Vaccination against Seasonal Influenza in Adult High Risk Groups: API Recommendations supriya kashyap kashyap25 July 2016 5:30 PM ISTIn the recent issue ( July 2016) of Assocations of Pysicians of India, through their supplement issue, A Muruganathan1, Santanu Guha, YP Munjal, SS...
Many Kidney Failure Patients Lack Advance Directivies Near The End of Life: ASN supriya kashyap kashyap13 Jan 2017 10:00 AM ISTHighlights Among nursing home residents in the last year of life, patients with kidney failure were far less likely to have advance directives that...
New test identifies patients with diabetes who are at high risk of kidney failure supriya kashyap kashyap20 April 2017 9:11 AM ISTResearchers from Joslin Diabetes Center have developed a prognostic tool that accurately predicts the risk of end stage renal disease (ESRD) in...
H2RAs safer than PPI's for CKD risk Vinay Singh singh7 July 2018 8:28 PM ISTProton pump inhibitors (PPIs) but not H2 receptor antagonists (H2RAs) are associated with increased risk for chronic kidney disease (CKD), according...
Hemodialysis may adversely affect vision of Kidney Failure patients Medha Baranwal Baranwal13 Sept 2018 7:10 PM ISTHemodialysis (HD) may affect a range of ocular parameters in ESRD (end-stage renal disease) patients. The most obvious changes are exhibited in the...
Acyclovir may lead to neurotoxicity in chronic kidney disease Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli15 Dec 2018 6:00 PM ISTA case of Neurotoxicity to Acyclovir has been reported in the American Journal of Case reports. Dr Seyed-Ali Sadjadi at Jerry L Pettis Veterans...
Influenza increases death risk in Kidney Failure Patients Hina Zahid11 Feb 2019 8:10 PM ISTInfluenza increases death risk in Kidney Failure Patients, according to a new study.Influenza-like illness (ILI) likely contributes to more than 1,000...
Is kidney failure a man's disease? The data says Yes Dr. Kartikeya5 March 2019 7:10 PM ISTA new analysis of patients requiring dialysis or kidney transplant shows men are far more likely than women to get kidney failure. The study appearing...
"Obesity Paradox": Obesity may increase survival in advanced chronic kidney disease Deepanjana Sarkar12 May 2019 7:20 PM IST"Obesity Paradox" again: Obesity may increase survival in advanced chronic kidney disease, finds a new study.Obesity is one of the major global health...
TAVR in End-stage renal disease has high mortality and bleeding risk: JACC Deepanjana Sarkar14 Jun 2019 8:20 PM ISTEnd-stage chronic kidney disease, CKD patients who go for Transcatheter aortic valve replacement, TAVR are at a significantly higher risk of hospital...
Add on patiromer to spironolactone controls resistant hypertension in CKD patients, finds clinical trial Deepanjana Sarkar29 Sept 2019 7:28 PM ISTMore than half the people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have high blood pressure. However, the use of spironolactone, an effective blood...
