Study: Improved Dialysis Outcomes and Cost Savings through a Payer-Provider Partnership
End stage renal disease (ESRD) patients experience a variety of complicated medical issues requiring significant and costly care. Initiating an intensive patient management program at…
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Individualizing Patient Care through Education and Shared Decision Making
Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) often slide into default treatments and approaches. For instance, in the United States, they often start with in-center hemodialysis…
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Potential Benefits of Transitional Care Programs for the Initial Days of Dialysis
During the first 90 days of dialysis, kidney patients often experience fear, confusion and a heightened vulnerability to health challenges—such as unplanned dialysis initiation, access…
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Sources of Phosphate in the Kidney Diet: What to Avoid Based on New Guidelines
Elevated serum phosphorus in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been connected to vascular calcification, progression of kidney disease and cardiac-related conditions. Serum phosphorus…
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Case Study: Cause of Hemodialysis Blood Leak Alarm for Freshwater Near-Drowning Patient
Hemolysis is a rare—but possible—cause of hemodialysis blood leak alarms. The following is a recent single-patient case with laboratory verification that demonstrates red blood cell…
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Podcast: Approaches to Helping Reduce Hospitalizations for High-Risk Patients
Numerous studies have shown that a small percentage of dialysis patients lead to a disproportionate percentage of overall hospitalizations. Listen to this podcast, in which…
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Study: Pseudohypernatremia from Trisodium Citrate Locking Solution
Considered the access of last resort for nearly all patients, central venous catheters (CVCs) pose a potential risk for infection and patency-related complications. For patients…
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Helping Improve Health Inequities for Marginalized Kidney Patients
In March 2018, DaVita hosted a panel event for World Kidney Day. The panelists, who represented the American Transplant Foundation, National Kidney Foundation, Denver Health…
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Article Review: Addressing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Live Donor Kidney Recipients
Live donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) more than doubled between 1988 and 2004 and (remaining relatively static since then) it currently represents one-third of all kidney…
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Celebrating National Doctors’ Day: Why Physicians Choose Nephrology
Why do physicians choose to become nephrologists, and why do they remain committed to nephrology through the many challenges of working with the kidney patient…
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