End-Stage Kidney Disease

Findings presented at the virtual ASN Kidney Week showed that, for those with end-stage renal disease, mortality risk differed between white patients and patients who are Asian or Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander.

A study of patients who received dialysis at centers across the United States revealed no link between neighborhood food environment – including access to “healthy foods” and socioeconomic status – and hyperphosphatemia.

The mortality rate among patients with chronic kidney disease who are not on dialysis is more than twice that of people without CKD, according to the latest annual report of the United States Renal Data System.

Study findings suggest Black and Hispanic patients are at greater risk for developing kidney failure due to faster decline in kidney function following chronic kidney disease onset vs. white patients.

In transcatheter mitral valve repair, patients with chronic kidney disease or end-stage renal disease experienced worse outcomes and more 30-day readmission compared with patients without chronic kidney disease, researchers reported.

Blue Shield of California has partnered with Cricket Health to develop a “personalized and comprehensive care coordination program” for its members with late-stage chronic kidney disease or end-stage kidney disease.

CMS has released preliminary Medicare claims data that show patients with end-stage renal disease who are diagnosed with COVID-19 had the highest rate of hospitalization among all Medicare beneficiaries.

Focusing on important quality measures, providing advocacy and asking questions are important to understand the quality of care in dialysis centers, according to a speaker at the virtual National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings.

Plasma exchange did not reduce the incidence of death or end-stage kidney disease among patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis, according to data published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

WASHINGTON — Data presented at ASN Kidney Week suggested higher dietary protein intake is associated with increased risk for all-cause mortality and ESRD in patients with chronic kidney disease, with researchers also observing a decline in dietary protein intake with progressive loss of kidney function.