Chronic Kidney Disease

The American Kidney Fund announced a new campaign called Looped in on Lupus Nephritis that is designed to improve diagnosis, awareness and equitable treatment of the disease among patients.

Duke University nephrologist Matthew Sparks, MD, spends most of his day training fellows about evaluating and diagnosing kidney disease.

Adults with chronic kidney disease who walked between 7,000 and 12,000 steps a day reported high health-related quality of life, according to data published in the Journal of Renal Nutrition.

Certain changes to preexisting models that predict risk for cardiovascular events in the general population can help clinicians predict risk for atherosclerotic CVD in patients with chronic kidney disease.

Two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine have a limited impact on COVID-19 infection in patients with kidney replacement therapy, according to data published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

An educational intervention focused on eating behavior change improved attitudes toward intuitive eating in a population of women with obesity and chronic kidney disease, according to data published in the Journal of Renal Nutrition.

The association between 24-hour collection and urine protein-to-creatinine ratio was moderate for mearing proteinuria levels in patients with amyloid light chain amyloidosis, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.

Adults with chronic kidney disease who consider EDs or urgent care a usual source of care showed an increased risk for death and hospitalization, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.

Dialyze Direct announced it has signed a letter of intent to obtain Compass Home Dialysis on or before Feb. 28, 2022.

In addition to the everyday burden of chronic kidney disease, patients and their caregivers report that limited opportunities and the power imbalance between them and researchers create obstacles to meaningful involvement in research.