Nephrology News

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.

SAN DIEGO — Semaglutide, a GLP-1 receptor agonist approved for treatment of obesity and type 2 diabetes, improved kidney metrics for adults with overweight and obesity without diabetes, according study data.

SAN DIEGO — Researchers reported a sudden decrease in all-cause hospitalization at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, but there was an increase in all-cause mortality in patients on maintenance dialysis.

SAN DIEGO — Compared with placebo, finerenone was associated with reductions in albuminuria and decreased risk of new-onset albuminuria among adults with heart failure, according to data from the FINEARTS-HF trial.

SAN DIEGO — More in-patients with AKI quickly received care based on best practices when a kidney action team sent recommendations to health care providers via electronic health records, according to study data.

SAN DIEGO — Earlier referral to a nephologist for patients with a hyponatremia electrolyte abnormality may be linked to shorter hospital stays and lower mortality rates, data show.

SAN DIEGO — In this video exclusive from ASN Kidney Week, Darcy K. Weidemann, MD, MHS, FAAP, a pediatric nephrologist at Children’s Mercy in Kansas City, Missouri, discusses her top concerns in the specialty: access and workforce.

SAN DIEGO — Help with transportation, copays and treatment adherence were the top three needs affecting health care according to a group of patients participating in a lupus navigator pilot program.