Article: CKD education: an evolving concept.(Practice Issues in Nephrology Nursing: Focus on Issues from ANNA's Special Interest Groups)(chronic kidney disease)

Article: FOSRENOL(R) Data Show Evidence of Trends Towards Improved Bone ...
PR Newswire;  November 17, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... formation in chronic kidney disease (CKD) Stage 5 patients with hyperphosphatemia ... more than 530,000 have developed CKD Stage 5. Even with dialysis and a low-phosphorus diet, most CKD Stage 5 patients in the United States will ...

Article: Shire Announces Results of FOSRENOL(R) Study in Pre-Dialysis ...
PR Newswire;  November 6, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... renal disease (ESRD), also known as CKD Stage 5.(2) While the results of this exploratory ... study of 90 pre-dialysis patients with CKD Stage 3 and 4 and hyperphosphatemia(1 ... binders extending their label to treat CKD Stage 4 patients with hyperphosphatemia ...

Article: Shire Announces Results of FOSRENOL(R) Study in Pre-Dialysis ...
PR Newswire Europe;  November 6, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... renal disease (ESRD), also known as CKD Stage 5.(2) While the results of this exploratory ... study of 90 pre-dialysis patients with CKD Stage 3 and 4 and hyperphosphatemia(1 ... binders extending their label to treat CKD Stage 4 patients with hyperphosphatemia ...

Article: FDA Advisory Committee Votes in Favor of Earlier Use of Phosphate ...
PR Newswire;  October 16, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... the blood) in chronic kidney disease (CKD) Stage 4 patients. Currently, FOSRENOL is ... whom 500,000 have developed ESRD (or CKD Stage 5). An additional 400,000 individuals ... function and are classified as having CKD Stage 4. Worldwide, almost 1.5 million ...

Article: Data on renal disease reported by P.H. Hung and ...
Blood Weekly;  November 19, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... e. >60 (no/mild CKD), 30-60 (CKD stage 3) and <30 (CKD stage 4/5). The CKD stages included 81 (30.3 ... with none/mild CKD, 121 (45.3%) with CKD stage 3 and 65 (24.3%) with CKD stage 4/5 ...

Article: New kidney disease study findings have been reported by H. ...
Biotech Week;  September 3, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... the first nephrology referral, 5.8% of the patients were on CKD stage 2 (eGFR: 90-60 ml/m), 46.7% on CKD stage 3 (eGFR: 59-30 ml/m), and 47.5% on CKD stage 4 (eGFR: 29-15 ml/m) CKD. Significantly improved slope ...

Article: Studies from University of Jena, Department of Internal Medicine ...
Biotech Week;  November 12, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... 36 patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) Stage 3/4 and in 96 patients with CKD Stage 5 bone histomorphometry was performed and ... 2% in CKD Stages 3 -4 and in 61.4% in CKD Stage 5. There was no difference in the frequency ...