Kidney Failure

Patients with HIV who undergo immediate antiretroviral therapy may not experience significant differences in chronic kidney disease outcomes compared with patients who defer treatment.

ORLANDO — Semaglutide use was associated with significant reductions in worsening of kidney disease, cardiovascular events and all-cause death vs. placebo for adults with type 2 diabetes regardless of concomitant use of SGLT2 inhibitors.

Hypertension and albuminuria risks may not significantly differ between living kidney donors and nondonors with the same follow-up schedule, according to published data.

A bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that would slow efforts by commercial health plans from moving patients with end-stage kidney disease to Medicare now has 30 co-sponsors, according to a press release.

Members of the U.S. Senate have reintroduced a bill that would provide Medicare funding for preventive screenings for kidney disease, add payments for innovative devices and allow patients younger than 65 years to buy Medigap coverage.

Adults with class II to III obesity may have an increased risk for poor cardiac outcomes but not kidney risk after adjusting for potential confounders, according to multicenter data.

Low levels of lead contamination were often found in drinking water among United States households and may be particularly harmful for susceptible individuals, researchers reported in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Use of remdesivir in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 and reduced eGFR did not decrease the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events or major adverse kidney disease.

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Progression toward chronic kidney disease was similar in a Veterans Affairs Health Care System study of patients on either chlorthalidone or hydrochlorothiazide, according to a study presented here.

CMS and HHS have announced a proposed rule aimed at improving the performance of transplant centers and addressing disparities in access to kidney transplants.