Kidney Failure
Survey: Nephrology providers have ‘limited experience’ discussing conservative care
Nephrology providers have limited knowledge and experience in offering conservative kidney management to patients who decide to forgo renal replacement therapy, recently published survey results show.
Age may help protect against incident kidney failure with replacement therapy
Age may work as a protective factor against incident kidney failure with replacement therapy but not against death, according to results from a national cohort study of U.S. veterans.
Bill would provide funding for staff assistance, more training options for home dialysis
Legislators have introduced a bill that would qualify more medical professionals to provide home dialysis training and offer Medicare-funded staff assistance during treatment sessions.
European Commission grants conditional marketing authorization to Filspari
The European Commission has granted conditional marketing authorization to Filspari, Travere Therapeutics and CSL Vifor announced in a press release.
ASN asks Congress to increase funding for the US transplant system
The American Society of Nephrology has called on Congress to increase funding for the U.S. transplant system by $8 million in fiscal year 2025, according to a press release.
Patients with CKD and normoalbuminuria may have higher risk for disease progression
Patients with chronic kidney disease and normoalbuminuria had higher risk for disease progression that increased in a linearly relationship with higher albuminuria levels, according to data.
Kidney failure risk equation had ‘better clinical utility’ than eGFR for patients with CKD
A kidney failure risk equation model had acceptable discrimination and calibration, and “better clinical utility” than an eGFR-based strategy to assess kidney failure rates in Chinese patients, according to a study in Kidney Medicine.
Patients with CKD have limited success with shared decision-making
Patients with chronic kidney disease have limited opportunities to engage in shared-decision-making with their physicians, according to a published Danish study.
Geriatric assessment is ‘beneficial,’ may be integrated with CKD care in older patients
Geriatric assessment may be successfully applied to chronic kidney disease care for patients older than 70 years, and health care providers perceive it as relevant and beneficial, data show.
Patients with rare kidney diseases have higher rate of kidney failure
Patients with rare kidney diseases have greater 5-year rates of kidney failure but higher survival than those with chronic kidney disease stages 3 through 5, according to published data.