SCM14: Palliative Care and Dialysis
Yin and yang… peanut butter and chocolate… Astaire and Rogers… palliative care and dialysis? Today’s workshop on this topic (palliative care and [...]
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Test Your Knowledge: Renal Replacement Therapy in Children
There is paucity of literature on dialysis in the pediatric population, especially on prescription and complications. Since renal replacement therapy in children requires [...]
Dialysis in AKI: When to Start?
The timing of when to initiate dialysis in a patient with acute or even chronic kidney disease (CKD) is one of the most common decisions that a nephrologist will make. [...]
Dialysis Bicarbonate Concentration: Do We Know the Right Amount?
Bicarbonate is the principal buffer in dialysate, but only few studies have assessed outcomes of patients treated with different dialysate bicarbonate (DB) concentrations. A [...]
Effluent Biomarkers in the Peritoneal Dialysis Patient
In a recent article published in the American Journal of Kidneys Diseases, Barreto et al reviewed the literature on potential clinical uses of peritoneal fluid effluent [...]
Hyponatremia and the Risk of Death on Dialysis
In a recent article published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Nigwekar et al examined data from an incident dialysis patient cohort (ArMORR) and concluded that [...]
Ferric Citrate and Hyperphosphatemia
AJKD recently published an article from Dwyer et al on a dose-response and safety/tolerability trial of a novel phosphorous binder, ferric citrate, for dialysis patients. [...]
Is Your Nephrologist Also Your Internist?
The most recent article in the Core Curriculum series published by AJKD discusses general medical care in the dialysis patient. Dr. Jean Holley (JH) from University of [...]
Oral Nutrition During the Dialysis Treatment: Does It Make a Difference?
Optimal nutrition in the dialysis patient is a critical component of nephrology care since malnutrition carries a high risk of mortality, even when all other co-morbitites [...]
Dialysis and Heparin: What’s the Evidence?
Many patients suffer bleeding complications while on hemodialysis (HD). Although these events may be as clinically benign as prolonged bleeding after removal of the dialysis [...]