Evaluating In-Center Hemodialysis (ICHD) Patients for Home Dialysis
Patient non-adherence to the dialysis schedule or prescribed medication is a common challenge for clinicians serving hemodialysis (HD) patients and has been associated with significant…
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Podcast: Retaining Nephrology Nurses
According to Mandy Hale, vice president of nursing for DaVita, “It’s really important for us as dialysis organizations to be very innovative and very laser…
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Anderson-Fabry Disease (AFD): A Rare Genetic Disorder with Multi-System Affects
Anderson-Fabry Disease (AFD) is the second most common of lipid storage diseases affecting approximately 1 in 100,000 people. The mutation occurs in the alpha-galactosidase A…
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Dialysis Patients and Exercise
Prognosis for patients with kidney failure requiring renal replacement therapy remains poor. Three-year survival for patients on dialysis is only 51% and five-year survival is…
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Podcast: Competency Hubs in Nephrology
“Competency is a critical factor in every practice as health care in America shifts from what we have understood historically as a volume-based approach to…
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New Year, New CMO for DaVita Kidney Care
As of Jan. 1, 2020, Jeffrey Giullian, MD, started his new role as chief medical officer (CMO) for DaVita Kidney Care. Dr. Giullian succeeds Allen…
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Protecting Kidney Disease Patients from Intestinal-Renal Syndrome
When I asked several nephrologists to define intestinal-renal syndrome or explain the significance of the severe imbalance of gut microbes seen with progressive uremia, the…
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DMI Podcasts: 2019 Year in Review
In 2019, DaVita Medical Insights published a number of informative podcasts, in which nephrology experts discussed a variety of interesting topics. As the year comes…
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Advance Care Planning in End-Stage Kidney Disease
Patients on dialysis often have multiple comorbidities and generally have a life expectancy substantially shorter than that of the general population. Despite improvements in dialysis…
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Podcast: Innovations in Kidney Transplantation
Preemptive transplant is the best option for the vast majority of patients with ESKD; however, innovation is needed to keep up with the demand for…
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