Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have discovered that even slight abnormalities in kidney function—within the normal ...

Four distinct factors—malnutrition, inflammation, acidosis, and hyperkalemia—were recently assessed in more than 1500 patients with community-acquired AKI. Among these patients with mild-to-moderate ...

Acute kidney injury, or AKI, is a dangerous condition that affects many people in hospitals, especially those in intensive ...

Sodium reduction and appropriate protein intake are central nutrition strategies for slowing kidney stress and supporting ...

Rhabdomyolysis is a condition in which muscle damage—often caused by drug intake—can lead to impaired kidney function and ...

Weaning patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) from dialysis while they are still hospitalized may save them from remaining on the treatment for the rest of their lives, according to a new study led ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 73-year-old female. A recent blood test returned an eGFR (estimated glomerular filtration rate) of 59. My physician’s nurse told me that the test was normal. When I asked her ...

Heart failure patients treated with finerenone (Kerendia; Bayer AG) are more likely to have an early decline in kidney function than those treated with placebo, but the decline should not be construed ...

Recently, my primary care physician spotted some abnormal numbers related to my kidney function. He suspects that this is ...