By Unini Odama, MD, MPH
The word pandemic has never been so poignant. Not simply because the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus-2 (SARS-COV-2 [COVID-19]), responsible for the 2019 outbreak, now pandemic, has affected a large geographical area and an ever-increasingly high proportion of the population; but this close relative of SARS-COV and MERS-COV (responsible for the 2002-3 and 2010 ... Continue Reading
By Gautham Viswanathan, MD
Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) occurs in approximately 30% of patients with type 1 diabetes (T1DM) and 40% of patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). It is the leading cause of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) in the Western populations, contributing to almost 50% of all cases. But there have been advances in the diagnosis and treatment of diabetic kidney disease, especially ... Continue Reading
By Charmaine Emelife, MD
Hypertensive kidney disease (HKD) is believed to be a cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in a significant number of patients living in America. Hypertensive nephrosclerosis or HKD is a vague diagnosis used especially when a patient does not have diabetes, is non-nephrotic, has no renal biopsy and is noted to have irreversible advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) ... Continue Reading
