Renal news roundup from AKF

A comprehensive analysis of 63,351 kidney transplant recipients from 250 United States transplant centers found that higher ambient heat exposure is associated ...

Andrew Schukraft, now 26, was diagnosed with IgA nephropathy (IgAN) during a routine sports physical at the age of 16, which revealed he had only 5% kidney func...

Aspirin use was linked to a higher risk of acute kidney injury (AKI) in ICU patients with chest trauma, compared with no treatment, researchers reported in the ...

Hypertension, without the presence of type 2 diabetes, can lead to structural changes in the kidneys, such as reduced podocyte density and enlarged cell nuclei,...

A higher prevalence of kidney damage and lower estimated glomerular filtration rates (eGFR) were found in children diagnosed with subclinical hypothyroidism and...

A study in Science Advances identified a deficiency in thepancreatic progenitor cell differentiation and proliferation factor (PPDPF) gene as a risk factor fo...

Researchers who used a 2023 updated definition for sepsis-associated acute kidney injury (SA-AKI) found it occurred in almost half of sepsis cases and 1 in 6 IC...

Payment models for nephrology need to strike a balance between cost and quality, said Dr. Gaurav Jain, director of ambulatory nephrology at University of Alabam...

Monique Hoskins, upon learning about her brother Fontaine Lecesne's need for a kidney transplant, immediately decided to donate one of hers. Without underg...