Nephrology News

SAN DIEGO — In this video exclusive from ASN Kidney Week, Jeffrey Silberzweig, MD, FACP, FASN, discusses the work the American Society of Nephrology’s Emergency Partnership Initiative is doing to respond to major health emergencies.

Five years after receiving a complete response letter from the agency, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals brought sotagliflozin back before an FDA advisory panel to seek an indication to treat patients with type 1 diabetes and chronic kidney disease.

SAN DIEGO — In this video exclusive from ASN Kidney Week, Healio | Nephrology News & Issues Editorial Board Member Sheila Deziel, MSN, RN, CNN, FNKF, discusses issues facing dialysis nurses.

SAN DIEGO — An educational intervention improved dialysis decision-making in veterans with advanced chronic kidney disease, according to data presented at Kidney Week.

The relationship between health care providers and referral sources can present complex legal challenges.

SAN DIEGO — Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, MD, PhD, FASN, will become the next president of American Society of Nephrology, according to a press release.

Immunotherapy utilization for treatment of advanced kidney or bladder cancers varied by patients’ race or socioeconomic status, according to study results.

SAN DIEGO — Blood volume monitoring may lead to shorter hospital stays and fewer readmissions for adults with end-stage kidney disease and heart failure, data show.

SAN DIEGO — Kidney transplant recipients who experience more bodily pain have less involvement and ability to participate in social activities than kidney transplant patients who report less pain, according to data at ASN Kidney Week.

SAN DIEGO — Oxiris membranes may offer no clinical advantage vs. standard membranes to maintain hemodynamic stability in patients with septic shock who need continuous kidney replacement therapy, data presented at ASN Kidney Week show.