End-Stage Kidney Disease

WASHINGTON — Data presented here at ASN Kidney Week showed patients who developed ESKD due to acute kidney injury had different outcomes based on sex and race.

HUNTINGTON BEACH, California — The state of health care legislation in Washington and ongoing concerns about the inadequacies of the ESRD Treatment Choices payment model for dialysis care, set to launch in January, were part of a package of discussion points during a session on policy issues and political agendas held during the National Renal Administrators Association’s Annual Conference.

Compared with nonprofit facilities, patients who received dialysis at for-profit facilities had a lower likelihood of accessing kidney transplantation, according to a recently published study.

Implementation of an integrated health care delivery model increased the rate of home-based peritoneal dialysis for patients with advanced kidney disease, according to a recently published study.

In a recent webinar, CMS offered more details on four new voluntary kidney payment models that are part of the Advancing American Kidney Health initiative.

SEATTLE — A new care model underway by pharmacy company CVS and health care insurer Aetna is using nurse practitioners stationed at pharmacies across the country to identify and manage patients with chronic kidney disease.

SEATTLE — After training and 4 days of treatments in a dialysis clinic, the first patient involved in clinical trials for a new CVS-funded home hemodialysis machine is expected to begin treatment at home later this week, according to an update at the Innovations in Dialysis: Expediting Advances Symposium here.

While the use of palliative care increased for all hospitalized patients with ESKD, black and Hispanic patients were significantly less likely to receive palliative care referrals and services than white patients, according to a recently published study.

A nitric oxide-eluting, disposable hemodialysis catheter insert may lower mortality rates for patients with kidney disease by preventing infection and thrombosis.

Women who had no major comorbidities before their first pregnancy but who developed preeclampsia had a five-fold increased risk for end-stage kidney disease, according to a recently published study.