Dialysis Facilities Confront COVID-19
Dialysis facilities have stepped up precautions to protect patients with kidney failure from COVID-19, which can cause severe respiratory illness and death.
Peritoneal Dialysis
Gout Medication Safe, Effective in Dialysis Patients
Febuxostat is safe and effective for treating gout in patients on dialysis, according to a new study. The study was a retrospective review of clinical and laboratory data from 62 dialysis patients (45 on hemodialysis and 17 on peritoneal dialysis) with gout treated with febuxostat. The mean serum uric acid level decreased significantly from 9.36…
Dialysis Patients Spend More Time in Hospital
In a study, patients on maintenance dialysis spent 22 extra days per year in the hospital than patients with kidney failure not treated with dialysis.
Early Transition to Peritoneal Dialysis or Home Hemodialysis Offers Similar Survival
Investigators found no meaningful survival difference between patients transitioning to home hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis within 12 months of dialysis initiation.
Dialysis Modalities Found to Offer Similar Survival
Patients starting on peritoneal dialysis or in-center hemodialysis have similar mortality risks, according to a new systematic review and meta-analysis of studies using propensity score matching to compare mortality risks between the modalities.
Sleep Apnea Raises Death Risk in Advanced CKD, ESRD
The study expands on prior research by incorporating a larger more diverse CKD/ESRD population followed over a longer period, and it adjusted for several important confounders, such as kidney transplant status.
Renal Replacement Therapy Still Used Less in Women
A gender disparity in the use of RRT favoring male patients has persisted over a 50-year period from 1965 to 2015, according to a new study.
Expansion of Peritoneal Dialysis Feasible
Initiation of PD increased above national trends after implementation of multidisciplinary tool
Frailty at Dialysis Initiation Ups Death Risk in the Elderly
Elderly patients with 3 or more geriatric impairments at dialysis initiation was associated with a nearly 3-fold higher 12-month mortality risk compared with those were less impaired.
High Uric Acid Increases Death Risk in Peritoneal Dialysis
In patients on peritoneal dialysis, serum uric acid levels in the highest quintile are associated with a nearly 1.5-fold increased risk of all-cause mortality compared with levels in the third quintile, a study found.
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