End-Stage Kidney Disease

The National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings, taking place April 9 to 13, in Boston, will provide interprofessional attendees with the latest information on evolving areas of kidney care.

Poor sleep quality may be linked to higher mortality for adults on hemodialysis, data show.

Unintentional weight loss prior to kidney transplant evaluation may be linked to lower listing odds and higher waitlist mortality for frail patients with obesity, a study found.

Patients’ smoking behaviors may be associated with elevated risks for chronic kidney disease, but more data are needed, according to researchers.

Greater access to community health centers may improve outcomes for Medicaid recipients and adults without insurance who have end-stage kidney disease, data show. Amid systematic barriers in health care, “nephrology is unique in that U.S. federal health insurance, Medicare, covers most patients with ESKD irrespective of age or income,” Yoshio N. Hall, MD, MS, academic professor of medicine in nephrology at the University of Washington Kidney Research Institute in Seattle, told Healio. “However, this near-universal coverage does not extend to patients with non-dialysis-dependent kidney disease. As such, most nephrology practices in the U.S. continue to focus their care on patients who require maintenance dialysis."

Among Colorado residents initiating dialysis, fewer enrolled in Medicare after the start of the Affordable Care Act in 2014 than before the legislation increased private and Medicaid coverage options, according to study data.

Healio has compiled a list of the most-read vascular access nephrology news in 2024.

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Healio has compiled a list of the most-read nephrology transplant news stories in 2024.