AUSTIN, Texas — Despite the significant impact that kidney disease and its treatments can have on women’s health, patients admitted knowing very little about it, according to a presenter at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings.Inspired by the work of her mentor, Mariana Markell, MD, Joya Ahmad developed an interest in health literacy in the context of reproductive
AUSTIN, Texas — Patients of underrepresented groups may choose peritoneal dialysis more often as an initial modality if nephrologists prioritize modality education and social support, according to data presented here.“End-stage kidney disease is prevalent in our patient population in the Bronx and, although peritoneal dialysis has similar clinical outcomes as hemodialysis (HD), PD is
AUSTIN, Texas — Patients with chronic kidney disease who reported moderate to vigorous physical activity experienced a lower rate of mortality than patients who did not perform any physical activity, according to a poster presented here.“This work was done under the umbrella of CDC’s Kidney Disease Surveillance System. , that is led by our team at the University of
AUSTIN, Texas — Patients with chronic kidney disease who reported moderate to vigorous physical activity experienced a lower rate of mortality than patients who did not perform any physical activity, according to a poster presented here.“This work was done under the umbrella of CDC’s Kidney Disease Surveillance System. , that is led by our team at the University of
AUSTIN, Texas —The AquaBplus double-stage water purification system by Fresenius Medical Care uses reverse osmosis to clean the water required for dialysis, according to a poster presented here.“We conducted the analysis to assess the real-world water quality results of dialysis clinics using and not using AquaBplus reverse osmosis (RO) systems,” Linda H. Ficociello, DSc, the