Renal news roundup from AKF
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Research News
Adults with obesity who were admitted to the ICU had a higher risk of developing early sepsis-associated AKI than those without obesity, researchers reported in...
Policy Watch
The CMS has announced that 480 accountable care organizations (ACO) will participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program this year, while 245 will continue t...
Policy Watch
Congress is considering a bill to pilot an Acute Hospital Care at Home initiative and determine if the care model can be used in areas besides acute services. I...
Patient Perspective
Jennifer Bruick's kidneys were only working at 6% in January 2023, but little did she know she would meet her kidney donor at a hair salon. A year after th...
Innovation in Renal Care
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have transplanted three genetically modified pig kidneys into brain-dead men and have detailed thei...
Innovation in Renal Care
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers tested a compound called 11beta-dichloro, originally developed to treat cancer, and repurposed it to treat aut...
Research News
The CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report discussed the efficacy of bivalent messenger RNA COVID-19 vaccines in preventing thromboembolic events asso...