Nephrology
Systematic Review: Interventions for Idiopathic Steroid‐resistant Nephrotic Syndrome in Children
10 Dec, 2019 | 08:29h | UTCInterventions for idiopathic steroid‐resistant nephrotic syndrome in children – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Interventions for idiopathic steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome in children – Cochrane Library (free)
Infographic: New Review Update: Idiopathic steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome in children (free)
Review: The Chaos of Hypertension Guidelines for Chronic Kidney Disease Patients
9 Dec, 2019 | 01:39h | UTCThe chaos of hypertension guidelines for chronic kidney disease patients – Clinical Kidney Journal (free)
Original Guidelines: Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes Blood Pressure Work Group. KDIGO clinical practice guideline for the management of blood pressure in chronic kidney disease (free PDF) AND 2018 ESC/ESH Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension (free) AND 2017 Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines (free)
Review: Constipation in Chronic Kidney Disease
27 Nov, 2019 | 07:37h | UTCConstipation in Chronic Kidney Disease – Kidney International Reports (free)
KDIGO Controversies Conference: Potassium Homeostasis and Management of Dyskalemia in Kidney Diseases
24 Nov, 2019 | 21:07h | UTCRelated: Physiology and Pathophysiology of Potassium Homeostasis: Core Curriculum 2019 – American Journal of Kidney Diseases (free)
Practical Guide to Vaccination in All Stages of CKD, Including Patients Treated by Dialysis or Kidney Transplantation
24 Nov, 2019 | 20:44h | UTC
High-protein Diet is Bad for Kidney Health: Unleashing the Taboo
21 Nov, 2019 | 08:29h | UTCRelated: Dietary protein intake and kidney function decline after myocardial infarction: the Alpha Omega Cohort – Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (free) AND High-protein diet with renal hyperfiltration is associated with rapid decline rate of renal function: a community-based prospective cohort study – Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (link to abstract – $ for full-text) AND Dietary Protein Intake and Chronic Kidney Disease – Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic Care (free)
Guidelines for the Management of Blood Borne Viruses Within the Hemodialysis Unit
14 Nov, 2019 | 10:30h | UTC
Guideline on the use of Iodinated Contrast Media in Patients with Kidney Disease
14 Nov, 2019 | 10:28h | UTC
Onco-Nephrology: Cancer, Chemotherapy and Kidney
12 Nov, 2019 | 11:15h | UTCOnco-Nephrology: Cancer, chemotherapy and kidney – Nephrología (free)
Related: Onco-Nephrology: Core Curriculum – American Journal of Kidney Diseases (free) AND Onco-nephrology: an appraisal of the cancer and chronic kidney disease links – Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (free) AND Opening an onconephrology clinic: recommendations and basic requirements – Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (free) AND Onco-nephrology: current concepts and future perspectives – Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology (free)
#KidneyWk – Randomized Trial: Vitamin D and Omega-3 Fatty Acids Do Not Preserve Kidney Function in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
10 Nov, 2019 | 14:36h | UTCEffect of Vitamin D and Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation on Kidney Function in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Vitamin D and Health Outcomes: Then Came the Randomized Clinical Trials – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Commentary: Supplements don’t preserve kidney health in Type 2 diabetes – University of Washington School of Medicine (free)
#KidneyWk – Just presented at the American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week 2019
Related Commentary on Twitter
Study findings do not support the use of #vitaminD or #omega3 fatty acid supplementation for preserving kidney function in adults with #type2diabetes https://t.co/ppUnvwMXRR #KidneyWk
— JAMA (@JAMA_current) November 9, 2019
#KidneyWk – [Abstract Only] Randomized Trial: New Drug May Reduce Itch Intensity in Hemodialysis Patients
10 Nov, 2019 | 14:34h | UTCA Phase 3 Trial of Difelikefalin in Hemodialysis Patients with Pruritus – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Novel Drug Eases Uremic Pruritus – Renal & Urology News (free)
#KidneyWk – Just presented at the American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week 2019
#KidneyWk – Study: Development of a Risk Prediction Calculator for Incident Chronic Kidney Disease
10 Nov, 2019 | 14:39h | UTCDevelopment of Risk Prediction Equations for Incident Chronic Kidney Disease – JAMA (free for a limited period)
See Calculator: Risk of Developing Reduced Kidney Function (free tool)
Editorial: Predicting Risk of Kidney Disease: Is Risk-Based Kidney Care on the Horizon? – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: New Tool Predicts Five-Year Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease With High Accuracy – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (free) AND Researchers Develop Tool to Identify Those at Risk of Future CKD – AJMC (free)
#KidneyWk – Just presented at the American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week 2019
Related Commentary on Twitter
Equations for predicting risk of incident #CKD were developed from more than 5 million individuals from 34 multinational cohorts and demonstrated high discrimination and variable calibration in diverse populations https://t.co/7uNRpv4m3Y #KidneyWk
— JAMA (@JAMA_current) November 8, 2019
#KidneyWk – Study: Baclofen Associated with Increased Risk of Encephalopathy in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
10 Nov, 2019 | 14:35h | UTCAssociation of Baclofen with Encephalopathy in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Commentary: Common muscle relaxant causes severe confusion in patients with kidney disease – University of Western Ontario (free)
#KidneyWk – Just presented at the American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week 2019
#KidneyWk – [Not Published Yet] Randomized Trial: Less Expensive Azathioprine as Good as Mycophenolate Mofetil in Kidney Transplant Recipients on Steroid-Free Low-Dose Cyclosporine Immunosuppression
10 Nov, 2019 | 14:33h | UTC#KidneyWk – Just presented at the American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week 2019
Meta-Analysis: Tool-Assisted Target Weight Adjustments in Chronic Dialysis Patients
10 Nov, 2019 | 13:38h | UTC
[Abstract Only] Another Study Questions the Association of Contrast Use and Acute Kidney Injury
7 Nov, 2019 | 08:03h | UTCAssociation of contrast and acute kidney injury in the critically ill: A propensity matched study – CHEST (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: No association between contrast use and AKI seen in critically ill patients with normal kidney function – ACP Hospitalist (free)
Related: Does contrast cause kidney injury? The evidence – First10EM (free) AND Are the Risks Of Drugs That Enhance Imaging Tests Overblown? – NPR (free) AND Acute Kidney Injury After Computed Tomography: A Meta-analysis – Annals of Emergency Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text) AND Risk of Acute Kidney Injury After Intravenous Contrast Media Administration – Annals of Emergency Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text) AND
Clinical Practice Guideline on Pregnancy and Renal Disease
5 Nov, 2019 | 10:21h | UTCClinical practice guideline on pregnancy and renal disease – BMC Nephrology (free)
Cohort Study: Incidence of Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Receiving Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
4 Nov, 2019 | 00:24h | UTCThe Incidence, Causes, and Risk Factors of Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Receiving Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors – Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (free for a limited period)
News Release: Study Examines Kidney Injury in Patients Taking Immunotherapy Cancer Medications – American Society of Nephrology (free)
Related: Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Toxicities (free guidelines and reviews on the subject)
Related Commentary on Twitter
The Incidence, Causes, and Risk Factors of #AcuteKidneyInjury in Patients Receiving Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors https://t.co/QaiSpAy6mQ @BetterCallSeeth @megsise @mghnephrology pic.twitter.com/2cRxmYLQvG
— CJASN (@CJASN) November 1, 2019
Study: Status of Care for end Stage Kidney Disease in Countries and Regions Worldwide
3 Nov, 2019 | 19:39h | UTC
Hypertension in Patients on Dialysis: Diagnosis, Mechanisms, and Management
30 Oct, 2019 | 07:49h | UTC
Diagnosis and Management of Disorders of Body Tonicity—Hyponatremia and Hypernatremia
28 Oct, 2019 | 00:46h | UTCSource: Grupo UTIclínica – HCFMUSP
[Abstract Only] Large Observational Analysis Suggests Thiazide Diuretics are Superior as First-Line Drugs for the Treatment of Hypertension
25 Oct, 2019 | 08:48h | UTCComprehensive comparative effectiveness and safety of first-line antihypertensive drug classes: a systematic, multinational, large-scale analysis – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Most Prescribed Blood Pressure Drugs May Be Less Effective than Others – Columbia University Irving Medical Center (free) AND Diuretics Better Than ACE Inhibitors as Initial Hypertension Treatment, Analysis Suggests – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
Related Cochrane Review: Thiazides best first choice for hypertension (free)
Renal Association Clinical Practice Guideline on Hemodialysis
25 Oct, 2019 | 08:46h | UTCRenal Association Clinical Practice Guideline on Haemodialysis – BMC Nephrology (free)
The 2018 ESC/ESH Hypertension Guideline and the 2019 NICE Hypertension Guideline, How and Why they Differ
24 Oct, 2019 | 08:37h | UTCOriginal Guidelines: 2018 ESC/ESH Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension – European Heart Journal (free) AND Hypertension in adults: diagnosis and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
Review: Potassium Binders for Hyperkalemia in Chronic Kidney Disease, Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Inhibitor Therapy, and Hemodialysis
24 Oct, 2019 | 07:48h | UTC