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Kidney Week Diabetics on Dialysis Do Better With Higher Hemoglobin A1c Researchers have found that the desirable range for hemoglobin A1c levels is higher for diabetic patients on dialysis than guidelines recommend for the general diabetes population.
Medscape Medical News, November 22, 2011
Kidney Week Poor Glucose Control Ups Mortality in Diabetics on Dialysis Poor glycemic control, whether too high or too low, is associated with decreased survival -- both all-cause and cardiovascular-related -- in diabetic patients on hemodialysis.
Medscape Medical News, November 13, 2011

Kidney Week Medicare Payment Squeeze Hardship on Rural Dialysis Patients
Medscape Medical News, November 13, 2011
Kidney Week Pomegranate Juice Lowers Cardiovascular Risk Factors
Medscape Medical News, November 12, 2011
E-Beam Sterilized Dialysis Membranes Linked to Low Platelets
Medscape Medical News, October 18, 2011
Baxter Dialysis Products Face a Quality Review in EU
Medscape Medical News, September 23, 2011

Dialysis Perspectives

P-4-P and Dialysis Centers: Look Beyond URR Jeff Berns reviews a study that looked at whether dialysis centers met the urea reduction ratio (URR) metric required for pay-for-performance and suggests better ways for assessing facilities.
Medscape Nephrology, January 30, 2012
Nephrologists Unite: Time to Put the 't' back in Kt/V. What do when your dialysis patient says 'Three hours is enough.'
Medscape Nephrology, December 27, 2011

Fishing for Patency in Hemodialysis Grafts
Medscape Nephrology, December 20, 2011
The Dialysis Conundrum: When to Start and How Often
The National Kidney Foundation, December 19, 2011
QIP in ESRD: Peculiar and Punitive
Medscape Nephrology, December 9, 2011
Fish Oil and Vitamin D at ASN 2011: Good and Not Good
Medscape Nephrology, November 22, 2011

Journals

Antioxidant Therapy in Hemodialysis Patients
Kidney International, January 30, 2012
Screening for CAD in Asymptomatic Chronic Dialysis Patients
Kidney International, January 18, 2012
Hemodialysis Catheters vs Arteriovenous Access in the Elderly
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, January 4, 2012
Platelet Reactivity in CKD - Cilostazol vs Clopidogrel
American Heart Journal, January 4, 2012
Decongestive Treatment of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure
American Journal of Kidney Diseases, December 20, 2011

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