Nephrology News

• How Long Do You Expect to Wear a Mask? With low flu activity during the pandemic winter, some speculate mask-wearing is here to stay.
  Medscape Reader Polls, April 14, 2021
• Self-management Techniques Help Relieve Urinary Tract Symptoms The techniques practiced by patients as part of the trials included adjusting the timing for drinking fluids, reducing caffeine/alcohol, adjusting urinating habits, and performing pelvic floor exercises.
  Medscape Medical News, April 13, 2021
• Don't Screen for Vit D in General Population, Says US Task Force There is insufficient evidence that screening for vitamin D deficiency among the asymptomatic general population is of any benefit, concludes an update of US Preventive Services Task Force recommendations.
  Medscape Medical News, April 13, 2021
• NFK 2021 Task Force Reviewing Race Modifier in eGFR Issues Interim Report Task force of the National Kidney Foundation and American Society of Nephrology formed to reassess the race coefficient for calculating eGFR releases progress report, promises recommendations soon.
  Medscape Medical News, April 13, 2021
• Knee Replacement: Kidney Injury Common With Antibiotic Spacers Acute kidney injury affects more than one in 10 patients treated with antibiotic-loaded bone-cement spacers for periprosthetic joint infection after total knee arthroplasty.
  Medscape Medical News, April 12, 2021
• AZ COVID Vaccine: Causal Link to Severe Thrombosis Established Two articles giving more details of the mechanism behind the reaction and recommendations on diagnosis/treatment are now published. Medscape talks to experts on how this may affect use of the vaccine.
  Medscape Medical News, April 12, 2021
• Alert FDA: Time to Move Away From Using Decontaminated Respirators Domestic supplies for new respirators have increased, so the decontaminated disposable versions should be used only when new ones aren't available.
  News Alerts, April 09, 2021
• Black Americans Underrepresented in Clinical Trials of Cardiovascular Drugs Black US residents have been significantly underrepresented in pivotal clinical trials of 24 cardiovascular drugs that received FDA approval during the last 15 years, according to two researchers in China.
  Reuters Health Information, April 08, 2021
• TAVR Linked to Improved Kidney Function Transcatheter aortic-valve replacement (TAVR) is associated with an improvement in kidney function, which in turn is tied to lower 2-year mortality, according to a new retrospective study.
  Reuters Health Information, April 07, 2021
• NFK 2021 Difelikefalin Safe, Effective for Kidney Disease-Associated Pruritus Combined data from two difelikefalin pivotal trials and from open-label extended treatment show a favorable profile for an agent now under FDA review.
  Medscape Medical News, April 09, 2021
• Black Physicians to AMA: 'Get to Work' Black physicians demand that the American Medical Association take concrete steps to address racism across the organization and in healthcare.
  Medscape Medical News, April 08, 2021
• Diabetes Diagnosis Varies Among People of African Descent The relationship between A1c and glycemia appears to differ across African, African American, and Afro-Caribbean populations.
  Medscape Medical News, April 08, 2021
• UK Regulators to Offer Under-30s Alternative to AZ COVID Vaccine Benefits of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine outweigh the risks, but under-30s will be offered an alternative vaccine due to a potential link to very rare blood clots, UK's health regulator says.
  Medscape Medical News, April 07, 2021
• EMA Says Rare Blood Clots Possible Side Effect of AZ Vaccine But the agency says the benefits of the AstraZeneca vaccine still outweigh any risk of side-effects.
  Medscape Medical News, April 07, 2021
• Clinical Trials Mix Vaccine Types to Boost COVID Protection New investigations combining different vaccine platforms are underway to determine whether a stronger antibody response is possible with a vaccine cocktail to stay ahead of variants and global supply.
  Medscape Medical News, April 07, 2021
• NFK 2021 Race Coefficient Alters Kidney Disease Stage in Many Black Patients Yet another database documents that applying the race coefficient when calculating eGFR in Black adults reclassifies many into a less severe stage of chronic kidney disease. But does this impact outcomes?
  Medscape Medical News, April 07, 2021
• Bariatric Surgery May Cut Cancer in Obesity With Liver Disease Among working adults with severe obesity and fatty liver disease, rates of cancer were lower for those who had bariatric surgery, especially those with obesity-related cancer, during a 10-month median follow-up.
  Medscape Medical News, April 07, 2021
• Percutaneous Procedure Quicker, Equally Effective for Hemodialysis Access Both a Gracz-type surgical and an Ellipsys percutaneous arteriovenous fistula show high technical success and secondary patency rates in patients needing hemodialysis access, according to a new study.
  Reuters Health Information, April 02, 2021
• Post-COVID Wave Ahead of Death, Disability From Chronic Disease The 'impending tsunami' of chronic conditions, with cardiometabolic diseases at the crest, demands swift, comprehensive action, one expert says; another sees COVID disruptions as opportunity for change.
  Medscape Medical News, April 06, 2021
• Endocrinologist Charged After Bomb-Making Supplies Found Florida physician was also charged with narcotics trafficking and possession of controlled substances. He has been placed on leave from his Naples office.
  Medscape Medical News, April 06, 2021