Nephrology News

BOSTON — Switching to an in-house dialysis model may support health care facilities in care efforts and lead to high quality outcomes for patients, according to study data.

CHICAGO — Finerenone prevented new-onset atrial fibrillation or flutter in patients with chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes or heart failure with mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction, according to new data from FINE-HEART.

In this video, an expert discusses study results presented at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Session that assessed sex-based differences observed in end-stage kidney disease after heart transplant.

Among the top three barriers to home dialysis, cited independently by both patients and clinicians, is the need for home-based support, according to data published in the American Journal of Kidney Disease in 2024.

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BOSTON — Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease rates in the Military Health System are comparable to the general population, but with variability among certain groups, according to a speaker.

BOSTON — About 24% of families who preferred a language other than English received a kidney from a living donor for their child compared with 49% of families who spoke English, according to study data from a single center in Philadelphia.

BOSTON — Among patients on hemodialysis, those who developed gout were 6% less likely to be wait-listed for a kidney transplant than those without gout, according to data presented at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings.

BOSTON — Long-acting diuretic chlorthalidone may increase the risk for kidney stones in adults who have previously had them, according to findings presented at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings.