Beside mild kidney failure, the 88-year-old pontiff is also battling double pneumonia and a polymicrobial respiratory tract infection.

High creatinine levels can be a sign of renal failure, as they often indicate impaired kidney function. However, elevated levels don’t always mean kidney damage. Creatinine is a waste product ...

The staging of chronic kidney disease is classified based on the glomerular filtration rate (GFR), which measures how well the kidneys are filtering blood. It is measured in millimeters (mL ...

However, doctors now use the Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) for a more accurate assessment of kidney function, Dr Sengupta noted, adding that GFR calculations use creatinine and sometimes ...

Why thousands of patients are now moving up on the waitlist. Since the 1990s, a race-based method for assessing kidney function placed many Black patients lower on the transplant waitlist.

Recent studies also showed that LBDs, particularly Parkinson's disease, often initiate in the gut and that, in some cases, kidney failure contributes to their emergence. So far, however ...

ACE: Angiotensin-converting enzyme; GFR: Glomerular filtration rate (measured ... microvascular amputations and renal disease. Fenofibrate Mechanism of Action Fenofibrate is a PPAR-α agonist ...

Feb. 11, 2025 — Over 1,000 genes may serve as possible treatment targets for individuals with kidney disease, according to a new study. By creating the most complete and detailed genetic 'map ...

Transdermal GFR System (TGFR) is a first-in-kind product for point of care assessment of kidney function in patients with normal or impaired renal function. The transdermal GFR (tGFR) methodology ...

Since the 1990s, a race-based method for assessing kidney function placed many Black patients lower on the transplant waitlist. However, thousands of these patients were moved up the list in ...