Search results for "Chronic Kidney Disease"
October 5, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/10/05/
PICCs frequently placed in hospital patients with chronic kidney disease
Despite recommendations cautioning against PICC use in chronic kidney disease or intensive care, 30.9% of ICU patients who got a PICC had an estimated glomerular filtration rate less than 45 mL/min/1.73 m2, a study in Michigan found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/06/05/1.htm
5 Jun 2019
August 2018
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/08/
Harms of antiplatelet therapy may outweigh benefits in chronic kidney disease
Antiplatelet therapy may have uncertain benefits that could be outweighed by bleeding risk in patients with chronic kidney disease, according to a new study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/03/21/5.htm
21 Mar 2012
February 2020
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/02/
July 12, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/07/12/
NKF-ASN task force issues final report on use of race in diagnosing kidney disease
Effective immediately in the U.S., estimated glomerular filtration rate should be calculated with an updated equation that does not include a race modifier for Black patients, the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/09/29/4.htm
29 Sep 2021
September 2011
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/09/
Race-adjusted eGFR may negatively affect CKD care in African American patients
A cross-sectional registry study found that one-third of African American patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) would hypothetically be reclassified to a more severe stage if the race multiplier were removed from a common estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) equation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/10/28/5.htm
28 Oct 2020
Acute kidney injury
Documenting acute kidney injury frequently requires assessing the trajectory of a patient's creatinine levels.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/17/acute-kidney-injury.htm
17 Jan 2024