Home Hemodialysis

The use of technicians to assist in delivering dialysis to the end-stage kidney disease population has been a recognized role since the early 1970s. Today, that role should be extended to expanding home dialysis.

Healio has compiled a list of the most-read nephrology articles in 2024.

A text message-based survey was highly acceptable and had moderate reach for patients on dialysis, according to published data, though response rates were lower in certain groups.

In 2019, former President Donald Trump signed the Advancing American Kidney Health initiative.

To get fellows more engaged in the prospect of nephrology as a specialty, Steven Fishbane, MD, and Hitesh H. Shah, MD, said they had to think outside the box.

The National Kidney Foundation has awarded Lisa Koester, ANP, CS, CNN-NP, MSN, the Carol Mattix Award at the NKF Spring Clinical Meetings in Long Beach, California.

The American Society of Nephrology and Home Dialysis University are offering scholarships to improve home therapies education for nephrology fellows, according to a press release.

The profession of nephrology has expanded in the last 50 years due to changes in public policy, increasing access to dialysis therapy and advancements in kidney research.

The nephrology community is navigating an evolving landscape of kidney care transformation. Nephrologists and kidney care teams are reconsidering how to prescribe therapy to patients with end-stage kidney disease as the United States works toward the monumental goal of 80% of incident ESKD patients receiving a kidney transplant or undergoing home dialysis by 2025 as outlined in the Advancing American Kidney Health initiative.

In-center conventional hemodialysis, performed thrice weekly at 4 hours per session, is a life-sustaining treatment.