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Research led by Henry Ford Health's Lalathaksha Kumbar, M.D., evaluated and validated a remote access monitoring technology that can predict vascular access blockages in dialysis patients.
The FDA granted an appeal to an earlier decision, resetting tenapanor on a path toward approval for treating hyperphosphatemia in patients undergoing dialysis.
A single-center study shows lower mortality and fewer cardiovascular events in patients seen in a follow-up clinic after discharge for acute kidney injury, stressing the "importance of post-AKI care."
'We hope these results could help inform older patients with kidney failure who decide to start dialysis on what to expect regarding the development of their symptom burden,' say researchers.
Automated EHR alerts for hospitalized patients alerted clinicians when acute kidney injury developed, triggered stoppage of potentially exacerbating medications, and sometimes improved clinical outcomes.