chronic kidney disease Archives

Diabetes: how to manage chronic kidney disease

Jennifer N Clements

Article Type

Review

Published

14 Jun 2022

This narrative review provides the most up-to-date information regarding existing and new pharmacotherapy for the management of chronic kidney disease amongst people with diabetes, specifically type 2 diabetes.

Role of renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system inhibitors in heart failure and chronic kidney disease

Namrata Singhania MD, Saurabh Bansal MD, Shreya Mohandas, Divya P Nimmatoori MD, Abutaleb A Ejaz MD, Girish Singhania MD

Article Type

Review

Published

11 Nov 2020

This narrative review summarizes the role of renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system inhibitors in acute and chronic heart failure and chronic kidney disease.

Expanding horizons for clinical applications of chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine, and related structural analogues

Ashutosh M Shukla MD, Aparna Wagle Shukla MD

Article Type

Review

Published

25 Nov 2019

This article reviews the expanding clinical applicability of chloroquine and related drugs includes rheumatological and cardiovascular disorders (CVD), chronic kidney disease (CKD), oncology, and a variety of nonmalarial infections.

Progression of autosomal dominant kidney disease: measurement of the stage transitions of chronic kidney disease

Christopher M Blanchette, Caihua Liang, Deborah P Lubeck, Britt Newsome, Sandro Rossetti, Xiangmei Gu, Benjamin Gutierrez, Nancy D Lin

Article Type

Original Research

Published

17 Apr 2015

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is a progressive genetic disorder characterized by the development of numerous kidney cysts that result in kidney failure. The results of this study suggest that distribution of patients by age at transition to next stage may be useful for identification of ADPKD patients at risk of rapid progression.