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Estimating hospital inpatient cost-savings with sucroferric oxyhydroxide in patients on chronic hemodialysis in five European countries: a cost analysis
CONCLUSION: SO therapy may offer substantial inpatient cost-savings by reducing all-cause hospital admissions attributable to uncontrolled hyperphosphatemia.PMID:34761724 | DOI:10.1080/13696998.2021.1996957
Source: Journal of Medical Economics - November 11, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Jose Antonio Herrero Mario Salomone Antonio Ramirez de Arellano Thilo Schaufler Sebastian Walpen Source Type: research

Fight Aging! Newsletter, October 4th 2021
In conclusion, premature thymic involution and chronic inflammation greatly contribute to increased morbidity and mortality in CKD patients. Mechanisms are likely to be multiple and interlinked. Even when the quest to fountain of youth is a pipe dream, there are many scientific opportunities to prevent or to, at least in part, reverse CKD-related immune senescence. Further studies should precisely define most important pathways driving premature immune ageing in CKD patients and best therapeutic options to control them. Extending Life Without Extending Health: Vast Effort Directed to the Wrong Goals https://www...
Source: Fight Aging! - October 3, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs

The Cost Effectiveness of High-Dose versus Conventional Haemodialysis: a Systematic Review
Conclusion High-dose HD can be cost effective when performed at home. Future analyses assuming survival benefits for high-dose HD compared with conventional HD are needed.
Source: Applied Health Economics and Health Policy - December 21, 2015 Category: Health Management Source Type: research

The cost of dialysis in low and middle-income countries: a systematic review
Conclusion: The number of studies on the economics of dialysis in low and middle-income countries is limited. Few papers indicate that dialysis is an expensive form of treatment for the population of these countries and that the poorer countries have an over-proportional burden to finance dialysis services. Further research is needed to determine the cost of dialysis based on a standard methodology grounded on existing economic guidelines and to address the question whether dialysis should be an element of the essential package of health in resource-poor countries. Used data should be as complete as possible. In case of mi...
Source: BMC Health Services Research - November 12, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Lawrencia MushiPaul MarschallSteffen Fleßa Source Type: research

A global overview of the impact of peritoneal dialysis first or favored policies: an opinion.
A GLOBAL OVERVIEW OF THE IMPACT OF PERITONEAL DIALYSIS FIRST OR FAVORED POLICIES: AN OPINION. Perit Dial Int. 2014 Jul 31; Authors: Liu FX, Gao X, Inglese G, Chuengsaman P, Pecoits-Filho R, Yu A Abstract Given the ever-increasing burden of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in a global milieu of limited financial and health resources, interested parties continue to search for ways to optimize dialysis access. Government and payer initiatives to increase access to renal replacement therapies (RRTs), particularly peritoneal dialysis (PD) and hemodialysis (HD), may have meaningful impacts from clinical and he...
Source: Peritoneal Dialysis International - November 14, 2014 Category: Urology & Nephrology Tags: Perit Dial Int Source Type: research

Critical Care Compendium update
LITFL’s Critical Care Compendium is a comprehensive collection of pages concisely covering the core topics and controversies of critical care. Currently there are almost 1,500 entries with more in the works… Some pages are more developed than others, and all the pages are being constantly revised and improved. Links to new references and online resources are added daily, with an emphasis on those that are free and open access (FOAM!). These pages originated from the FCICM exam study notes created by Dr Jeremy Fernando in 2011, and have been updated, modified and added to since. As such will be particularly us...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - November 17, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: Chris Nickson Tags: Critical Care Compendium Education eLearning Emergency Medicine Featured CCC LITFL collection Source Type: blogs