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Original Source: Severe renal impairment and stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation implications for thromboprophylaxis and bleeding risk.
The prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) in end-stage renal failure is high, with an increased risk of stroke among these patients with AF compared with the AF population without severe renal impairment. Many trials have shown the net clinical benefit of oral anticoagulation therapy for primary and secondary prevention of stroke in patient populations with AF. However, current stroke risk stratification schemes are based on studies that have deliberately excluded patients with severe renal impairment. Ind...
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Use enoxaparin with caution in renal impairment: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Enoxaparin (Lovenox) increases the risk of major bleeding in patients with moderate renal impairment, according to a retrospective study from the Minneapolis Veterans A...
Renal impairment in mutiple myeloma
Renal impairment is a common complication in multiple myeloma (MM). It is seen in 20-40% of patients with MM. In about 5% of cases, acute renal impairment occurs, which is oliguric and may require hae...
Immune cell dysfunction and inflammation in end-stage renal disease
Loss of renal function is associated with inflammation and immune system impairment, which results in an increased susceptibility to viral and bacterial infections, poor vaccination responses and an i...
Filtering out the key issues in renal medicine
The kidneys, as an organ, exerts enormous influence over the body, thus renal-malfunction is an important condition to treat. Filtering the key issues of renal medicine and these are the main topics...
More Strokes, Bleeding in AF Patients With Renal Disease
Study results suggest that although warfarin decreases stroke risk, it raises bleeding risk, and that aspirin should be avoided in this patient population. Medscape Medical News
Canagliflozin Should Have Limitations Based On Renal Function, Panel Says
Several advisory committee members on both sides of a 10-5 vote voiced concern about using Janssen’s diabetes drug in patients with moderate renal impairment.
Fondaparinux safe in renal impairment
Fondaparinux shown to be safe for patients with renal impairment.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reminding health care professionals about the need to adjust the dosage of the antibacterial drug cefepime in patients with renal (kidney) impairment. Th...
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The prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) in end-stage renal failure is high, with an increased risk of stroke among these patients with AF compared with the AF population without severe renal impair...
Two studies were conducted in subjects with mild or moderate hepatic or renal impairment and subjects with normal organ function to evaluate the pharmacokinetics of casopitant and to assess its safety...
OBJECTIVE: This retrospective analysis assessed safety and tolerability of vildagliptin (Vilda) as an add-on to metformin in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients with normal renal function (GFR >8...
Renal impairment following total joint arthroplasty: who is at risk?
Postoperative renal impairment is a serious complication of major surgeries that leads to increased morbidity and mortality. The objective of our study was to identify the risk factors for renal impai...
Oral anticoagulant therapy (OAT) is widely used to prevent and treat thromboembolic events. Traditionally, warfarin has been the drug of choice and, indeed, this drug is effective and provides a more...
