Nephrology
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Kidney Stones Linked to CVD, Metabolic Syndrome
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Short-Term ADT with Radiotherapy Ups Prostate Cancer Survival
Major Finding: Adding short-term androgen-deprivation therapy to standard radiotherapy raised overall survival at 10 years from 57% to 62%, cut...
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Discordant Antibiotic Therapy for UTI Stretches Hospital Stays
Major Finding: Discordant antibiotic therapy occurred in 11% of children admitted for urinary tract infection.Data Source: A series of 192...
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FDA Tightens ESA Dosing Recommendations for CKD Anemia
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Managing Recurrent UTIs in the Patient With Neurogenic Bladder
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Rapid Molecular Diagnosis Deemed a Game Changer for UTI Management
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KEEP Results Show Promise of New Equation
Major Finding: KEEP data have shown an uptick in overall blood pressure control among patients with early-stage kidney disease or hypertension,...
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Kidney Transplant Survival Benefit Similar for Obese, Lean Patients
Major Finding: Patients with a BMI of 40 or greater who received a kidney transplant derived a 48% survival benefit, similar to the 45% survival...
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Kidney Transplants to Black Patients Remain Low Despite HLA-B Elimination
Major Finding: Elimination of HLA-B matching as an allocation criterion for U.S. kidney transplants in 2003 cut the allocation bias against blacks...
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Simulator Tops Standard Training for Laparoscopic Hernia Repair
Major Finding: General surgery residents who learned laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal inguinal herniorrhaphy through a novel simulation-based...
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2011 Kidney Donor Death Highlights Lingering Clip Ligation Problem
Major Finding: Since 2005, at least five living kidney donors died from severe hemorrhages secondary to the use of polymer clips for ligating...