Dialysis

Dialysis Patient Citizens has announced a novel kidney disease training curriculum for community health workers, according to a press release.

Patients with chronic kidney disease or transplant should have ongoing access to telehealth to help manage care, according to results of a qualitative meta-analysis.

Financial incentives offered to providers in a CMS payment model have failed to increase home dialysis and kidney transplantation rates in the first 2 years of the demonstration, published findings show.

Episodic and verbal declarative memory normalized in adults on in-center hemodialysis after receiving a kidney transplant, according to study results. Other cognitive impairments also showed improvement.

The top three home dialysis barriers cited by patients, caregivers and providers do not fully overlap, which suggests the need for diverse strategies for each group, according to a study.

CHICAGO — During her fellowship as a palliative care physician, Sunita Puri, MD, met a patient who taught her that healing is possible even when cure is not.

Some patients on in-center hemodialysis were able to successfully adapt to telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic, but more research is needed on communication and privacy, data show.

A bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that would slow efforts by commercial health plans from moving patients with end-stage kidney disease to Medicare now has 30 co-sponsors, according to a press release.

PHILADELPHIA — Preemptive kidney transplant in older adults with a high kidney donor profile index pre-transplant may be linked to better patient and graft survival, data show.

The benefits of residual kidney function in people treated with chronic hemodialysis cannot be overstated, according to Mariana Murea, MD, and include longer survival and fewer complications related to advanced kidney dysfunction and its treatment.