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
Urinary excretion rates of certain electrolytes in response to furosemide differ between blacks and whites, new research in the August issue of Hypertension indicates. Reuters Health Information
Previous studies showed an increase in the size and excellent graft function of paediatric kidneys transplanted to adults up to 1 year following transplantation. The long-term outcome is now examined. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
The investigators tested the hypothesis that the diagnosis of acute renal failure associated with coronary artery bypass graft surgery is increasing in the United States. Critical Care Medicine
Vitamin D levels are low in virtually all the renal transplant recipients and may aggravate the secondary hyperparathyroidism. American Journal of Transplantation
