Is CKD Screening for All Over 35 Cost Effective?
Screening all adults in the United States for CKD starting at age 35 could be cost effective for the quality of life-years gained.
Category: Kidney Disease
Kidney Disease
Latest
Kidney Disease
Latest
This COVID Kidney Injury is Significantly Underdiagnosed
Millions of COVID patients may have undiagnosed acute kidney injury, a condition where the kidneys fail to filter waste from the blood.
Kidney Disease
Latest
Task Force Outlines Race-Free Approach to Diagnosing Kidney Diseases
The National Kidney Foundation and the American Society of Nephrology have outlined a new race-free approach to diagnosing kidney disease.
CDC References Standards for Recommended Personal Protective Equipment for Healthcare Personnel during Coronavirus Outbreak
The guidance outlines scientific evidence and information on national and international standards, test methods, and specifications for fluid-resistant and impermeable gowns and coveralls used in healthcare.
Read More
FDA Clears Lumipulse G Whole PTH Assay
Fujirebio’s latest offering is a third-generation assay that accurately measures biologically active parathyroid hormone levels resulting from disorders of calcium metabolism.
Read More
Lab Community Alliance Targets Improved Testing for Chronic Kidney Disease
The National Kidney Foundation, the American Society for Clinical Pathology, and the nation’s leading laboratories and clinical laboratory associations have announced a collaboration to remove barriers to testing for chronic kidney disease.
Read More
Mologic Receives CE Mark for Rapid Infection Test
The point-of-care test for the detection of infection in patients on peritoneal dialysis enables warning of infection within 10 minutes.
Read More
Noninvasive Test Signals Kidney Rejection Diagnosis
The noninvasive urine-based test for kidney rejection diagnosis utilizes metabolic biomarker networks.
Read More
Recombinant Protein Aids in Diagnosis of Acute Kidney Injury
The NGAL protein has been designed to provide a high level of purity that minimizes the risk of interferences due to contaminants.
Read More
Whither Immunoassays?
Immunoassay developers are staying current with new releases year round.
Read MoreExperts to Review Improvements in Testing for Chronic Kidney Disease
Workshop attendees can expect to understand improvements in CKD diagnostic testing, and to examine other opportunities for analytical improvement focusing on the measurement of bone markers, parathyroid hormone, and vitamin D compounds.
Read More
Inside Track: Getting the Word Out
To determine how recommendations for chronic kidney disease testing in laboratory and point-of-care environments are shifting, CLP spoke to Robert H. Christenson, PhD, professor of pathology and medical and research technology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and past president of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry.
Read More
FDA Approves First-of-a-Kind Test to Detect Imminent Risk of Acute Kidney Injury
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics has announced the availability of the NephroCheck test system, the first such test designed to help healthcare providers identify patients at risk of developing moderate or severe acute kidney injury within 12 hours of assessment.
Read More
Recent Trends in Diabetes Diagnosis and Monitoring
With the prevalence of diabetes continuing on an upward trajectory both in the United States and overseas, healthcare professionals are continuing to search for more effective methods of preventing, detecting, and treating the disease.
Read MoreFDA Allows Marketing of First Noninvasive Test to Help Identify Cause of Certain Kidney Disease
FDA has granted market clearance for the first test that can help determine whether membranous glomerulonephritis is due to the body’s rejection of its own kidney tissue (autoimmune) or to another cause, such as infection.
Read More
Debut of UTAK’s Quality Controls for Designer Drugs Spice, Bath Salts Coincides with Its 40th Anniversary
The company produces comprehensive third-party designer drug quality controls for use with any methodology, on any testing platform.
Read More
Genetic Errors Identified in 12 Major Cancer Types
Examining 12 major types of cancer, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis have identified 127 repeatedly mutated genes that appear to drive the development and progression of a range of tumors in the body.
Read MoreResearchers Discover New Cancer Cell Mechanism
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Fla, and colleagues at the University of South Florida have discovered a mechanism that explains how some cancer cells hijack a biological process to potentially activate cell growth and the survival of cancer gene expression.
Read More