World first MRI study sheds light on heart damage during kidney dialysis supriya kashyap kashyap3 Dec 2016 12:27 PM ISTExperts in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and kidney disease have carried out the first ever scans to study the heart function of kidney patients...
Dialysis-associated steal syndrome with limb ischaemia supriya kashyap kashyap25 Dec 2017 7:01 PM ISTThis case of Dialysis-associated steal syndrome with limb ischemia has been published in Journal of BMJ case reports.A 62-year-old man with end-stage...
EASL's Updated HCV Treatment Guidelines Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli16 April 2018 7:02 PM ISTEuropean Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) has released its 2018 Updated HCV Treatment Guidelines.The guidelines written by Jean-Michel...
EASL's 2018 Recommendations on Treatment of Hepatitis C Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli20 April 2018 7:02 PM ISTHepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major cause of chronic liver disease, with approximately 71 million chronically infected individuals...
CREDENCE Trial Unfolds the Potential of SGLT2 inhibitor Canagliflozin for Indian Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus patients Dr. Kartikeya12 Jun 2019 7:17 PM ISTSGLT2 Inhibitor Canagliflozin becomes the first therapy in 15 years that has been demonstrated to slow down the progression of CKD in patients with...
Rise in Haemodialysis cases- Peritoneal Dialysis could be a solution Deepanjana Sarkar21 July 2019 7:02 PM ISTChronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in India. In India, the approximate prevalence of End-Stage Renal Disease...
Renal Association Clinical Practice Guideline on Haemodialysis Hina Zahid4 Nov 2019 7:00 PM ISTRenal Association has released new Clinical Practice Guideline on Haemodialysis that has been published in BMC Nephrology.These guidelines are an...
Renal replacement therapy and conservative management: NICE 2018 Hina Zahid7 Nov 2018 7:00 PM ISTNICE has released its 2018 guidelines on Renal replacement therapy and conservative management. Following are the major recommendations:Indications...
Atrial fibrillation more prevalent in dialysis patients than expected: Study supriya kashyap kashyap20 Jan 2017 12:14 PM ISTAtrial fibrillation, which is the most common cardiac arrhythmia, is an important risk factor for strokes. A multi-centre study led by MedUni...
NICE Guideline 2016-Latent TB Geeta Sharma Sharma17 Jun 2016 5:25 PM ISTLatent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is a state of persistent immune response to stimulation by Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens without evidence...
