Home Dialysis News

Peritoneal dialysis provides a variety of benefits over hemodialysis, making it the ‘ideal’ mode of renal replacement therapy for patients prior to kidney transplantation, according to researchers from the University of Hong Kong.

On July 6, CMS issued a proposed rule for the End-stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System, which expands its transitional add-on payment adjustment for innovative dialysis equipment and supplies, focusing on items for home use.

The COVID-19 pandemic poses health risks for patients on chronic dialysis. With nearly 88% of these patients on in-center hemodialysis, managing risk for contracting or spreading the virus has been a challenge, according to a press release.

An exercise program in which patients on peritoneal dialysis were first trained by an exercise physiologist at their monthly in-center appointment and then carried out at home appeared to be feasible and safe. The results of this study were recently published in Kidney Medicine.

In an article published in Kidney Medicine, nephrologists from Mount Sinai Hospital in East Harlem, New York, outline how they are ensuring that patients who require dialysis receive safe and effective care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nephrologists from around the globe — and primarily from China as this is where the virus originated — have developed a set of recommendations for the care of pediatric patients undergoing either in-center or home dialysis during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Data released by Kidney Community Emergency Response as of April 8 shows 305 patients on dialysis in the United States have died from COVID-19.

The kidney care community must change the way dialysis is provided to most patients with ESKD before the next pandemic arrives, two nephrologists wrote in a recently published editorial.

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — Many barriers stand in the way of decisions regarding home dialysis therapies, but if nephrologists individualize modality options for patients based on their current needs and goals, there is a better likelihood that patients will succeed on dialysis, a speaker said during the Southwest Nephrology Conference held here.

Increasing the use of peritoneal dialysis can help the kidney care community reach Advancing American Kidney Health goals, but CMS will need to re-think incentives beyond what newly proposed payment models are offering nephrologists and dialysis providers, according to an editorial.