Dialysis

Healio | Nephrology News & Issues: Is the evidence that HDF is medically better than traditional HD at a tipping point?

When discussing dialysis physiology, I often make the joke that convection plus diffusion leads to confusion.

Members of the U.S. Senate have reintroduced a bill that would provide Medicare funding for preventive screenings for kidney disease, add payments for innovative devices and allow patients younger than 65 years to buy Medigap coverage.

PHILADELPHIA — Geographic disparities and barriers to transplant access exist among patients with end-stage renal disease on dialysis, according to presented data.

In a study of Medicare beneficiaries, researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital found that 6% of patients treated for heart failure progressed to dialysis within 1 year after hospitalization.

Receiving a kidney transplant from a deceased donor who had dialysis before donation may be tied to a higher rate of delayed graft function, according to a published study.

Patients with chronic kidney disease who received medication to treat their depression did not see a reduction in adverse health risks for hospitalizations and mortality, a recently published study shows.

Use of the drug semaglutide in patients with type 2 diabetes significantly reduced the risk of major kidney disease events, cardiovascular outcomes and all-cause mortality vs. placebo, newly published data show.

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Getting educated on the pros and cons of Medicare Advantage may be “critically important” for patients and providers in nephrology, a speaker said, here.

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Hydralazine-induced autoimmune conditions may have a varied presentation, including drug-induced lupus or vasculitis, according to a speaker, here.