Study Highlights Need To Bolster Efforts to Educate ESRD Patients
Greater efforts may be needed to educate patients with end-stage renal disease, especially African Americans.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Transfusions On the Rise in Dialysis Patients
The trend is most pronounced among Medicare recipients since the debut of bundling, ESA labeling changes.
Restart Warfarin After GI Bleeding in CKD and ESRD Patients
Risk of recurrent bleeding is similar to that of patients with normal kidney function.
ESRD, Atrial Fibrillation Linked in CKD Patients
A new link has been found between atrial fibrillation and end-stage renal disease among patients with chronic kidney disease.
High Phosphorus Levels Increase Renal Failure Risk
Researchers made the discovery in a study of individuals with normal kidney function.
Death Risk Lower with Online Hemodiafiltration than Conventional HD
Patients have a 30% decreased risk of all-cause mortality and a 55% decreased risk of infection-related death.
Should nondialytic therapy be offered more frequently as a treatment option to selected ESRD patients?
NDT for selected patients with ESRD, is used much more frequently in the U.K. and Europe than in the U.S.
Nondialytic Therapy May Benefit Selected Elderly ESRD Patients
Conservative approach can improve the quality of life in patients with extensive comorbidities.
Combo Flu Shot Safe in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Patients
No anti-HLA antibodies developed following administration of the influenza A/H1N1 vaccine.
Pulmonary Hypertension Highly Prevalent in Hemodialysis Patients
The condition was found in nearly 32% of hemodialysis patients, compared with only 8% and 5% of peritoneal dialysis and kidney transplant patients.
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