Ambulatory Hemodialysis Could Improve Prospects of ESRD Patients, but Hurdles Remain Ambulatory Hemodialysis Could Improve Prospects of ESRD Patients, but Hurdles Remain
Ambulatory hemodialysis could give greater freedom to patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), but several technical hurdles remain, according to a new review.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - November 22, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nephrology News Source Type: news
Osteoporosis Screening Often Missed in Patients With ESRD Osteoporosis Screening Often Missed in Patients With ESRD
Women with ESRD on hemodialysis are rarely screened for osteoporosis despite the fact they are at high risk for bone diseases compared with the general population.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines)
Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines - November 15, 2019 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Nephrology News Source Type: news
ASN: Difelikefalin Improves Itch in CKD-Linked Pruritus
TUESDAY, Nov. 12, 2019 -- For patients undergoing hemodialysis who have moderate-to-severe pruritus, difelikefalin is associated with a significant reduction in itch intensity and improvement in itch-related quality of life, according to a study... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - November 12, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Hospitalizations among dialysis patients are higher in areas with more black residents
(American Society of Nephrology) Patients receiving hemodialysis at facilities located in residential areas with a high percentage of Black residents have a higher rate of hospitalization. Results from the study will be presented at ASN Kidney Week 2019 Nov. 5-10 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 9, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Diality Secures $10 million in Series A Funding
IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 5, 2019 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- Diality Inc. (diality.com), a medical device company that is redefining home dialysis by developing a smart, flexible and portable home hemodialysis machine, today announced the clo... Devices, Venture Capital Diality, home hemodialysis, hemodialysis (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - November 5, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Expanding Home Dialysis for Kidney Disease Feasible and Safe Expanding Home Dialysis for Kidney Disease Feasible and Safe
Expanding home dialysis as an initial therapy for end-stage renal disease is feasible and safe, and produces better outcomes among patients than starting them on center-based hemodialysis.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - September 13, 2019 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Source Type: news
A demonstration project on the impact of safety culture on infection control practices in hemodialysis
Infections among hemodialysis patients continues to be major causes of morbidity and mortality despite advances in the science of infection prevention. Many infections are potentially preventable, yet research suggests that evidence-based interventions are not uniformly practiced in dialysis settings. The purpose of the project was to reduce the risk of infection among hemodialysis patients in an outpatient dialysis clinic in upstate New York through the development of an enhanced patient safety culture. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - September 12, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fatal external bleeding from self-severed arterial dialysis tube: an unusual method of suicide - Srettabunjong S.
A high risk of suicide has been observed in adults with end-stage renal disease who are undergoing haemodialysis. Since suicide is preventable, early screening, a prompt multidisciplinary approach and appropriate treatment of depression are critical and... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 7, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Exsanguination from a puncture wound to arteriovenous fistula as the method of suicide in a chronic kidney disease patient - Zivkovi ć V, Cvetković D, Nikolic S.
In this paper we present a case of a 65-year-old man, with chronic kidney insufficiency treated with hemodialysis, found dead by his wife, lying in his bed. Based on autopsy findings, toxicological analysis, the police report and circumstances of death, it... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 7, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Suicide and Self-Harm Source Type: news
Shockwave Gets a Little Pep in Its Step with Breakthrough Device Designation
The regulatory pathway for Shockwave Medical’s Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) technology just received a huge jolt from FDA. The agency granted the Santa Clara, CA-based company breakthrough device designation for the Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter.
The firm’s device is designed to fracture problematic calcium using sonic pressure to facilitate stent delivery, deployment, and optimal expansion, thereby improving blood flow to the heart muscle.
Shockwave’s technology is being evaluated in the DISRUPT CAD III, a prospective, non-randomiz...
Source: MDDI - September 4, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Omar Ford Tags: Regulatory and Compliance Cardiovascular Source Type: news
Another Breakthrough Designation for Concept Medical
Concept Medical’s MagicTouch AVF might have the “magic touch†when it comes down to nabbing breakthrough device designations. The proposed indication for the latest breakthrough device designation is for the treatment of stenotic lesions of Arteriovenous Fistulae or Arteriovenous graft in the hemodialysis treatment of renal failure.
Concept Medical said its first pilot study to investigate the safety and efficacy of Magic Touch PTA Sirolimus balloon was started in Singapore in 2018.
Led by Principal Investigator, Dr. Tan Chieh Suai, a multi-disciplinary team of doctors ...
Source: MDDI - September 3, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Omar Ford Tags: Cardiovascular Source Type: news
Brooklyn firm brings dialysis to 5 WNY nursing homes
A Brooklyn-based healthcare provider is expanding into Western New York with dialysis services for nursing homes.
DialyzeDirect provides home hemodialysis services to older adult patients living in skilled nursing facilities with end stage renal disease.
Joshua Rothenberg, chief operating officer and co-founder of Dialyze Direct, said Western New York was an attractive market for expansion because of its la rge dialysis patient population, and the challenges posed by harsh weather in getting to… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - August 7, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Tracey Drury Source Type: news
Brooklyn firm brings dialysis to 5 WNY nursing homes
A Brooklyn-based healthcare provider is expanding into Western New York with dialysis services for nursing homes.
DialyzeDirect provides home hemodialysis services to older adult patients living in skilled nursing facilities with end stage renal disease.
Joshua Rothenberg, chief operating officer and co-founder of Dialyze Direct, said Western New York was an attractive market for expansion because of its la rge dialysis patient population, and the challenges posed by harsh weather in getting to… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - August 7, 2019 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Tracey Drury Source Type: news
Vascular Graft Solutions Announces CE Mark Approval for FRAME FR External Support for AV Fistula Repair
TEL AVIV, Israel, Aug. 5, 2019 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- VGS - Vascular Graft Solutions Ltd. announced today it has received CE Mark Approval for the FRAME FR, a novel solution for repair and stabilization of high flow and aneurysmal ar... Devices, Regulatory Vascular Graft Solutions, FRAME FR, arteriovenous fistula, hemodialysis (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - August 5, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Discovery that patients with end-stage kidney disease on hemodialysis are at high risk for allergic reaction to a common antiseptic leads to change in hospital policy at St. Michael’s, UHN
(Source: St. Michael's Hospital News and Media)
Source: St. Michael's Hospital News and Media - July 18, 2019 Category: Hospital Management Tags: Hospital News Source Type: news
