Kidney disease can be a major symptom for patients withnail-patella syndrome (NPS). Since your kidney helps you filter toxins out of your body,having one that doesn’t work wellcan cause serious harm. But, increasingly more patients are using medical marijuana to...
10%–15% of adults have kidney diseases, whether it’s chronic kidney disease (CKD) or acute kidney injury (AKI). The number of people who have some type of kidney disease is, for example, 20 higher than the number ofpeople who have AIDS/HIV. On top of that, it’s believed that b...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified 16 cases of acute kidney injury among adolescents and adults after they smoked synthetic cannabinoids. The cases were reported in 6 states between March and December last year.Contemporary Pediatrics Staff...
A diagnosis of kidney disease impacts a child, their family, and potentially their community. The complexity and chronicity of pediatric kidney disease raises ethical challenges for pediatric nephrologists, children, and their families. In this chapter we will provide an overview of medical decision-m...
There is uncertainty about the long-term risks of living kidney donation. Well-designed studies with controls well-matched on risk factors for kidney disease are needed to understand the attributable risks of kidney donation. The goal of the Minnesota At
1., 2., 3. The etiology of pain in this patient population is often multifactorial, resulting from their underlying kidney disease, prolonged kidney failure or the dialysis procedure itself, and other coexistent chronic medical conditions. Chronic pain has negative impact on the quality of life ...
Common co-morbidities included coronary artery disease (52%) and hypertension (36%). In multivariate analysis, tubulointerstitial pathology was the most frequent renal abnormality. Specifically, both marijuana and acetaminophen use had odds ratios of infinity and p=0.001. Glomerular pathology was ...
Doxycycline is usually well tolerated and is considered safe for dogs. It is widely prescribed for a range of different conditions such as bacterial infections and oral gum disease. Continue reading Should doxycycline be taken with food? Doxycycline, a tetracycline antibiotic, is used to treat man...
This study aims to review how complementary and integrative medicine (CIM), defined as therapies utilizing nutrition, physical activity, herbs, supplements
A urinalysis can help to detect a variety of kidney and urinary tract disorders, including chronic kidney disease, diabetes, bladder infections and kidney