Chronic Kidney Disease
VIDEO: Pathway project helps advanced practitioners obtain leadership roles in nephrology
In this video, Leah Foster Smith, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, CNN-NP, FNKF, discusses an advanced practitioner and physician assistant pathway project she presented at the Renal Physicians Association Annual Meeting.
FDA rejects Akebia Therapeutics’ anemia drug for patients with chronic kidney disease
Baseline psychiatric assessment in Chronic Kidney Disease in Children study may be limited
Researchers used baseline data from the Chronic Kidney Disease in Children cohort study to compare psychiatric disorders in children with CKD and children in the general population and yielded results inconsistent with previous studies.
Less than 11% of Canadian nephrologists prescribe cannabis for CKD management
A small percentage of Canadian nephrologists reported prescribing cannabis for chronic kidney disease management, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.
Vaccines against COVID-19 show protection for patients on maintenance dialysis
Compared with unvaccinated patients on maintenance dialysis, those with one to two vaccines against COVID-19 showed better immunity to infection and severe illness.
Cricket Health joins Fresenius Health Partners in push toward value-based nephrology care
Mediterranean diet may preserve kidney function better than low-fat for adults with CHD
Adults with coronary heart disease who followed a Mediterranean diet preserved their kidney function better than those who followed a low-fat diet for 5 years, according to study data published in Clinical Nutrition.
Report shows prevalent ESKD cases across the US nearly doubled since 2000
A newly released Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report shows a 41.8% increase in incident end-stage kidney disease cases and an 118.7% increase in prevalent cases across the United States between 2000 and 2019.