Although TKIs improve outcomes, they are still associated with toxicities common with cancer therapies, such as fatigue.

New findings suggest that national strategies have failed to correct racial/ethnic disparities in live donor kidney transplantation.

New findings suggest that national strategies have failed to correct racial/ethnic disparities in live donor kidney transplantation.

Although TKIs improve outcomes, they are still associated with toxicities common with cancer therapies, such as fatigue.

Early and late initiation of renal replacement therapy for AKI in critically ill patients are associated with similar long-term risks of death, chronic kidney disease, and end-stage renal disease.

Each 100 mL/m increment in baseline height-adjusted total kidney volume is associated with 38% and 42% greater odds of developing stage 3 and 4 chronic kidney disease, respectively.

Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists found to lower hospital readmission risk in patients with heart failure and concomitant diabetes or renal insufficiency.

Pretreating enteral nutrition formula with sodium polystyrene sulfonate lowers potassium levels in hyperkalemic children with chronic kidney disease, small study finds.

CKD occurrence was seen in 3.4% of HIV patients receiving the combination of medications.

Partial nephrectomy was associated with decreased odds of death versus radical nephrectomy among patients with cT1b but not cT2 renal cell carcinoma.

Treatment with cabozantinib led to a clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival compared with sunitinib.

The 5-year relative risk for mortality was 14-fold higher for undocumented immigrants receiving emergency-only versus standard hemodialysis.

Additives in packaged meat, poultry, and fish can contribute significantly to the dietary phosphorus and potassium loads in CKD patients, researchers say.

Patients who underwent cytoreductive nephrectomy for metastatic non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma had a significantly decreased risk of cancer-related mortality.

Patients who underwent cytoreductive nephrectomy for metastatic non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma had a significantly decreased risk of cancer-related mortality.

Antiretroviral therapies have prolonged the survival of HIV patients, but the drugs can have adverse effects on the kidneys.

In patients with stage 5 chronic kidney disease, lupus anticoagulant and combined thrombophilia occur more frequently in those with versus without calciphylaxis, case-control study shows.

Levels of alkaline phosphatase, calcium, and hemoglobin can independently predict bone metastasis in patients with renal cell carcinoma, Chinese investigators report.

Alpha blocker treatment resulted in a higher stone expulsion rate versus placebo in patients with distal ureteral stones larger than 5 mm in maximum diameter, study finds.

Diabetic patients with chronic kidney disease starting treatment with metformin have a 36% decreased risk of death compared with those starting on a sulfonylurea, study finds.