Medscape Medical News, October 08, 2024 Frailty Outweighs Age in Predicting ANCA Vasculitis Outcomes Frailty emerged as an independent risk factor for severe infection and end-stage renal disease ...

For patients with advanced renal involvement, plasma exchange is the best complement to immunosuppressants. For patients with Churg–Strauss syndrome, high initial doses of corticosteroids should ...

Autoimmune diseases make the immune system attack healthy tissues. These can affect organs like kidneys, leading to ...

A significant percentage of patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) demonstrate coronary artery calcification (CAC) on imaging, with variations by ANCA ...

A former Fayette County Sheriff's Office deputy is in the need of a kidney transplant and a fundraising and information event ...

A significant percentage of patients with RA and ANCA positivity were also diagnosed with AAV, with GPA being the most common subtype.

Identification of risk factors for relapse of ANCA-associated small-vessel vasculitis would allow therapy ... of resistance also rose with severity of kidney disease. Of the patients who attained ...

Observed annually on the second Thursday of March, World Kidney Day is a global initiative dedicated to raising awareness about kidney health and advocating for preventive measures against kidney ...

They care for those with urinary tract infections, hypertension, hematuria, proteinuria, glomerulonephritis, and nephrotic syndrome, vasculitis, and systemic lupus erythematosis and chronic kidney ...