Use of statins before percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) appears to reduce subsequent adverse events, according to Italian and US researchers. Reuters Health Information
Acute renal failure and chronic kidney failure accounted for 221,000 and 19,000 US hospitalizations in 2004, respectively. What are the national trends in kidney disease hospitalizations? Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report
Lithium has a narrow therapeutic window, so toxicity is a particular concern. Hemodialysis treatment of a patient with acute, severe lithium self-intoxication is described. Laboratory Medicine
In children with steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome, increasing the dose of prednisolone during viral upper respiratory tract infections can reduce the risk of relapse, researchers report in the March issue of Archives of Disease in Childhood. Reuters Health Information
