Episodes

  • Impact of Time-interval and Frequency of Hospitalization Due to Fluid Overload on Survival in Peritoneal Dialysis: Thailand Experience

    Impact of Time-interval and Frequency of Hospitalization Due to Fluid Overload on Survival in Peritoneal Dialysis: Thailand Experience
    Nov 21 2024
    This Podcast discusses a study on the effect of fluid overload-related hospitalizations on survival in PD patients. The study found that patients hospitalized due to fluid overload within the first 12 months of starting PD had higher mortality rates.
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    5 mins
  • The Time-Dependent Effect of Assistance on Peritoneal Dialysis Duration: An Analysis of Data from the RDPLF

    The Time-Dependent Effect of Assistance on Peritoneal Dialysis Duration: An Analysis of Data from the RDPLF
    Oct 31 2024
    This episode highlights a study on the time-varying effect of assistance on risk of PD cessation using data from the RDPLF of 15675 incident PD patients. Patients treated with assisted PD had a greater risk of death and a lower risk of transfer to HD.
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    6 mins
  • A Prospective Study of Depression and Quality of Life After Kidney Transplantation

    A Prospective Study of Depression and Quality of Life After Kidney Transplantation
    Sep 26 2024
    In an analysis of patients undergoing kidney transplantation, depression and health related quality of life were measured at 3-months and 1-year post-transplantation. Depression and HRQOL improve with KT.
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    4 mins
  • The Clinical and Pathological Characteristics of Patients with Oxalate Nephropathy

    The Clinical and Pathological Characteristics of Patients with Oxalate Nephropathy
    Jan 26 2024
    In a Kidney360 article of 31 patients with native kidney biopsy proven oxalate nephropathy, 10 of 31 patients had multifactorial etiologies of oxalate nephropathy. 10 of 31 had a single etiology and 11 had risk factors but the etiology was unknown.
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    5 mins
  • Urinary Vacuolar Casts Are a Unique Type of Casts in Advanced Proteinuric Glomerulopathies

    Urinary Vacuolar Casts Are a Unique Type of Casts in Advanced Proteinuric Glomerulopathies
    Jan 26 2024
    Utilizing a multinational collaborative network, a study provided the first systematic description of urinary vacuolar casts in patients with acute or chronic kidney disease.
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    8 mins
  • Adaptation to Telehealth of Personalized Group Visits for Late-Stage Diabetic Kidney Disease

    Adaptation to Telehealth of Personalized Group Visits for Late-Stage Diabetic Kidney Disease
    Dec 29 2023
    A new Kidney360 study describes the Duke Center for Personalized Health Care's experience adapting and pilot testing a group visit approach using existing telehealth infrastructure.
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    5 mins
  • Material Need Insecurities among People on Hemodialysis

    Material Need Insecurities among People on Hemodialysis
    Dec 1 2023
    This Podcast discusses a new Kidney360 study that examines sociodemographic risk factors for food insecurity and housing instability among people on hemodialysis and their association with substance use.
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    7 mins
  • Predictors of Gross Hematuria After SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccination in Patients with IgA Nephropathy

    Predictors of Gross Hematuria After SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccination in Patients with IgA Nephropathy
    Dec 1 2023
    A new Kidney360 study describes the association between the pre-vaccination microscopic hematuria or proteinuria and post vaccination gross hematuria.
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    4 mins