Kidney Failure

Recently published findings suggest patients receiving in-center hemodialysis may experience increased mortality risk following exposure to air pollution from wildfire smoke.

For patients with type 2 diabetes or the APOL1-HR genotype, a machine learning test integrating biomarkers and electronic health record data demonstrated improved prediction of kidney failure compared with commonly used clinical models.

Patients who developed kidney failure due to AKI had a higher risk for mortality than those who developed the condition from diabetes or other causes, according to study results.

Fresenius Medical Care North America has donated $250,000 to the Food is Medicine Coalition, an act which the company hopes will help ensure patients with kidney failure receive adequate nutrition during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

For patients with kidney failure and nonvalvular atrial fibrillation, treatment with apixaban did not lead to a reduced incidence of stroke. The drug was, however, associated with a higher incidence of fatal or intracranial bleeding.

A new National Kidney Foundation-Harris poll on COVID-19 and kidney health indicates less than one in five Americans are aware that kidneys can fail due to coronavirus.

Patients on maintenance hemodialysis who had higher levels of plasma endothelin-1 had an increased risk for mortality and hospitalization, according to this study.

The nephrology community has faced unique challenges since increasing numbers of people have become infected with the novel coronavirus, deemed COVID-19.

A study involving participants from Australia, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and the United States, revealed what is most important to patients with glomerular disease and their caregivers. The highest-rated priorities were related to kidney health and survival, as well to the ability to actively participate in their lives and the impact on family members.

The kidney care community must change the way dialysis is provided to most patients with ESKD before the next pandemic arrives, two nephrologists wrote in a recently published editorial.