#PWChat Recap: The Disproportionate Effects of COVID-19 on Black Americans
The latest installment of the #PWChat series centered around the disproportionate effects of the...
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Nephrology
COVID-19 Explored in Kidney Recipients, Hemodialysis Patients
FRIDAY, July 10, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Many outpatient kidney transplant recipients with...
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Predicting Post-Nephrectomy CKD Risk: A Novel Tool
Despite multiple studies assessing post-nephrectomy kidney function after nephrectomy, data and...
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Electronic Health Records Fail to Detect Many Medication Errors
THURSDAY, July 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) — There is wide variation in the safety performance...
Read MorePropensity-matched comparison for carotid artery stenting in primary stenosis versus post-CEA restenosis.
Carotid artery stenting (CAS) has been proposed as the treatment of choice in case of post-carotid endarterectomy (CEA) restenosis. The aim of the study is to analyze periprocedural results of CAS for the treatment of post-CEA...
Read MoreSafety and efficacy of the combination of sonidegib and ruxolitinib in myelofibrosis: a phase 1b/2 dose-finding study.
The sonidegib and ruxolitinib combination was assessed in an open-label study in JAK inhibitor-naive patients with myelofibrosis (MF). The primary objective of phase 1b was to establish the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and/or...
Read MoreEffects of resistance training on hepcidin levels and iron bioavailability in older individuals with end-stage renal disease: A randomized controlled trial.
Anemia is an inherent complication of older individuals with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) that is associated with inflammation which in turn is an important factor in the activation of hepcidin that contributes to the decrease...
Read MoreExposure to novel coronavirus in patients on renal replacement therapy during the exponential phase of COVID-19 pandemic: survey of the Italian Society of Nephrology.
Between February and April 2020, Italy experienced an overwhelming growth of the COVID-19 pandemic. Little is known, at the country level, where and how patients on renal replacement therapy (RRT) have been mostly...
Read MoreOutcomes of haploidentical stem cell transplantation using total body irradiation (600 cGy) and fludarabine with ATG in adult patients with severe aplastic anemia: A prospective phase II study.
The aim of this study is to verify the feasibility of rabbit ATG (Thymoglobulin®) (5 mg/kg) in combination with 600 cGy fractionated total body irradiation (fTBI; 200cGy, 3 times) and fludarabine (Flu, 150 mg/m) as a...
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