Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a global public health issue. In recent years, the effectiveness of finerenone for treatment of CKD has been the subject of considerable debate. The main ...

Objective To systematically identify and describe self-management interventions for adult patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Setting Community-based. Participants Adults with CKD stages 1–5 ...

The incidence of mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) has increased in recent decades ... The study selection process is summarised in the PRISMA flow diagram (figure 1). We will ...

A spirometry test is one way to distinguish the type of lung disease. Emphysema and chronic bronchitis are both long-term lung conditions. They’re part of a disorder known as chronic obstructive ...

Almost 36 million Americans have chronic kidney disease or CKD, and 9 out of 10 of those people don’t know they have it. Most people have a pair of kidneys, which are organs located below the ribs ...

It also reduced the risk of kidney failure and cut the risk of death from heart disease by about 5% in adults with both type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease, the company said in a news release.

A team led by Dr. Erik Larson, vice chair of the Department of Biomedical Sciences, has uncovered the cause of a common kidney disease after eight years of research, a news release from WMed said.

According to a 2019 review, up to 84% of people with end stage chronic kidney disease develop pruritus. The authors state that recent advancements in dialysis treatments have helped bring the ...