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More than half of patients with nondialysis chronic kidney disease reported bothersome pruritus, or “itchy skin.” Pruritus, or “itchy skin,” also affects patients with nondialysis chronic kidney disease (CKD) and is tied with worse outcomes.
Patients on maintenance hemodialysis classified as having a high erythropoietin resistance index had a greater risk of all-cause mortality.
Investigators report results of their analysis of patients in the DOPPS and PDOPPS. Transfusion rates are high within the first few months of hemodialysis, but not peritoneal dialysis.
Low uptake of conservative kidney management appears to be due to barriers at multiple points of clinical care, according to investigators. A US study describes the discussions and resources around providing conservative kidney management to select patients with kidney failure.
Patients on hemodialysis treated with ESAs who have higher hemoglobin variability are at higher risk for all-cause mortality and particularly infectious events.