Study findings challenge current expert opinion advising slower correction rates. Few data guide the optimal correction rates for severe hypernatremia to prolong patient survival.
Study findings challenge current expert opinion advising slower correction rates. Few data guide the optimal correction rates for severe hypernatremia to prolong patient survival.
Highlights Race and social determinants of health were associated with the likelihood of undergoing kidney transplantation among US adults with kidney failure. Interventions that target social determinants of health may improve access to kidney transplantation.
Washington, DC (January 28, 2021) Among US adults with kidney failure, race and social determinants of health were associated with patients likelihood of receiving a kidney transplant. The findings come from an analysis that will appear in an upcoming issue of
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Blacks are more likely than whites to develop kidney failure, but they re less likely to undergo kidney transplantation, the optimal treatment for kidney failure. Blacks also have disproportionately lower rates of kidney transplants from living donors, which offer superior patient and transplant survival rates compared with deceased-donor kidney transplants.
Hospitalizations among adults with chronic kidney disease in the United States: A cohort study
Sarah J. Schrauben ,
Affiliations Renal, Electrolyte-Hypertension Division, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America