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AUSTIN, Texas —Results from a poster presentation here showed that patients with uncontrolled gout treated with the combined therapy of pegloticase and methotrexate saw a reduction in gout symptoms as well as a stable eGFR.Twelve-month data from the MIRROR trial showed a higher response rate among patients with chronic kidney disease when pegloticase (Krystexxa, Horizon Pharmaceuticals) was ....
Value-based kidney care company Interwell Health has formed a joint venture with Oak Street Health to bring primary care services into the dialysis clinic, according to a press release.The new company will be called OakWell Health and will begin offering care services in Chicago, Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth dialysis centers in the third quarter of 2023. ....
KANSAS CITY, Missouri — When imagining the future of home dialysis in the United States, innovation and policy changes are required, according to a presenter at the Annual Dialysis Conference, here.“The ‘why’ of dialysis care is to provide people who depend on dialysis care a future worth living,” Brigitte Schiller, MD, FASN, from Fresenius Medical Care said. ....
A patient awaiting a kidney transplant from a living donor was told by a Colorado hospital that the surgery would be on hold until she and the donor were vaccinated for the COVID-19 virus. In a letter dated Sept. 28, the kidney transplant coordinator at the University of Colorado Health (UCHealth) told the patient she would be designated as inactive on the transplant wait list for being ....
Educational intervention may help patients with food insecurity, CKD reduce sodium intake Source: Philip A, et al. The effect of educational intervention to improve blood pressure control among minority patients with chronic kidney disease. Presented at: American Nephrology Nurses Association National Symposium (virtual meeting); May 2-5, 2021. Disclosures: Healio Nephrology was unable to determine relevant financial disclosures prior to publication. ADD TOPIC TO EMAIL ALERTS Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Subscribe ADDED TO EMAIL ALERTS You ve successfully added to your alerts. You will receive an email when new content is published. ....