Jardiance Approved for Adults With Chronic Kidney Disease
September 25, 2023. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Jardiance ® (empagliflozin) to reduce the risk of sustained decline in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), end ...
Study: Ibuprofen Found Safest NSAID for the Kidney
May 10, 2021 · Ibuprofen was the safest NSAID, conferring a significant 12% increased risk of incident eGFR less than 60, 32% increased risk of an eGFR decline of 30% or greater, and 34% increased risk of the ...
SLED: Sustained Low-Efficiency Dialysis - Renal and Urology News
Feb 26, 2024 · Sustained low-efficiency dialysis (SLED) is a hybrid form of dialysis that can serve as an alternative to continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) or conventional intermittent hemodialysis. 1 ...
Time to Say Goodbye to the DRE for Prostate Cancer Screening
January 12, 2021. Screening and assessing for prostate cancer (PCa) is a major component of a urologist’s practice. For most urologists, part of this process includes the digital rectal ...
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Renal and Urology News
Mar 19, 2024 · Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a complex clinical disorder frequently seen in hospitalized critically ill patients. 1 It is defined as a functional or structural kidney abnormality in which a ...
Managing Vitamin K in Chronic Kidney Disease - Renal and …
Aug 18, 2023 · Studies across of patients with CKD stages 3-5 those on hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis have found significant numbers of patients with vitamin K deficiency or subclinical deficiency. There ...
Dutasteride Linked to Adverse Sexual Side Effects
June 27, 2017. A new observational study supports a link between long-term dutasteride treatment and sexual side effects, including worsening erectile dysfunction (ED) and reduced testosterone ...
Tadalafil May Ease Voiding Problems in Women
September 12, 2022. Single-dose tadalafil, a medication used to treat erectile dysfunction, may have beneficial effects in the treatment of voiding dysfunction in women, according to data ...
Some Men With PI-RADS 5 Lesions Can Forgo Systematic Prostate …
July 28, 2021. Urologists may be able to skip systematic biopsy (SB) and perform targeted prostate biopsy (TB) alone in men with PI-RADS 5 lesions and a PSA density greater than 15%, a new study ...
The Importance of Vitamin D in Patients With CKD
Aug 30, 2024 · Vitamin D levels below 30-32 ng/mL are considered suboptimal, whereas 40-60 ng/mL, with research suggesting that optimal serum levels of 25 (OH)D should be 40-80 ng/mL. 2. For decades, calcitriol ...