Improving Late-Stage CKD Care
Advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) planning to prep for renal replacement therapies, subsequent access planning, and preemptive transplant can be overwhelming. Data [...]
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Decreasing Sudden Deaths in Dialysis: Drugs, Devices, or Dialytic Developments?
Nothing seems to work to keep dialysis patients alive longer. Blockbusters like statins and ACE inhibitors have failed in multiple randomized trials in the dialysis [...]
PD or HD: Which One Gets a Higher Readmisssion Score?
The utilization of peritoneal dialysis (PD) in the United States certainly lags behind other countries. As a result, our view of 30-day hospital readmission rates with [...]
PD Versus HD: Do I Have a Choice?
Patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) and their families fear dialysis, and the selection of a renal replacement therapy (RRT) is not easy. It is uncertain how [...]
What You Need to Know About Managing a Dialysis Unit and More
AJKD recently published a Core Curriculum entitled “Management of the Hemodialysis Unit” by Blankschaen et al. Corresponding author Dr. Jay Wish (JW) discusses this paper [...]
Test Your Knowledge: Optimal Sodium Bath for Hemodialysis
Fluid overload in patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD) contributes to cardiovascular morbidity, and is a major cause of hospitalizations. Does the dialysate sodium bath [...]
The 2015 KDOQI Hemodialysis Adequacy Guideline Update—What’s New
The 2015 Hemodialysis Adequacy Guideline Update from KDOQI is the next iteration of guidelines from the 2006 report. The document covers a number of important topics to guide [...]
Three Times a Week Dialysis: Is There Evidence for This Dogma?
In an article recently published in AJKD, Kalantar-Zadeh and colleagues present a unique perspective on initiating hemodialysis by questioning the dogma of thrice-weekly [...]
Test Your Knowledge: Hemodialysis
Dialysis has evolved as we learn more about uremia. In addition, recent studies have answered some important questions regarding timing and duration of dialysis. Golper et al [...]
Does More Frequent Hemodialysis Impact Mental Health?
There has been renewed focus on providing hemodialysis more frequently than the conventional thrice-weekly treatments. The Frequent Hemodialysis Network Trials were landmark [...]