Infection Control News

Excess mortality rates rose between February and August 2020 for the end-stage renal disease population, with patients on dialysis having two to three times higher total excess deaths compared with transplant recipients.

For patients hospitalized with COVID-19, a boosted decision tree model more accurately predicted AKI requiring dialysis and mortality compared with either standard models or other machine learning models.

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease did not increase the risk for major COVID-19 complications, including the need for dialysis, compared with other cystic kidney disease or cystic liver disease.

Further analysis of bloodstream infections in patients on hemodialysis uncovered significant discordance between the submitted and primary culture data, according to an audit.

A collaborative approach between nephrologists and gastroenterologists led to improvements in the diagnosis and treatment of hepatitis C virus across 31 dialysis facilities in Changhua County, Taiwan.

After a second dose of either the Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, solid organ transplant recipients failed to achieve an antibody response against SARS-CoV-2 comparable to the general population.

After a second dose of either the Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, solid organ transplant recipients failed to achieve an antibody response against SARS-CoV-2 comparable to the general population.

Patients hospitalized for COVID-19 with end-stage renal disease exhibited better outcomes than patients with non-dialysis chronic kidney disease, according to a study.

Patients with end-stage kidney disease are at a disproportionately higher risk to become infected with COVID-19 and require hospitalization compared with older patients and those with disabilities.

Approximately 20% of patients receiving in-center hemodialysis in the United States expressed hesitancy toward COVID-19 vaccination, according to a joint survey conducted by Stanford University School of Medicine and U.S. Renal Care.