Dialysis

For some patients, home therapies are preferable to in-center dialysis treatment. This option has been associated with improved patient outcomes and increased overall quality of life for many patients with end-stage kidney disease.

Canagliflozin was associated with increased iron utilization and improved hemoglobin levels for adults with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease, according to data published in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation.

Akebia Therapeutics and U.S. Renal Care have entered a multiyear commercial supply contract to offer the anemia drug Vafseo to patients on dialysis, according to a press release.

When counseling women with kidney disease about pregnancy, nephrologists and women’s health providers must emphasize intentionality.

AKI remote patient monitoring after hospital discharge can help manage kidney health complications, data show, but the practice may not lower the risk of hospital return.

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Changes in body composition may correlate with bone mineral density fluctuations in non-dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease, according to a cohort study.

COVID-19 test acceptance was low among adults on hemodialysis, according to a nationwide cluster trial that evaluated two SARS-CoV-2 assessment strategies at U.S. dialysis facilities.

An early diagnosis of antibody-associated vasculitis may be important to long-term kidney function, study data show, as even mild forms of kidney involvement can affect prognosis.