New technique predicts worsening of chronic kidney disease: Study

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Washington DC [US], September 13 (ANI): Aarhus University researchers have come up with a new technique that may represent a major advancement in the treatment of chronic renal disease..

A new technique has been developed by researchers at Aarhus University to identify individuals with chronic renal failure who are most likely to eventually lose their kidney function...

We discovered that the balance between different acid-base elements in urine samples from patients with chronic kidney disease differs significantly from healthy individuals..

This led us to develop a calculation model where the relationship between several of the urines acid-base elements could be associated with kidney function and disease progression over time, explains Mads Vaarby Sorensen, PhD and researcher at the Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University...

The new method could potentially reduce the need for frequent check-ups for stable patients and free up resources for those with more aggressive disease progression, says Samuel Svendsen, medical resident at the Department of Nephrology at Aarhus University Hospital...

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