Nephrology News

Among patients who received maintenance dialysis, those who had higher Charlson Comorbidity Index scores were more likely to have unplanned 30-day hospital readmissions than those with lower scores, according to a published study.

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation yesterday that will restrict the amount of money dialysis providers and drug rehabilitation centers can charge group health plans in the state. The approval of A.B. 290 caps nearly 2 years of debate, a past governor veto of a previous version of the bill, a failed ballot proposition and millions of dollars spent by dialysis providers to defeat the legislation.

According to a recently published study, implementing a policy that requires citizens to “opt-out” of being an organ donor may help increase both the number of transplants performed and candidate life-years gained, especially for those awaiting kidney transplantation.

Primary care physicians who were interviewed by researchers identified several barriers at the patient, physician and systems level that impede management of chronic kidney disease in primary care, according to findings published in PLoS One.

In a published study, researchers suggested a diet high in vegetables and fruit could serve as a modifiable factor to help reduce the risk of chronic kidney disease.

In a published study, nephrologists identified two primary requirements for providing successful conservative care to patients with advanced chronic kidney disease. These included a greater focus on the individual patient and the broader creation of a health care system that supports this choice.

The FDA recently approved a new indication for the SGLT2 inhibitor canagliflozin, and a randomized controlled trial showed that laser therapy can improve symptoms of menopause.

While prescription opioid use was associated with increased mortality and hospitalization risks for all patients regardless of kidney function, researchers found the risk for death was highest among those with moderate to severe chronic kidney disease.

SAN DIEGO — Rheumatologists treating patients with lupus nephritis should make a concerted effort to reduce or avoid use of NSAIDs and other nephrotoxic drugs in order to improve long-term outcomes, according to a presentation at the 2019 Congress of Clinical Rheumatology West.

Despite the implementation of the Kidney Allocation System in 2014, black and Hispanic patients — as well as those receiving Medicare instead of holding private insurance —continue to have lower odds of preemptive kidney transplantation, according to a recently published study.