More working-age dialyzors who chose PD kept their jobs, found a study of 102,104 people

Each year, half of all new dialyzors are working-age (<65), but most stop work after starting treatment. An analysis of USRDS data from 1992–2003 of people who were working 6 months before dialysis found that those most likely to work were: 1) white men ages 30–49; 2) those with glomerular, cystic, or urologic causes of ESRD; 3) those who chose PD first; 4) those with employer group health plans; 5) those who received ESAs.

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Better CKD care saves lives

People who met targets for access, hemoglobin, and blood protein levels before starting dialysis were far more likely to survive the first year, finds a new study of 192,307 patients. But just 2% met all three goals—even when they'd been seeing a nephrologist for a year.

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News from the FHN Study

Results are starting to trickle in from the Frequent Hemodialysis Network study. The most common reasons why people did not want to do home HD were lack of motivation, not wanting to change from in-center treatment, and fear of putting in their own needles.

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Somebody does it better

Like the U.S., Australia now requires folks with CKD to be educated about all treatment options. Unlike the U.S., they are following up to see if this is happening. A new study of 721 people with CKD found that 84% had options education before starting treatment. (We'd bet that the rates here are still far, far lower!)

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