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Focus on CKD Patients With Highest SBP: KEEP A new, contemporary study in real-world patients with chronic kidney disease finds that those with systolic BPs of 140 mm Hg and higher are at the greatest risk of developing end-stage renal disease. Hence the current "goal" in CKD patients of 130 mm Hg should be revised upward, say the authors, making the target easier to achieve and allowing physicians to focus on other aspects of care.
Heartwire, February 6, 2012
Diuresis-Hydration Prevents Contrast Nephropathy N-acetylcysteine is increasingly used to prevent contrast-induced nephropathy but is ineffective, while forced diuresis with furosemide plus replacement hydration is effective.
Reuters Health Information, January 26, 2012

What Role Do Nondihydropyridines Have in Patients With CKD? Are these calcium channel blockers useful in patients with kidney disease?
Medscape Pharmacists, January 31, 2012
Bad Effects of Good Social Intentions in Aboriginal Groups Murray Epstein talks to Mark A. Thomas about the unintended consequences of social planning on the risks for diabetes and renal disease in the aboriginal populations.
Medscape Nephrology, January 31, 2012

GFR in Naive HIV-infected Patients After Treatment
JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, February 6, 2012
Impact of Chronic Kidney Disease on Aortic Stenosis
Cardiovascular Ultrasound, January 25, 2012
Baseline Anemia With Advanced HF or Severe Renal Dysfunction
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, January 25, 2012
Exercise in Individuals With CKD
American Journal of Kidney Diseases, January 19, 2012
Dietary Acid Reduction and Kidney Injury
Kidney International, January 13, 2012