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There was an increase in provision of palliative care for patients hospitalized between 2006 and 2014 with end-stage kidney disease requiring dialysis

Rates of Palliative Care Rising for Inpatients With ESKD on Dialysis

However, significant racial disparities exist and persist across all hospital subtypes
Greater acceptance of organs from deceased donors who were older and had comorbidities could provide survival benefits among individuals awaiting kidney transplant in the United States

Rule Changes for Donor Organs Could Increase U.S. Kidney Transplants

Use of French-based allocation model would allow transplant of 62 percent of discarded U.S. kidneys
Hospitalizations with psychiatric diagnoses are common in pediatric and adult patients with end-stage kidney disease and are associated with increased mortality

Hospitalizations With Psych Diagnosis Common in ESKD

Dialysis adults hospitalized with psychiatric diagnoses have higher risk for all-cause death
Rates of pregnancy following kidney transplant have remained steady

Factors ID’d in Pregnancy Chances After Kidney Transplant

Likelihood of pregnancy after kidney transplant higher for Hispanic versus white women
Renal pelvis dilatation at the fetal anomaly scan and persistent dilatation in later pregnancy or postpartum is associated with an increased risk for hospital admission in early childhood

Renal Anomaly on Fetal Scan May Up Risk for Admission for Child

Renal pelvis dilatation persisting in later pregnancy or after birth tied to increased risk for later admission
A considerable proportion of families diagnosed at an autosomal dominant tubulointerstitial kidney disease specialist center are the result of direct family referral from the internet

Internet Self-Referrals Aid in Diagnosis of Rare Inherited Kidney Disease

Twenty-four percent of direct family referrals to specialist center had positive genetic testing
For patients with end-stage renal disease

High Temps May Up Admissions, Deaths in End-Stage Renal Disease

Heterogeneity in risk observed according to geographic region
Among U.S. adolescents

Fluoride Exposure Tied to Kidney, Liver Function Changes in Youth

Increase in plasma fluoride linked to lower eGFR, higher serum uric acid, lower blood urea nitrogen
Sotagliflozin

Addition of Sotagliflozin for T1DM Alters Renal Hemodynamics

Addition of SOTA tied to reductions in estimated glomerular filtration rate, blood pressure
Intracranial aneurysms are detected in 9 percent of patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease undergoing magnetic resonance angiography screening

Brain Aneurysm Risk Examined in Polycystic Kidney Disease

Aneurysms detected by presymptomatic screening, more frequent in those with hypertension, smoking