Chronic Kidney Failure

WASHINGTON — Among adults with atherosclerotic CVD and impaired kidney function, residual inflammation is a stronger predictor of recurrent CV events than hyperlipidemia, particularly for CV and all-cause mortality, researchers reported.

Amy Wilson, MD, pediatric nephrologist at Indiana University School of Medicine and Riley Children’s Hospital, will receive the Medical Advisory Board Distinguished Service Award from the National Kidney Foundation.

The University of Pennsylvania Health System has created and entered a joint venture with Evergreen Nephrology to improve kidney outcomes while containing costs of care, according to a press release.

Today is World Kidney Day, and the National Kidney Foundation is emphasizing its effort with the Coalition for Kidney Health to nominate targeted screening or case finding for chronic kidney disease based on risk conditions, like diabetes.

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

Removing the race-specific coefficient from the equation that determines eGFR results in a “small but potentially important” effect on the inclusion of patients in [chronic kidney disease] trials, according to published data.

Patients with chronic kidney disease and heart failure who took the sodium glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitor empagliflozin saw a stabilization of ejection fraction and a slowing in eGFR decline, according to trial results presented here.

Patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis who received avacopan showed greater recovery of kidney function compared with patients who received prednisone, according to study results presented at ASN Kidney Week.

SGLT2 inhibitors may directly or indirectly impact factors associated with diabetes and atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter, according to a speaker at the Heart in Diabetes CME Conference.

Older patients with chronic kidney disease and a strong social support system are more likely to have a higher quality of life, experience less frailty and exhibit better cognitive function, a study appearing in Kidney Medicine revealed.