BP Monitoring in Young Adults: Is It More Than Just One Number?
Hypertension (HTN) has long been associated with negative cardiovascular (CV) and renal outcomes, resulting in heart failure, vascular intimal thickening, chronic kidney [...]
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In-Center Nocturnal Dialysis: What Do We Know?
There has been mounting evidence that home nocturnal hemodialysis (conducted 5-6 nights/week) has various benefits compared to conventional thrice-weekly in-center [...]
PD Versus HD: Do I Have a Choice?
Patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) and their families fear dialysis, and the selection of a renal replacement therapy (RRT) is not easy. It is uncertain how [...]
The Beginning of A New Era In ADPKD
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the fourth most common cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in the United States. The course of the disease is [...]
Calciphylaxis – What Do We Know?
Calciphylaxis is a rare and devastating disease, affecting mostly patients with end-stage kidney disease, but also affecting patients with preserved kidney function. Due to [...]
Physical Activity in Patients with CKD: What Is the Benefit?
It is well known that sedentary behavior is associated with cardiovascular disease, obesity, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and diabetes, and is the fourth leading cause [...]
Improving Co-management of CKD Patients: Do We Have Any Tools?
The increasing incidence and prevalence of CKD, the growing demands on healthcare providers, and the increasing complexity of patients with CKD are factors that remind us it [...]
Atenolol Versus Metoprolol Tartrate and Kidney Function in Older Patients: Which One to Choose?
Physiologic disturbances associated impaired elimination of drugs and their metabolites is common in older patients with chronic kidney disease. In a recent article published [...]
Residual Renal Function and RAAS Blockade in Hemodialysis Patients: What Is the Benefit?
There is strong evidence that residual renal function (RRF) remains important even after the start of dialysis. Regardless of dialysis modality, RRF has been associated with [...]
Expanding the Role for Mycophenolate Mofetil: Should Idiopathic Granulomatous Nephritis Be Included?
In a recent report published in AJKD, Leeaphorn et al described a patient with multiple medical problems who presented with fever and acute kidney injury and was found to [...]