Home Dialysis News

In my role as a practicing nephrologist and clinical executive, much of my focus involves helping patients overcome their initial reticence about dialysis at home and helping them understand and harness its potential benefits.

Baxter International disclosed in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing earlier this month that it would consider selling its kidney care business instead of spinning it off as originally planned.

The profession of nephrology has expanded in the last 50 years due to changes in public policy, increasing access to dialysis therapy and advancements in kidney research.

Peritoneal dialysis is largely underused on a global scale, according to a scenario-based survey that explored the preconceptions of kidney care physicians as a barrier to access.

The nephrology community is navigating an evolving landscape of kidney care transformation. Nephrologists and kidney care teams are reconsidering how to prescribe therapy to patients with end-stage kidney disease as the United States works toward the monumental goal of 80% of incident ESKD patients receiving a kidney transplant or undergoing home dialysis by 2025 as outlined in the Advancing American Kidney Health initiative.

In-center conventional hemodialysis, performed thrice weekly at 4 hours per session, is a life-sustaining treatment.

Dialysis at home dates to the 1960s, yet teaching continues today about training and supporting patients who select the modality option and helping them stay at home, kidney specialists told Healio | Nephrology News & Issues.

Healio has compiled a list of the most-read nephrology cover stories in 2023.

Healio has compiled a list of its most-read home dialysis news in 2023.

PHILADELPHIA — Researchers presented data here during ASN Kidney Week showing the effectiveness of a standardized discontinuation ratio that can measure when a patient on dialysis may consider discontinuing home therapy.