Tag: DIAL

High rate of fistula use, low rates of secondary procedures and complications seen at five years

Patients receiving attenuated adenovirus vaccine more likely to have no seroconversion, no detectable or diminished IgG response

But few kidney transplant recipients develop anti-spike SARS-CoV-2 antibodies after second mRNA vaccine dose

Age, diabetes, local community COVID-19 rates, dialysis unit size linked to positive test for infection or admission with suspected COVID-19

Risk for hip fracture increased with EPO doses of 50 to 149, 150 to 299, and ≥300 versus <50 units/kg/week

Increased odds of vaccine hesitancy seen for patients aged 18 to 44 years, Black and Native Americans or Pacific Islanders, women

Racial, sociodemographic, and dialysis-related factors predict COVID-19 infection risk among long-term dialysis patients

Older patients have lower mobile health proficiency, as do those with Hispanic/Latinx ethnicity, less than college education

Findings based on large, national study of more than 45,000 hemodialysis patients

Among Medicare beneficiaries on dialysis, less spent per beneficiary-quarter for ACO-aligned versus nonaligned