phosphate

SCM14: Let’s Bind With Velphoro

April 24, 2014 // 1 Comment

Dr. Stuart Sprague (SS) from the North Shore University Health System and University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine discusses his abstract for the National Kidney Foundation’s 2014 Spring Clinical Meetings (SCM14), Concomitant Intravenous [read more...]

Hypertension, Proteinuria, and Phosphate: A Bad Combination!

July 16, 2013 // 0 Comments

Invited commentary by Dr. Edgar Lerma In recent years, the epidemic of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and its association with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality has become clear. As nephrologists, we are responsible for instituting [read more...]

Test Your Knowledge: Phosphate Metabolism

October 18, 2012 // 0 Comments

Our understanding of phosphate regulation is changing as newer mediators such as fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF-23) emerge. Parathyroid hormone (PTH) and phosphate balance is an integral part of chronic disease kidney care. In a teaching case [read more...]

Sex and Estrogen Therapy and Their Influence on FGF-23 and Phosphate Levels

November 7, 2011 // 0 Comments

It is known that estrogen can mitigate menopause-associated urine phosphate retention. A recent cross-sectional study of ambulatory individuals with prevalent cardiovascular disease published in this issue of AJKD explores the role of sex and use of [read more...]