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Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 and Acute Kidney Injury

December 9, 2020 // 0 Comments

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), but their overall and kidney-related outcomes were unknown. Given the [read more...]

Flu Season is Here! High-Dose vs Standard-Dose Influenza Vaccination in Dialysis

January 22, 2020 // 0 Comments

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 Media Editor, Dr. Timothy Yau (AJKDBlog), interviews Dr. Anne Butler (AB) on [read more...]

Improving Late-Stage CKD Care

August 1, 2017 // 1 Comment

Advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) planning to prep for renal replacement therapies, subsequent access planning, and preemptive transplant can be overwhelming. Data suggests that outcomes for patients with advanced CKD stages 4 to 5 in the United [read more...]

Does CKD Result in Increased Unnecessary Hospitalization?

August 18, 2014 // 0 Comments

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 report from Go et al using the Kaiser Permanente data. It is thus fitting [read more...]

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hospitalization

Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 and Acute Kidney Injury

Flu Season is Here! High-Dose vs Standard-Dose Influenza Vaccination in Dialysis

Improving Late-Stage CKD Care

Does CKD Result in Increased Unnecessary Hospitalization?