Understanding your creatinine levels is important for monitoring kidney function. When you go for your yearly check-up, you'll likely have a routine blood test for creatinine. In some ...

In late-breaking presentations at the American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week meeting and simultaneously published in two ...

A systematic review and meta-analysis support greater reduction of proteinuria in patients with IgA nephropathy.

Medically reviewed by Femi Aremu, PharmD IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is a progressive kidney disease. Progression rate depends on ...

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W H O’s Global HEARTS is the largest worldwide effort to improve hypertension control through standardised care. HEARTS in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . More inpatients had a discrepancy in eGFR compared with outpatients. Characteristics associated with a large ...

Reductions in measured GFR after bariatric surgery were positively correlated with baseline measured GFR before surgery, ...

New normative data and a web-based kidney calculator help doctors detect kidney disease early by comparing eGFR scores to age ...

Significant association seen for eGFR percentiles below the 25th percentile with risk for kidney failure with replacement ...

By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD A large prospective study suggests that a routine creatinine blood test may help flag people at higher risk of osteoporosis and fractures, revealing a narrow “sweet spot” where ...

Elevated baseline LDH levels predict worse clinical outcomes in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction and modestly ...