Nephrology News

BOSTON — When thinking aspirationally about a national strategy for home dialysis, the kidney community should consider the priorities of patients, according to an expert here at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings.

BOSTON — Among patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, computer tomography was the most frequently used imaging modality, according to results of a study presented at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings, here.

BOSTON — Compared to other medical specialists, nephrologists indicated less opportunity for innovation in their specialty, according to results of a cross-comparison study presented here at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings.

BOSTON — Text messages and recommending texted response confirmations can improve treatment adherence from patients on hemodialysis who tend to miss appointments, according to study presented here at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings.

The House Appropriations Committee recently approved legislation to fund the HHS through fiscal year 2020. According to Troy Zimmerman, vice president of government relations for the National Kidney Foundation, the legislation includes “key provisions to improve the lives of chronic kidney disease patients, living donors, and their loved ones.”

BOSTON — For patients with ESRD, also having obesity may provide a survival benefit, leading to what a speaker at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings has termed an “obesity paradox.”

PHILADELPHIA — Primary care physicians should work with nephrologists to determine the best care options for their shared patients with chronic kidney disease, according to a speaker at the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting.

Rockwell Medical Inc. recently announced it would begin commercial sales of its dialysate iron product Triferic in the United States.

PHILADELPHIA – Encouraging a healthy diet is an effective way to helping patients with CKD avoid metabolic acidosis, according to a speaker at the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting.

The rate of cardiovascular disease in patients who initiate dialysis varies by cause of kidney failure, Stanford and Baylor researchers recently reported.