Nephrology

Passive heat exposure improves vascular and microvascular function, enhances exercise capacity and shows renal safety in patients with CKD.

Severe haemorrhage affected 7.3% of children undergoing kidney transplantation and was associated with significantly reduced five-year graft survival, particularly in small recipients receiving large donor grafts.

A Turkish study found that stress ball use during haemodialysis reduced stress and improved sleep and comfort in patients.

In advanced CKD, cardiovascular events were associated with age, diabetes, smoking, and previous events, while renal function showed no significant association.

A plant-based dietary pattern was associated with lower all-cause and renal-related mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease.

Finerenone significantly slowed kidney function decline and reduced cardiovascular-kidney risk in patients with non-diabetic CKD in the FIND-CKD trial.

New ERA Congress research suggests DCCBs may be linked to worse kidney outcomes in patients with Type 2 diabetes despite standard therapies.

Exploratory findings suggest that organ protection is promoted through calorie restriction in living kidney donors.