Kidney Care Community News

Baxter Healthcare issued a voluntary recall for some lots of its peritoneal dialysis transfer sets due to the potential for leaks and no flow, the company told Healio Nephrology.

The mortality rate among patients with chronic kidney disease who are not on dialysis is more than twice that of people without CKD, according to the latest annual report of the United States Renal Data System.

Study findings suggest Black and Hispanic patients are at greater risk for developing kidney failure due to faster decline in kidney function following chronic kidney disease onset vs. white patients.

KidneyX has launched the COVID-19 Kidney Care Challenge, offering a total of $300,000 in prize money.

KidneyX has launched the COVID-19 Kidney Care Challenge, offering a total of $300,000 in prize money.

Results of a survey administered to members of the American Nephrology Nurses Association showed many experienced a high workload which, according to two speakers, may contribute to decreased well-being, along with staffing challenges.

An approach that uses artificial intelligence by including cardiac biomarkers into a machine learning algorithm more accurately predicted atrial fibrillation in patients with chronic kidney disease than use of a previously published model.

A study of U.S. kidney transplant recipients showed no significant changes in cancer incidence during a period of 3 decades, with rates of graft failure and mortality remaining high.

Angion Biomedica Corp. has signed a licensing agreement with Vifor Pharma for the commercialization of ANG-3777, a drug shown to treat delayed graft function and cardiac surgery-associated AKI, according to a press release.

Medical device developer Diality Inc. has closed $12.5 million in financing during a Series B investment round, according to a company press release.