Chronic Kidney Disease

A proprietary algorithm can help payers identify patients at high risk of progressive chronic kidney disease.

German researchers find viral RNA in kidneys of patients who died from COVID-19.

An HHS report outlines efforts to reduce kidney failure and increase options such as home-based dialysis. COVID-19 has made kidney care a higher priority.

A new rule makes it impossible for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) to take part in Medicare Advantage, leaving them out of coordinated care.

A Marshall University researcher received $444,000 from NIH to continue researching a new treatment target in chronic renal failure.

A rule change to let those with end-stage renal disease enroll in Medicare Advantage has a twist that could stop patients from learning if their dialysis center iis in the network.

The American College of Cardiology updates guidance on prescribing SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1 receptor agonists to patients with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease or CV risk.

Although the name suggests the disease affects only the kidneys, development of fluid-filled cysts can spread to the liver, the pancreas, and other organs. While a healthy kidney is about the size of a fist, a kidney filled with cysts from polycystic kidney disease (PKD) can grow to be about the size of a football weigh up to 30 pounds

Data from DAPA-CKD show that the trial met all its primary and secondary end points for patients with chronic kidney disease, with and without type 2 diabetes. The announcement comes after a data monitoring committee halted the trial in March 2020 when it found the evidence of efficacy was overwhelming.

Just when renal replacement therapy should start after acute kidney injury has been debated.