Home Dialysis News

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.

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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. 

PHILADELPHIA — The percent of patients who choose home dialysis within the first year of treatment varies by country, a study presented here showed.

PHILADELPHIA — In a clinical trial, patients placed on home hemodialysis four times a week showed improved outcomes over in-center treatment using the Quanta Dialysis System, according to data presented here at ASN Kidney Week.

Lawmakers are asking CMS to expand availability of home dialysis for Medicare beneficiaries receiving treatment for AKI in an outpatient setting.

Patients living in Turkey with end-stage kidney disease had a 40% lower mortality rate when receiving dialysis at home vs. patients receiving in-center treatment, a new study shows.

Quanta Dialysis Technologies has submitted a 510(k) premarket notification to the FDA for an expanded indication of its dialysis machine to include home hemodialysis.

A remote patient monitoring program for adults on automated peritoneal dialysis may lead to a lower technique failure rate, according to findings from a recently published observational study.