Feature Channels: Kidney Disease

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One in four patients who developed a serious complication called acute kidney injury (AKI) in the hospital will die within one year, heightening the urgency for new treatment options to improve patients’ survival, according to a Henry Ford Health System study. The study, published this month in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, is the first to examine AKI associated mortality after one year using standard lab-based criteria instead of hospital billing codes, said Ryann Sohaney, D.O., a Henry Ford nephrologist and the study’s lead author.

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New Jersey Woman Gives the Gift of Life to Her Spouse this Valentine's Day

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• Results from a study from France suggest that both individual and herd vaccine-induced immunity protect against severe forms of COVID-19 in patients on dialysis. • A U.S. study found that antibody responses following COVID-19 vaccination wane over time across vaccine types in patients on dialysis.

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• Several factors not included in prior prediction models were important for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease prediction among patients with chronic kidney disease. • Adding these factors could aid clinicians and patients with decisions related to heart disease prevention.

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The Johns Hopkins Health System will no longer use a long-standing clinical standard that factors a patient’s race into kidney function tests.

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While balancing the demands of the COVID-19 pandemic, the team at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Temple was able to successfully help nearly 200 patients receive a life-changing organ transplant last year. From January through December 2021, 191 abdominal transplant procedures were conducted, a new record for the hospital and a 25% increase from its previous record set in 2017.

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• Interviews of adults with chronic kidney disease and their caregivers who had previously been involved in kidney disease–related research identified various factors that supported their involvement or created challenges to participation.

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• Among veterans with acute kidney injury (AKI) at some point between 2008 to 2017, 6% died in-hospital and 28% died within 1 year. In contrast, in-hospital and one-year mortality was 0.8% and 14%, respectively, among non-AKI hospitalizations. • In veterans hospitalized with AKI, in-hospital and one-year mortality rates remained stable throughout the study period.

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Do you suffer from urinary incontinence – lack of voluntary control over urination? Want to learn about options available to treat the condition? Konstantin Walmsley, M.D., urologist at Mountainside Medical Center, answers questions about good bladder health and the many effective treatment options.

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Un estudio de Mayo Clinic recientemente publicado afirma que el mayor riesgo para los receptores de un trasplante renal no es el rechazo del órgano, sino el cáncer, las infecciones y las enfermedades cardíacas.

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câncer, infecções e doença cardíaca representam os maiores riscos para as pessoas que recebem um transplante de rim, e não a rejeição do órgão, de acordo com um estudo da Mayo Clinic publicado recentemente.

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根据最近发表的一项妙佑医疗国际(Mayo Clinic)研究，对肾移植受者危害最大的是癌症、感染和心脏病，而不是器官排斥。研究人员发现，由于器官排斥以外的因素导致的受者死亡是移植肾丢失的主要原因。只有1/4的移植肾丢失是由器官排斥造成的。

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A new study finds the hormone secretin improves both heart and kidney function. Researchers write that this make secretin “an interesting drug candidate for future studies in heart and kidney failure.” The study is published in the American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism.

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People with type 1 diabetes should be screened regularly for obesity and chronic kidney disease, according to a study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

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A record-high 346 organ transplants were done at the University of Chicago Medicine in 2021 — up 42% from the previous year and part of a nationwide trend in transplant surgeries.

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• At the start of a study of older adults with advanced kidney disease, women had lower average physical and mental health-related quality-of-life scores compared with men. • Over time, however, both physical and mental scores declined approximately twice as fast in men than in women.

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Medicare's new merit-based incentive payment system (MIPS) may drive new changes in practice patterns across the specialty of urology, suggests a study in Urology Practice®, an Official Journal of the American Urological Association (AUA). The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

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• In an analysis of data from a recent clinical trial, researchers found that removing a race-based adjustment in the estimation of individuals’ kidney function had a small but potentially important impact on the inclusion of participants, with differing effects on Black and non-Black participants. • Removal of the race-based adjustment also influenced inclusion parameters such as participants’ severity of kidney function impairment at baseline as well as their risk of developing cardiovascular- and kidney-related outcomes.