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Nephrology News and Issues | Stanford University nephrologist Vivek Bhalla, MD, FASN, FAHA, understands the value of more aggressive screening for primary aldosteronism, a condition that can lead to high blood pressure.“I think awareness is a primary factor,” Bhalla, associate professor of medicine/nephrology and director of the Stanford Hypertension Center, told Healio/Nephrology News & Issues. “Our
AUSTIN, Texas — Use of sodium thiosulfate to treat calciphylaxis in patients on peritoneal dialysis can be successful, but adverse effects may occur, according to data presented at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings.
Sodium thiosulfate for the treatment of calciphylaxis is well studied in patients on hemodialysis but not in patients on peritoneal dialysis, Christy
A bill aimed at eliminating discrimination against individuals who are turned down for life, disability and long-term care insurance because they are organ donors has been reintroduced in Congress.The Living Donor Protection Act of 2023 is similar to previous versions of the bill, which was first introduced in 2012, according to Healio/Nephrology News & Issues sources, and is sponsored this
Nephrology News and Issues | Setting an acceptable BMI range for a potential kidney transplant recipient remains a controversial topic within the transplant community, sources told Healio/Nephrology News & Issues.“It is a contentious issue,” Beatrice Concepcion, MD, medical director of the kidney transplant program at the University of Chicago, told Healio/Nephrology News & Issues. “In general, for