Predialysis

Their anemia drugs -- Amgen's Aranesp and Epogen and J&J's Procrit -- were under review by a panel of experts because a recent study suggests Aranesp might increase the chance of having a stroke in predialysis patients. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Kidney disease patients insured by some federally sponsored national health care organizations are more likely to undergo an important predialysis procedure than patients with other types of insurance, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the ❋ Unknown (2010)

Kidney disease patients insured by some federally sponsored national health care organizations are more likely to undergo an important predialysis procedure than patients with other types of insurance, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). ❋ Unknown (2010)

Newswise - Kidney disease patients insured by some federally sponsored national health care organizations are more likely to undergo an important predialysis procedure than patients with other types of insurance, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the ❋ Unknown (2010)

Can you sort to walk through what is going on there, is it oncology predialysis or just something specific in a country, sort of talk to that. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"Nephrologists with whom we have spoken prefer to gain experience with Hematide in the predialysis setting prior to switching their dialysis units over to Hematide, so these results present an incremental commercial hurdle and obvious regulatory concern," he said. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But the issue had not been well explored in children with predialysis chronic kidney disease, Atkinson said. ❋ Unknown (2010)

They found that patients who received predialysis kidney care were 10 times as likely to begin dialysis with an AVF compared with patients who did not receive such care. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The authors acknowledged several limitations of the study, including the lack of information on comorbidity severity, psychosocial factors, cognitive function, medication compliance, dialysis facility ownership, and timing of predialysis care. ❋ Unknown (2009)