An Individualized Approach to Promoting Ideal Vascular Access
The kidney care community has long recognized the importance of vascular access, with a consensus on the direct link between a patient’s vascular access type…
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Celebrating World Kidney Day by Addressing Obesity
Today is World Kidney Day and, in an effort to raise awareness about kidney health and disease, events have been underway around the world—from a…
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Honoring Dietitians on National Dietitian Day
Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food –Hippocrates We are what we eat. This statement, uttered many times, is an inevitable truth….
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A Balanced Vegetarian Diet for Kidney Patients
Less than five percent of end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients are vegetarian, according to our estimates. This includes patients who follow vegetarianism because of…
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Acute Kidney Injury Patients Now Receiving Dialysis in an Outpatient Setting
This January, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) gave dialysis centers the ability to provide dialysis services to acute kidney injury (AKI) patients….
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Study: The Impact of Missed Dialysis Treatments on Clinical Outcomes
A study conducted by DaVita Clinical Research worked to identify the prevalence of in-center hemodialysis absenteeism and its effects on clinical outcomes. It found that…
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Study: The Association between Employment and Kidney Transplant Status
For patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD), receiving a kidney transplant can offer the best long-term treatment option. However, to qualify for placement on…
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Fluid Removal during Hemodialysis: An Interview with Dr. Jennifer Flythe, Part II
For this second blog post, I continued my sit-down with Dr. Jennifer Flythe, an expert on hemodialytic fluid removal, to further our discussion on where…
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Fluid Removal during Hemodialysis: An Interview with Dr. Jennifer Flythe, Part I
As you are no doubt aware, fluid removal in hemodialysis in general, and the ultrafiltration (UF) rate in particular, have become areas of increasing attention…
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Study: The Link between Obesity and Better Clinical Outcomes in Hemodialysis
In advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD), obesity has been paradoxically linked with better clinical outcomes. The mechanisms that underlie this paradox are not well known….
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