The authors of this Viewpoint argue that mandatory reporting of estimated glomerular filtration rate leads to misdiagnosis of chronic kidney disease and to unnecessary referrals. Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology
Europe has approved an expanded indication for peginterferon alfa-2b injection plus ribavirin tablets (PegIntron and Rebetol); Japan has approved cinacalcet HCl tablets and loratadine 1% syrup (Claritin Dry Syrup). Medscape Medical News
Hemoglobin targets for patients with chronic kidney disease are retrospectively explored to determine whether higher or lower targets have a better impact on outcomes. Kidney International
A decline in kidney function is associated with a "graded and independent" increase in risk of death in elderly individuals aged 75 and older, according to results of a study conducted in the UK. Reuters Health Information
Jeffrey S. Berns, MD, reports from ASN 2009 and discusses the effect of bundling all ESRD services into one prospective payment system as well as The Lancet retraction of the COOPERATE study. Medscape Nephrology
