People with acute kidney injury who need outpatient dialysis after getting out of the hospital are often put on dialysis indefinitely — something that could put them at unnecessary risk for other ...

We examined the incidence, risk factors and associated mortality of acute renal failure requiring dialysis (Renal Bearman Grade [BG] 3) in a 3-year cohort of 97 consecutive allogeneic blood and marrow ...

June 25, 2012 — The use of acute dialysis after cardiac and vascular surgery has increased 3-fold during the last 15 years. Not only has there been an important increase in the complication of severe ...

Patients with acute kidney injury requiring outpatient dialysis after hospital discharge receive the same care as those with the more common end-stage kidney disease, according to a study led by UC ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . During two prospective evaluations, forecasts had a mean absolute error of 3.1 ...

On June 29, 2015, President Obama signed into law the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, which provides for Medicare reimbursement for renal dialysis services furnished to individuals with acute ...

Background: Acute kidney injury is a serious complication of elective major surgery. Acute dialysis is used to support life in the most severe cases. We examined whether rates and outcomes of acute ...

The initial management of episodes of acute renal failure is often done by clinicians who are not specialists in nephrology. Their efforts may be hampered by several factors, such as deficiencies in ...

HOUSTON -- A conservative dialysis strategy improved rates of kidney function compared to conventional thrice-weekly dialysis in patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) undergoing kidney replacement ...

Earlier this year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) confirmed that, effective January 1, 2025, CMS will pay for acute kidney injury (AKI) renal dialysis treatments at-home at the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An Oklahoma acute care hospital had a 400% increase in dialysis treatment volume during 9 months. Average ...