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Related terms: CKD-aP, Uremic Pruritus

Clinical Guidelines Updated for Evaluation, Management, Treatment of CKD

WEDNESDAY, March 19, 2025 – In a 2024 clinical practice guideline issued by the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) organization, a synopsis of which was published online March 11 in...

Tea Consumption Can Lower Mortality in Chronic Kidney Disease

FRIDAY, Jan. 17, 2025 – Tea consumption offers protective effects on mortality among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study published online Jan. 13 in Renal Failure. Jin...

Gestational Exposure to NSAIDs Tied to Childhood Chronic Kidney Disease

MONDAY, Jan. 6, 2025 – Gestational exposure to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is associated with an increased risk for childhood chronic kidney disease (CHD), although the association...

Bidirectional Association Seen for Sleep Disorders, Chronic Kidney Disease

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 20, 2024 – There are bidirectional associations for sleep disorders with chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a review published in the November issue of Chronic Kidney...

American Society of Nephrology, Oct. 23-27

The annual meeting of the American Society of Nephrology (Kidney Week) was held this year from Oct. 23 to 27 in San Diego, attracting attendees from around the world, including nephrology s...

Metabolic Surgery Is Renoprotective in Patients With Obesity, CKD

FRIDAY, Sept. 27, 2024 – For patients with obesity, type 2 diabetes, and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) 20 to 60 mL/min/1.73 m2, metabolic surgery is associated with a lower risk for...

FDA Approves Korsuva (difelikefalin) Injection for the Treatment of Moderate-to-Severe Pruritus in Hemodialysis Patients

STAMFORD, Conn. and ST. GALLEN, Switzerland, Aug. 23, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Cara Therapeutics (Nasdaq: CARA) and Vifor Pharma today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has...

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