Your kidney function test results are a measure of how well your kidneys are working to filter your blood and remove excess water and waste from the body. For example, the estimated glomerular ...

Current insights and remaining questions Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), originally described in 1977, entered clinical practice as a non-invasive method to assess regional tissue oxygenation.1 ...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is defined as a progressive loss of renal function that lasts for more than 3 months, and is classified according to the degree of kidney damage – measured by the le ...

It is a common belief that low-dose dopamine may be helpful in the prevention and treatment of acute renal failure and is being widely used in these situations. Does dopamine have a beneficial ...

However, RAAS inhibitors may cause decline in renal function and/or hyperkalaemia, particularly during initiation and titration, intercurrent illness and during worsening of heart failure. There is ...

Chung et al. examine the levels of glycoprotein non-metastatic melanoma protein B (GPNMB) in the blood of patients with renal cell carcinoma who acquire resistance to immune checkpoint inhibitor ...