Kidney Disease

Chronic kidney disease-associated pruritus may often be insufficiently treated and can disrupt dialysis treatment for patients who report itch to health care providers.

AKI may be liker with a higher need for dialysis and higher mortality for hospitalized patients in a study that compared social determinants of health between patient groups.

A bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. Senate would require private health plans to continue to pay for dialysis for beneficiaries with end-stage kidney disease while they coordinate a transition to Medicare coverage.

A quality improvement intervention successfully boosted education among patients with kidney disease but did not achieve higher home dialysis choice rates, according to study results.

A clinical scale was validated for early detection of infections at the exit site of central venous catheters for hemodialysis in patients with kidney disease, according to a study.

The National Kidney Foundation launched a new interactive portal that lets patients with chronic kidney disease learn more about their condition, according to a press release.

Adults with chronic kidney disease managed with hemodiafiltration reported less drop in health-related of quality of life, particularly in cognitive decline, compared with those using hemodialysis, according to data from the CONVINCE trial.

Adults with early kidney disease who live in unemployed or lower-skilled households may have higher mortality rates compared with those in professional households, according to published data.

More than half of patients with diabetes undergoing kidney biopsy had additional findings other than diabetic kidney disease, according to published data from the Cleveland Clinic Florida.

Rate and progression of chronic kidney disease may increase with age, according to a published study, but estimates could vary based on the filtration marker used.