from a common antidepressant.
Medicare spending for
patients with chronic
kidney disease aged 65 and older exceeded $ 50 billion in 2013 and represented 20 percent of all Medicare spending in that age group.
«We have the same tools in our arsenal to help these
patients in terms of their progression of
kidney disease; so our research raises questions and challenges the field of physicians,» says Thakar.
With
patients affected by the
disease living longer, the report also highlights increasing medical costs associated with
kidney disease.
Diabetic
patients suffer from high blood glucose or sugar, putting them at risk of heart
disease, stroke,
kidney failure, nerve damage, blindness, and other complications.
A Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) study has found that deficits in the sense of smell are important contributors to the frequently observed lack of appetite in
patients with serious
kidney disease.
Patients with multiple illnesses such as heart
disease,
kidney disease and dementia, and rural residency were less likely than others to receive follow - up care in the following month.
«The majority of
patients with chronic
kidney disease, particularly those in the more advanced stages who require dialysis, exhibited some degree of loss of their sense of smell, which correlated with reduced nutritional status,» says Teodor Paunescu, PhD, of the MGH Division of Nephrology, corresponding author of the study.
In
patients with chronic
kidney disease who are not on dialysis, ACEIs and ARBs slow the progression of diabetic nephropathy and reduce cardiovascular risk.
Rheumatoid arthritis
patients are likelier than the average person to develop chronic
kidney disease, and more severe inflammation in the first year of rheumatoid arthritis, corticosteroid use, high blood pressure and obesity are among the risk factors, new Mayo Clinic research shows.
University of Michigan researchers have identified an accessible, non-invasive way to identify
patients at risk for progression of
kidney disease.
Richard J. McManus, F.R.C.G.P., of the University of Oxford, and colleagues randomly assigned 552
patients with hypertension and a history of stroke, coronary heart
disease, diabetes, or chronic
kidney disease to self - monitoring of blood pressure combined with an individualized self - titration algorithm or a control group (
patients received usual care consisting of seeing their health care clinician for routine blood pressure measurement and adjustment of medication if necessary).
«Early identification of
patients more likely to experience end - stage
kidney disease is an urgent, unmet clinical need,» Kretzler says.
«These medications are often stopped when
patients are in the late, but pre-dialysis, stages of
kidney disease because of the risk of dangerously high potassium levels.
To reduce their risk of developing
kidney disease,
patients should be attentive to their blood pressure and keep it under control, maintain a diet that isn't high in salt; avoid or reduce use of medications that are directly toxic to the
kidneys; including nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; and get their rheumatoid arthritis and inflammation under as good of control as possible, he adds.
In the longer term, these methods could hasten progress toward replacing a damaged or
diseased kidney with tissue derived from a
patient's own cells.
Chronic
kidney disease stage 2 or more was present in one third of
patients.
Plasma levels of this biomarker rose with
kidney deterioration in
patients with MMA, and may serve as a valuable indicator of MMA
kidney disease progression in the clinic.
In the early 1980s, a team in France found that dialysis
patients with advanced
kidney disease had fewer cardiovascular complications and longer survival times if they were overweight.
Certain linear GBCAs have previously been linked to a rare but serious
disease (called nephrogenic systemic fibrosis) in
patients with severely impaired
kidney function.