The incidence of chronic kidney disease stage III in living kidney donors for the last 3 years (Era 4) has decreased compared with the past (Era 1 and 2). The reason for this might be the effect of the change in the living donor guideline. Also, pre- and postoperative management ...
The third study, SYNCHRONIZE-CVOT, is a Phase III trial that will enrol people with overweight or obesity with cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, or risk factors for cardiovascular disease. In SYNCHRONIZE-C...
“By implementing the valuable insights gained from the Phase II study, we are confident in the accelerated development of survodutide,” said Carinne Brouillon, Head of Human Pharma, Boehringer Ingelheim. “Obesity is a chronic disease associated with serious health complications that affects hundred...
Recognition is growing that sex impacts outcomes in kidney disease. Women tend to have slower kidney function decline and better controlled risk factors pre-dialysis but the same mortality rates as men once dialysis starts. In the general population, women tend to have higher diet quality scores....
Donated via kidney paired donation 5 (19%) Non-directed 4(15%) Directed 1(4%) Recipient experienced graft failure 3 (11%) Cases with adverse events in donors (e.g., chronic pain, mental health challenges) 7 (26%) Country where donation occurred USA 22 (81%) UK 3 (11%) Germany ...
A Quality Improvement Intervention to Enhance Access to Kidney Transplantation and Living Kidney Donation (EnAKT LKD) in patients with chronic kidney disease: clinical research protocol of a cluster-randomized clinical trial. Can J Kidney Health Dis. 2021;8:2054358121997266. doi:10.1177/...
Families of children living with chronic illness are more vulnerable to mental health problems, however this can be ameliorated by a family’s resilience. The Child Illness and Resilience Program (CHiRP) will develop and evaluate a parent-focussed family intervention designed to increase the resilience...
People living with type 2 diabetes face an extra risk of premature death and disability from chronic kidney disease (CKD) [1], which initiates from one-way kidney function decline and pushes some people to kidney failure and maintenance kidney replacement therapy (KRT) [2]. Identifying individual...
bThe weighted number of participants with at least 1 blood pressure measurement is shown at each follow-up visit. Figure 3. Weighted Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) at Each Annual Visit View LargeDownload eGFR calculated using the 2021 Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration equat...
Availability of anti-retroviral treatment has changed HIV in to a manageable chronic disease, making effective self-management essential. However, only a few studies in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) reported experiences of people living with H