Renal health
Renal impairment can have significant implications for the management of medicines, because of how some drugs are metabolised. Pharmacists can advise on dose adjustments, the avoidance of nephrotoxic drugs and therapeutic drug monitoring where appropriate. Renal conditions range in severity, with long-term conditions, like chronic kidney disease, significantly impacting patient morbidity and mortality.
Our collection of resources on renal conditions has been organised into categories that can be accessed via the icons above or directly from the sections below.
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Conditions
Hyponatraemia: clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment
Electrolyte disturbances: causes and management
Developments in the management of anaemia and other complications in adults with chronic kidney disease
Renal cancer: management
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Bladder cancer: management
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Nephrotic syndrome in adults: symptoms and management
Medicines management
Optimising use of SGLT2 inhibitors in hospital patients
Dose adjustments of antimicrobials in patients with renal impairment
Other
Haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis: an overview
Medication maths: estimations of kidney function
News
MHRA sets out plans to speed up access to rare disease therapies
Health news round up: long-term conditions, cancer drugs and a medicines pricing stand-off
Medicines derived from UK blood plasma distributed to NHS hospitals for ‘first time in a generation’
NICE recommends vadadustat for anaemia during dialysis for chronic kidney disease
Semaglutide lowers risk of kidney failure and cardiovascular death in patients with type 2 diabetes and CKD, study results show
UK regulator recommends new safety measures for medicines containing pseudoephedrine
NICE approves new drug for chronic kidney disease and diabetes
Features
Warp drive: conducting experiments in space allows speedy results
‘Beyond weight loss’: what is the future of semaglutide?
‘It has just grown and multiplied … now the service could not run without our prescribing’
Specialist roles in hospital pharmacy
