Nephrology News & Issues Current Issue
The following articles appeared in the print edition of Nephrology News & Issues.
Table of Contents
- Telehealth and home dialysis: Opportunities to improve patient care
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- PD for AKI: A promising intervention successfully implemented in low-resource countries
- Cricket Health names Geoffrey Clapp as chief product officer
- DaVita lowers price of its medical group to expedite sale
- Dialysis machine inventor Richard Drake, MD, dies
- Fresenius says Federal Trade Commission still reviewing NxStage acquisition
- It may be time to scrutinize dialysis staffing data Rosa K. Hand, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND
- Genetic testing may identify genes that cause 10% of CKD cases
- Hemodialysis linked with decline in cognitive function
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- High consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages linked with increased risk for CKD
- Hospital readmissions for patients with ESRD may be due to underlying health issues, not kidney-related care
- Kidneys from deceased AKI donors not linked with greater rates of all-cause graft failure
- Scheduled dialysis reduces mortality, costs in immigrants with ESRD
- Transplant shows better 10-year outcomes than dialysis
- VIDEO: Address obesity day-to-day to improve cardiometabolic health
- VIDEO: Presenter speaks about characteristics, kidney stone burden in patients with enteric hyperoxaluria
- Annual Dialysis Conference offers insights into new dialysis therapies
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- CMS must go beyond new technology to improve kidney care
- FDA approves clinical trial for in-home PD system
- FDA grants breakthrough designation for wearable PD device
- NKF conference aims to bring home dialysis to the forefront of kidney failure treatment
- Patients, caregivers place higher priority on certain outcomes while on peritoneal dialysis
- National Kidney Foundation addresses possible repeal of the ACA
- NRAA-commissioned study examines accuracy of Medicare ESRD Prospective Payment System
- Proposed restrictions on payment for more frequent dialysis may be eased in the mid-West
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- US Renal Data System marks 30 years of tracking kidney disease statistics
- Importance of discussing all options early as part of advance care planning for patients with CKD Jennifer S. Scherer, MD