Nephrology News

• COVID-19 Practical Tips: US Docs Share Clinical Strategies Leora Horwitz's Twitter thread on 7 days managing patients with COVID-19 went viral, prompting Vineet Chopra to add on. Read their clinical observations and tips, from hacking the EHR to proning.
  Medscape Medical News, April 08, 2020
• Nephrologists on Lessons Learned With Kidney Disease in COVID-19 Nephrologists in countries hit hard by COVID-19 outline lessons learned about the virus and kidney disease, and ultimate outcomes. Some believe early antiviral, anti-inflammatory treatment is key.
  Medscape Medical News, April 08, 2020
• CMS Finalizes 2021 Rate Increases for Medicare Advantage CMS will continue phasing in new risk-adjustment methodology; because of the COVID-19 crisis, the agency will suspend quality data reporting for star ratings.
  Medscape Medical News, April 07, 2020
• Contrast-Induced Kidney Injury Risk Low in CKD Contrast-induced kidney damage can occur after angiography in patients with chronic kidney disease, but the actual risk appears low and new data suggest it may be prevented by a novel drug.
  Medscape Medical News, April 06, 2020
• Is Protocol-Driven COVID-19 Ventilation Doing More Harm Than Good? 'This is a kind of disease in which you don't have to follow the protocol — you have to follow the physiology. Unfortunately many doctors...cannot think outside the protocol,' said Dr. Luciano Gattinoni.
  Medscape Medical News, April 06, 2020
• Early Data Shows African Americans Have Contracted, Died of Coronavirus at an Alarming Rate Black people are being infected and dying at higher rates. Here's what Milwaukee is doing about it -- and why governments need to start releasing data on the race of COVID-19 patients.
  ProPublica, April 06, 2020
• Inside a COVID-19 ICU: 'I'm Terrified' A look inside a COVID-19 ICU reveals the hardships as well as the heartache of caring for these critically ill patients.
  Medscape Medical News, April 06, 2020
• 'Stay on Angiotensin Drugs' Still the Message as Trials Begin Professional societies recommend continuing ACE inhibitors and ARBs in patients with COVID-19. Trials testing whether they might actually be of benefit have ramped up and begun recruiting.
  Medscape Medical News, April 06, 2020
• NKF 2020Prioritizing Transplants When Other Surgeries Are on Hold Deceased-donor transplantations, deemed essential surgeries, are moving forward, but surgeons are having to use best judgment to determine whether the kidney's donor was infected with COVID-19.
  Medscape Medical News, April 06, 2020
• AHA COVID-19 CVD Registry to Collect Data on CV Outcomes The registry will collect pertinent data to better understand the impact of COVID-19 on cardiovascular health.
  Medscape Medical News, April 05, 2020
• Fresenius Medical Care Working With Dialysis Providers in U.S. to Tackle Coronavirus Fresenius Medical Care (FMC) on Wednesday said it was working with other dialysis providers to provide care in isolation for people with kidney problems in the United States who are or may be infected with coronavirus.
  Reuters Health Information, April 01, 2020
• ACC 2020REDUCE-IT: CV Benefit Directly Related to EPA Levels The benefits with icosapent ethyl cannot be explained by the degree of changes to triglycerides or other biomarkers such as LDL or CRP, a new analysis shows.
  Medscape Medical News, April 02, 2020
• Why Is New Orleans' Coronavirus Death Rate Twice New York's? Obesity Is a Factor The coronavirus has been a far deadlier threat in New Orleans than the rest of the United States, with a per-capita death rate much higher than in New York City.
  Reuters Health Information, April 02, 2020
• Metformin May Be of Benefit, Even in Advancing Kidney Disease In patients with type 2 diabetes and worsening kidney disease, use of metformin reduced mortality and progression to end-stage renal disease, without increasing the risk of lactic acidosis.
  Medscape Medical News, April 02, 2020
• COVID-19: AHA Guidance on Hypertension, Latest on Angiotensin Link The American Heart Association advised cardiac patients to avoid medications or supplements that could raise blood pressure. Separately, new reviews explore the latest on the angiotensin connection.
  Medscape Medical News, April 01, 2020
• COVID-19 in France: 'We Are Close to Catastrophe' With all the preparations, it was hoped that Paris would be at the optimistic end of predictions for the COVID-19 epidemic, but as the weeks pass, it looks more and more like a catastrophe is coming.
  Medscape Medical News, April 01, 2020
• ENDO 2020Loss of Tear Glands Linked to Suboptimal Diabetes Control Phenomenon underlies the connection between diabetes and dry eye, could be used as a biomarker for suboptimal glucose control.
  Medscape Medical News, April 01, 2020
• ACC 2020ISCHEMIA Trials Land in NEJM While ACC.20 Airs Further Insights If there was some skepticism alongside praise when the potentially seismic findings fell upon AHA 2020, will they meet more acceptance now that they are enshrined in a premier journal?
  Medscape Medical News, April 01, 2020
• After Steady Decline, Influenza Activity Rising Again in US Influenza cases confirmed in clinical laboratories fell recently, but healthcare visits for influenza-like illness continue to rise, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  Medscape Medical News, April 01, 2020
• NKF 2020New Option for Dry, Itchy Skin in End-Stage Kidney Disease Pruritus is common for hemodialysis patients with end-stage kidney disease, but an opioid receptor modulator could provide some relief, a new phase 3 study shows.
  Medscape Medical News, March 31, 2020