Acute Kidney Injury News

According to a recently published study, caffeine administration in preterm neonates was associated with reduced incidence and severity of acute kidney injury.

While nearly 40% of all hospitalizations for acute kidney injury during a 14-year period were for patients with diabetes, a recently published analysis in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report also highlighted a trend concerning the overall rate of hospitalizations for acute kidney injury.

AM-Pharma B.V. recently announced positive results of a phase 2 study on use of its recombinant human alkaline phosphatase, known as recAP, to treat sepsis-associated acute kidney injury.

NN&I asked Donna Bednarski, RN, MSN, ANP-BC, CNN, Kidney Care Partners consultant for the American Nephrology Nurses Association (ANNA), and Robert Blaser, director of public policy for the Renal Physicians Association (RPA), for their thoughts on what the next 12 months could look like on Capitol Hill for the kidney care community. In Part 1, published in the January issue of NN&I (available at www.nephrologynews.com), our policy experts covered the ongoing vacancy at HHS and the rising interest in regulating staff-patient ratios in dialysis clinics. This month, Part 2 continues with a look at physician payment, acute kidney injury (AKI) and outpatient care, and concerns about restricting the use of more frequent dialysis.

The care of children who receive acute or chronic dialysis is a challenging multidisciplinary enterprise. Acute and chronic dialysis is now routinely available for children throughout the world and pediatric nephrology, nephrology nursing and nutrition providers must be equipped with an ever-growing fund of knowledge and technical skills that reflect the rapid advancements occurring in our understanding of the management of acute kidney injury and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in the pediatric patient.

This past January, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services began reimbursing for services provided to Medicare patients with acute kidney injury requiring dialysis (AKI-D). This represents a return to a financially sustainable approach to providing outpatient care for these patients after CMS removed the ability for hospitals to be reimbursed for payments to outpatient ESRD facilities for Medicare patients with AKI-D in 2012.1

Dialysis providers will see a slight Medicare reimbursement increase in 2018, according to the final rule the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released on Oct. 27. The rule updates payment policies and rates under the End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System (PPS) for dialysis services furnished to beneficiaries on or after Jan. 1, 2018.

A new study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology reveals the extensive health care costs that result from acute kidney injury and highlights the need for improved strategies to identify and prevent the condition.

A new Canadian study indicates that most patients are not receiving the follow-up care that nephrologists' recommend after hospitalization with acute kidney injury. The findings appear in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN).

A new study indicates that patients discharged from the emergency department with acute kidney injury (AKI) remain at an increased risk of dying within 30 days. The findings appear in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN).