Celebrate National Doctors’ Day with advice from top nephrology experts
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As Healio celebrates National Doctors’ Day, we recognize physicians we spoke with in the past year about how they are working to improve kidney care.
These exclusive interviews and articles from physicians explore a range of topics in nephrology, from home dialysis to provider bias and how to interact with patients.
Diligence required in management of COVID-19 among patients with kidney disease
It has been almost 3 years since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Much has changed since then, yet still this virus and its variants pose a threat.
Limited data on social determinants of health, provider bias lead to transplant inequity
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Inequities in transplantation can be attributed to limited data on patients’ social determinants of health and provider bias, according to a presenter at the Cutting Edge of Transplantation Summit.
Home dialysis is growing but more tools are needed
Remarkably, more than 3 years have passed since the release of the executive order on the HHS initiative Advancing American Kidney Health.
Evaluation helps clinicians identify patients at risk for transfer from PD to hemodialysis
ORLANDO — Clinicians who asked themselves, “Would I be surprised if this patient transferred from peritoneal dialysis to hemodialysis within 6 months?” helped them identify patients at risk, according to a presentation at ASN Kidney Week.
Nephrologists can play a key role in the diagnosis and treatment of gout in patients with CKD
When an individual has an excess of uric acid in the blood, it can crystallize in the joints and cause gout, the most common form of inflammatory arthritis in the United States.
VIDEO: Dialysis staff can use the ‘five plays’ to de-escalate tensions with patients
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — In this interview from the Southwest Nephrology Conference, Dara N. Rampersad, PhD, LPC, NCC, explains the value of the “five plays” that staff can use to help de-escalate tension during a dialysis treatment.