BUFFALO, N.Y. — For decades, pharmacists and medical institutions have relied on the Cockcroft-Gault (C-G) estimated creatinine clearance assessment to determine medication dosing and treatment for ...

A new peer-reviewed study in Physiological Reports is the first to evaluate Proenkephalin A 119-159 (penKid) for kidney functional reserve (KFR) assessment, ...

Unrecognised renal insufficiency is common among patients with acute stroke and is associated with a significantly increased risk of in-hospital mortality or severe disability at discharge, say ...

Patients preparing for a kidney transplant at Sheffield's renal transplant centre can now attend a specialist clinic for ...

Diagnostic criteria and special considerations of nephrologists when assessing patient kidney function and diagnosing chronic kidney disease. Neil B. Minkoff, MD: We already started talking a little ...

When kidney transplants first came into practice in the 1950s, patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) could finally picture freedom from the unrelenting routine of blood-cleansing dialysis ...

A study led by researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center have made an important discovery about the way donated kidneys are assessed before transplantation, that could call into ...

The impact of DJ tube retention time on renal function has received scant attention from researchers. Nevertheless, there is a plethora of clinical evidence indicating that protracted stent retention ...

Your kidneys work tirelessly as your body’s filtration system, processing roughly 200 quarts of blood daily to remove waste and excess fluid. Despite their vital importance, kidney problems often ...

A new cross-sectional study of 201 older adults with type 2 diabetes finds that oral frailty is strongly associated with ...