Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Numerous conditions can lead to depression in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease. Patients should be ...

A study links certain uremic toxins with cytokines and processes associated with red blood cell death in patients on dialysis. Specific uremic toxins may spur eryptosis and inflammation and contribute ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Plasma uremic solute levels were “significantly lower” in pediatric patients with residual kidney function ...

Uremic pruritus is a debilitating symptom frequently encountered in individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD), particularly those receiving haemodialysis. This condition, characterised by ...

High levels of indoxyl sulfate associated with more than 5x increased risk of a first heart failure High levels of indoxyl sulfate are associated with a more than 5-fold increased risk of a first ...

Calciphylaxis is a rare disease that mostly affects people who suffer from kidney failure. If you have this disease, your body creates calcium deposits in your blood vessels. These deposits block ...

Banerjee R, Hersh AL, Newland J, et al; on behalf of the Emerging Infections Network Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome Study Group Most (92%) of the cases were confirmed by culture with the remaining 8% being ...

When the kidneys fail to work and there is no hope of starting them up again, the resulting uremia is fatal in about three weeks. A hospital would seem to be the only place where victims could get ...