The estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) is a blood test to assess kidney function. The formula for calculating eGFR takes the patient’s body size, age, and sex into account to predict how well ...
Having a cystatin C-based eGFR value at least 30% lower than creatinine-based eGFR is associated with increased risks of early death, cardiovascular events, and kidney failure requiring replacement ...
Over the past 30 years, the prevalence of diabetic kidney disease stayed about the same in the United States, but the prevalence of albuminuria decreased while the prevalence of reduced estimated ...
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Targeted therapy in a shot: New approval for EGFR-mutated lung cancer can improve day-to-day life for patients
Rybrevant Faspro, the new subcutaneous version of amivantamab, was approved for patients with a specific form of lung cancer ...
Despite the fact that albuminuria represents a key risk factor for chronic kidney disease (CKD), even in the absence of reduced filtration, testing for the condition is low among adult patients with ...
In patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease, empagliflozin (Jardiance) slowed renal decline, reported in a slope analysis of the EMPA-REG Outcome trial. Lead author Christoph Wanner, ...
Kidney doctor Carmen Peralta was having a normal day at her office last year when a patient asked to see her. The man walked in holding a printed sheet of test results he’d received bearing two ...
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Travere Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TVTX) today announced topline two-year confirmatory secondary endpoint results from the Company’s pivotal head-to-head ...
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