Subgroups of patients with distinct health utility profiles following acute kidney injury

Utilizing a multinational collaborative network, a study provided the first systematic description of urinary vacuolar casts in patients with acute or chronic kidney disease.

In a Kidney360 article of 31 patients with native kidney biopsy proven oxalate nephropathy, 10 of 31 patients had multifactorial etiologies of oxalate nephropathy. 10 of 31 had a single etiology and 11 had risk factors but the etiology was unknown.

A new Kidney360 study describes the Duke Center for Personalized Health Care's experience adapting and pilot testing a group visit approach using existing telehealth infrastructure.

Given the lack of a transplant-specific curriculum within the ACGME guidelines, the Transplant Interest Group (under the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology) has worked to create a transplant specific curriculum.

Opportunities exist for clinical decision support (CDS) to help transplant nephrologists counsel living donors receiving APOL1 genetic test results. A new Kidney360 study provides insights from transplant nephrologists on how this CDS should be developed.

A new study examines the health utility of patients at 60 days after dialysis-requiring acute kidney injury and identifies 3 subgroups of AKI survivors with distinct health utility profiles.

A study investigated the impact of the surgical closure of functioning arteriovenous fistula on blood pressure levels, as well as on the cardiac and renal functions.

Survey findings demonstrate that the adjustments made by the dialysis units during the peak of the pandemic were effective in maneuvering the challenges faced by our patients during the COVID-19 pandemic while providing high-quality medical care.

A new Kidney360 study describes the association between the pre-vaccination microscopic hematuria or proteinuria and post vaccination gross hematuria.

This Podcast discusses a new Kidney360 study that examines sociodemographic risk factors for food insecurity and housing instability among people on hemodialysis and their association with substance use.