Scientists have created an alternative, non-imaging tool based on portable nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) sensors, which can noninvasively assess fluids and their environment.
Breathing Dirty Air may Lead to Kidney Failure
Breathing in unclean air due to increasing air pollution could cause kidney damage with resultant kidney failure according to a recent epidemiologic study.
Breathing in unclean air due to increasing air pollution could cause kidney damage with resultant kidney failure according to a recent epidemiologic study.
‘Fluid buildup, which impacts over six million people in the U.S., occurs in conditions such as kidney and congestive heart failure and costs the U.S. more than $35 billion annually.’
Treating patients with fluid buildup requires striking a delicate balance; removing too little fluid leaves them at risk of hypertension and heart failure, while removing too much leads to muscle cramps and low blood pressure. Current imaging techniques such as MRI machines are expensive and can only be used in hospitals, making them impractical for routine use.
Lina Colucci and colleagues created an alternative, non-imaging tool based on portable nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) sensors, which can noninvasively assess fluids and their environment.
Kidney Failure due to Melamine Toxicity
Adulteration of food with melamine results in the formation of kidney stones and kidney failure, even leading to death.
Adulteration of food with melamine results in the formation of kidney stones and kidney failure, even leading to death.
The authors believe their platform's portability and ease-of-use could allow clinicians to track fluid buildup at the bedside in a manner not possible with larger machines.
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Quiz on Kidney Stones
Kidney stones or calculus produces the most severe form of pain in humans. The pain has often been described to be worse than childbirth, broken bones, gunshot wounds, burns, or surgery. Once you form a kidney stone you are always susceptible to another stone. Take this quiz to find out how much do you know about stone disease. Once you complete find out how you fared compared to others who have taken the quiz.
Kidney stones or calculus produces the most severe form of pain in humans. The pain has often been described to be worse than childbirth, broken bones, gunshot wounds, burns, or surgery. Once you form a kidney stone you are always susceptible to another stone. Take this quiz to find out how much do you know about stone disease. Once you complete find out how you fared compared to others who have taken the quiz.
Drug to Lower The Risk of Kidney Failure in Type 2 Diabetes
Patients with diabetes and kidney disease who are at very high risk of kidney failure, heart attack, stroke, and death could now have an effective way to reduce this risk using canagliflozin.
Patients with diabetes and kidney disease who are at very high risk of kidney failure, heart attack, stroke, and death could now have an effective way to reduce this risk using canagliflozin.
