Highlights from the April 2023 Issue
Editor’s Note: We asked authors of Original Investigations to provide short plain-language summaries that would briefly summarize what inspired their study, the basic [...]
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Could High Be Better Than Low? Targeting Phosphate in Trials
Phosphate is bad, right? As kidney function declines, phosphate excretion goes down. Serum phosphate levels rise, causing parathyroid hormone (PTH) to increase and bring [...]
Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 and Acute Kidney Injury
In a large New York health system, a significant proportion of patients hospitalized for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection experienced acute kidney injury (AKI), [...]
Flu Season is Here! High-Dose vs Standard-Dose Influenza Vaccination in Dialysis
A recent article published by Butler et al in AJKD examines the comparative effectiveness of standard versus high-dose influenza vaccine in the dialysis population. Social [...]
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 [...]
Does CKD Result in Increased Unnecessary Hospitalization?
Invited commentary from Dr. Swapnil Hiremath Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) has been recognized as a risk factor for increased morbidity and mortality ever since the seminal [...]