Severe or prolonged dehydration can impair blood flow to the kidneys, potentially leading to acute kidney injury (AKI) and ...

A renal allograft recipient (underlying disease IgA nephropathy) went into renal failure 10 days after transplantation. The donor kidney had multiple cortical cysts and 2 separate renal arteries. A ...

A randomized Vienna trial found that pushing serum bicarbonate to near-normal levels in advanced chronic kidney disease did ...

The kidneys are crucial organs in our body, primarily responsible for filtering blood and eliminating waste through urine. They function as complex filters, containing millions of tiny tubes known as ...

Last time, we considered hyponatremia by dividing it into three types: hypovolemic, euvolemic, and hypervolemic.Among those, ...

Opening blocked arteries to the kidney didn’t help patients any more than medication alone. The rate of death for heart- and kidney- related disease complications was the same among patients who ...

Highlights• A type of drug called an endothelin-A antagonist promotes the recovery of kidney function and improves responses following renal angioplasty in pigs with a disease frequently observed in ...

The kidneys are vital organs that act as your body’s filtration system. They filter your blood, remove waste and excess water from your body, and make urine. They also control your blood pressure, ...

Diagnosis of high blood pressure—a disease largely confined to middle age—has hitherto been based chiefly on the assumed presence of incurable hardening of the arteries (arteriosclerosis). Now come Dr ...

Kidney Health Tips: It’s easy to take our health for granted as we go about our daily lives. Yet, kidney illness is a critical problem that, if left undiagnosed and untreated, can have disastrous ...