The AJMC® Chronic Kidney Disease compendium is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and expert insights on the condition and treatment of loss of kidney function.
Have Racial Disparities in Home Dialysis Utilization Changed Over Time?
Medicare prospective payment for dialysis modestly increased availability and use of home-based dialysis treatment but did not affect historic racial disparities in home dialysis.
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Health Care Costs Associated With Unrecognized Progression to Late-Stage Kidney Disease
Unrecognized disease progression is associated with higher health care costs both for patients with end-stage kidney disease and late-stage (stages G4-G5) chronic kidney disease.
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Transition-to-Dialysis Planning, Health Care Use, and Mortality in End-Stage Renal Disease
A planned transition to dialysis was associated with improved outcomes and lower mortality. These findings may inform care coordination policies for end-stage renal disease.
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Bloodstream Infection Risk Associated With Race, SES Among Patients on Hemodialysis
February 7th 2023Data released in the CDC’s latest Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report indicate that patients with end-stage kidney disease on hemodialysis who are Black, Hispanic/Latino, or of lower socioeconomic status (SES) are at greater risk of Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections, with Hispanic/Latino ethnicity cited as an independent risk factor.
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Kidney Tubular Secretion Associated With Faster eGFR Decline
December 22nd 2022Lower estimated tubular secretion was found to be associated with a faster decline of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) but wasn’t associated with progression of chronic kidney disease or cardiovascular disease.
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DOAC Prescriptions Gradually Displaced Warfarin in AF, CKD Treatment
December 13th 2022Prescriptions for treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) have primarily been prescriptions for direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs), displacing warfarin as the primary treatment.
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Patients With CKD Report Burden Could Improve Through Communication With Physicians
December 7th 2022Speaking with patients diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD) about the burdens associated with care could help improve understanding of the disease and their communication with health care professionals.
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New Clinical Guidelines Recommend Finerenone for CKD Associated With T2D
November 21st 2022Updated Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes guidelines and a consensus report with the American Diabetes Association support the use of finerenone in certain patients who have chronic kidney disease (CKD) that may be linked to type 2 diabetes (T2D).
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FDA advisers voted in favor of approving Ardelyx’s tenapanor for patients with chronic kidney disease on dialysis; US home births increased by about 12% between 2020 and 2021; surges in respiratory viruses, especially respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) among younger children are putting pediatric hospitals at capacity.
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Glomerular Filtration Rate Based on Cystatin C More Accurate for Predicting CVD, Mortality
November 3rd 2022A prospective population-based cohort study found that glomerular filtration rate based on cystatin C was more sensitive and specific for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality risks compared with glomerular filtration rate based on creatinine.
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Contributor: Congress Must Fix Patient Protection Statute Upended by Supreme Court
October 23rd 2022The author, the dean of the College of Ethnic Studies at California State University Los Angeles, says a Supreme Court ruling could upend insurance protections for patients with kidney diseases, disproportionately hurting those who are Black, Hispanic, Asian, and other diverse ethnicities.
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New eGFR Formula May Inappropriately Label Black Potential Kidney Donors as Having CKD
October 7th 2022This study found that the recent change to remove race from the calculation of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) may incorrectly label potential donors who are Black as having chronic kidney disease (CKD).
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Improved Air Pollution Levels Linked With Less Renal Function Decline During COVID-19 Pandemic
September 13th 2022A retrospective cohort study found that a drop in events signaling renal function decline during the COVID-19 pandemic could be associated with a decrease in fine particulate matter concentration.
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