* Most patients with kidney failure who were undergoing hemodialysis developed a positive antibody response after being vaccinated for COVID-19, but their response was lower than that of individuals without kidney disease.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Winners announced in second round of the KidneyX COVID-19 Kidney Care Challenge
Today, the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) announced seven winners in Round 2 of the KidneyX COVID-19 Kidney Care Challenge. From December to January, healthcare providers, dialysis centers, nonprofit health systems, and other entrants submitted s…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: New Tool Assesses Patients’ Home Dialysis Experience
* A newly developed tool assesses patients’ home dialysis experience.
* The 26-item Home Dialysis Care Experience instrument will be a resource for future research use, clinical care, and quality improvement initiatives among home dialysis facilities a…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: New Tool Assesses Patients’ Home Dialysis Experience
* A newly developed tool assesses patients’ home dialysis experience.
* The 26-item Home Dialysis Care Experience instrument will be a resource for future research use, clinical care, and quality improvement initiatives among home dialysis facilities a…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Aerobic Exercise May Help Address Dialysis-Related Symptoms in Patients with Kidney Failure
* An analysis of published clinical trials suggests that aerobic exercise lessens several hemodialysis-related symptoms, including restless leg syndrome, symptoms of depression, muscle cramping, and fatigue.
* More research, with more diverse patients,…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: New App Helps Prevent Medication Harm and Improve Safety in Patients with Kidney Disease
* A one-year trial found that the eKidneyCare smartphone app helped patients with chronic kidney disease take their prescribed medications properly.
* The app may help to prevent adverse drug reactions and other medication errors that can endanger pati…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: A Call to Action to Address Racial Inequities in Medical Tests
A new perspective article published in CJASN examines how the use of race in calculating kidney function, as well as other aspects of health, can cause harm to patients.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Assessing Patients’ Kidney Health May Help Predict Their Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
* Adding measures of kidney function to traditional measures of cardiovascular health could help clinicians predict an individual’s risk of developing cardiovascular disease.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Waitlist Policies May Contribute to Racial Disparities in Access to Kidney Transplantation
* Racial disparities in access to kidney transplantation persist in the United States. New research indicates that registering Black patients on the kidney transplant waitlist at a slightly higher level of kidney function compared with white patients m…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Post-Transplant Mortality among Veterans Enrolled in the VA and Medicare
* Veterans who receive all of their post-kidney transplant care within the Veterans Health Administration (VA) have a lower risk of death than those who receive care outside the VA through Medicare coverage, according to a recent study.
