NKF News

NKF McCook Gazette / Apr 22, 2022

BOSTON — Intubated patients with COVID-19 pneumonia who develop AKI in the hospital are at risk for developing chronic kidney disease, according to a presenter at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings.“We already had an idea that intubated COVID-19 pneumonia patients we…

NKF Yahoo Finance / Apr 21, 2022

BOSTON — In this video from the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings, Bob Nagy, vice-president of sales for AvoMD, discusses how its clinical decision support platform is making guidelines available at point-of-care.

NKF Yahoo Finance / Apr 21, 2022

Fresenius Medical Care has appointed Nwamaka “Amaka” Eneanya, MD, MPH, FASN, as head of strategy and operations for its global medical office.According to a press release, Eneanya previously served as director of health equity, anti-racism and community engagement in the nephrology divis…

NKF Yahoo Finance / Apr 21, 2022

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., April 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CareDx, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNA) – The Transplant Company™ focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of clinically differentiated, high-value healthcare

NKF DocWire News / May 5, 2021

NKF Spring Clinical Meetings 2021 In patients with diabetic kidney disease (DKD), the current standard of care tests to predict the risk of kidney function decline measure estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and albuminuria to aid in chronic kidney disease risk stratification. The KidneyIntelX™ test incorporates plasma biomarkers and clinical data to predict the risk...

NKF Healio / May 5, 2021

Patients with end-stage kidney disease are at a disproportionately higher risk to become infected with COVID-19 and require hospitalization compared with older patients and those with disabilities. Along with other members of the dialysis community, the Renal Healthcare Association has worked on many activities to protect the health and well-being of patients on dialysis.

NKF Buffalo News / May 5, 2021

Jan. 10, 1925 - April 30, 2021 Dr. Sidney Anthone, a surgeon who performed the first kidney transplant in Western New York with his identical twin brother, died April 30 in Los Angeles after a brief illness. He was 96.

NKF DocWire News / May 4, 2021

NKF Spring Clinical Meetings 2021 Anemia in chronic kidney disease (CKD) commonly remains untreated until patients require dialysis. During a virtual poster session at the NKF Spring Clinical Meetings 2021, Eric Wittbrodt, MPH, PharmD, and colleagues described characteristics of patients with and without dialysis dependent CKD and anemia receiving a transfusion or intravenous (IV) iron...