Monday, Oct. 19, 2020

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Late Breaking News

• American Society of Nephrology’s Virtual KidneyWeek 2020 Is Oct. 20-25
  Tweet on the digital platform from @ASNKidney.  Hashtag: #KidneyWk .
• Boston’s Dr. Sylvia E. Rosas Named the National Kidney Foundation’s President-Elect
  Press release.
• COVID-19 Infection in ESKD: Findings from a Prospective Disease Surveillance Program at Dialysis Facilities in New York City and Long Island
  Free, full-text, Published Ahead of Print JASN research letter.
• A Kidney International “Journal of the COVID-19 Year” in Kidney Transplantation
  Free, full-text, Article in Press commentary from Kidney International.
• Leveraging the Capabilities of the FDA’s Sentinel System To Improve Kidney Care
  Published Ahead of Print JASN abstract.
• Update Alert 5: Epidemiology of and Risk Factors for Coronavirus Infection in Health Care Workers
  Free, full-text, Latest Article from Annals of Internal Medicine.
• Herd Immunity and Implications for SARS-CoV-2 Control
  Free, full-text, New Online article and JAMA Patient Page from the Journal of the American Medical Association.
• Pandemic Taking Toll on the Mental Health of Health Care Staff
  News brief from HealthDay.
• Analyses of Hemodialysis Arteriovenous Fistula Geometric Configuration and Its Associations with Maturation and Reintervention
  Article in Press abstract from Journal of Vascular Surgery.

• California’s $100M Dialysis Battle Comes with Ancillary Benefits for Labor Union
  Article from Politico.

• Follow Your Bliss (about dialysis care)

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News Headlines

• Building the Nephrology Pipeline
  Announcement from Kidney News Online.

• Study Reveals Kidney Disease or Injury Is Associated with Much Higher Risk of Mortality for COVID-19 Patients in ICU
  Press release from Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (AAGBI).
• AKI Treated with Renal Replacement Therapy in Critically Ill Patients with COVID-19
  Published Ahead of Print JASN abstract.
• Normalization of Cerebral Blood Flow, Neurochemicals, and White Matter Integrity after Kidney Transplantation
  Published Ahead of Print JASN abstract.
• Acute Peritoneal Dialysis During the COVID-19 Pandemic at Bellevue Hospital in New York City
  (37-page pdf) Early Access article from Kidney360 – article abstract
• The Risk of Medically Uncontrolled Secondary Hyperparathyroidism Depends on Parathyroid Hormone Levels at Hemodialysis Initiation
  Free, full-text, Advance Article from NDT.
• Evaluation of Changes over Time in the Drug Burden and Medication Regimen Complexity in Hemodialysis Patients Before and After Renal Transplantation
  Free, full-text, Article in Press from Kidney International Reports.
• ASN and NKF Request Data from CMS on COVID-19 Infection Rates, Hospitalizations, and Death Rates among Patients with ESKD
  2-page pdf from the American Society of Nephrology and the National Kidney Foundation.**
• Tocilizumab for Severe COVID‐19 in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: a matched cohort study
  Free, full-text, Early View article from American Journal of Transplantation.
• Does Remdesivir Actually Work?
  Free, full-text article from NEJM Journal Watch.
• Vascular Calcification by Conventional X-ray and Mortality in a Cohort of Predominantly African Descent Hemodialysis Patients
  Online First abstract from the International Journal of Artificial Organs.
• CDC: Blacks, Hispanics Dying of COVID-19 at Disproportionately High Rates
  Article from The Hill.**
• Virtual Reality: The Dawn of a New ERA — How Did the 57th ERA-EDTA Congress Measure Up?
  Free, full-text, Advance Article from NDT.**
• Clinical and Economic Burden of Hyperkalemia: A Nationwide Hospital-Based Cohort Study in Japan
  Free, full-text, Article in Press from Kidney Medicine.

• Kidney Failure Disproportionately Affects People of Color. Will Proposition 23 Improve Care?
  Article from KQED (SF).**

• Relationship between Serum Uric Acid and Mortality Risk in Hemodialysis Patients: A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study
  Online First abstract from American Journal of Nephrology.
• Challenges of Long‐Term Vascular Access in Pediatric Hemodialysis: Recommendations for Practitioners
  Early View abstract from Hemodialysis International.

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Health-Related News

• Fall COVID Surge Starting To Overwhelm Hospitals In Some Cities
  News summary from Kaiser Health News.
• Key Coronavirus Model Predicts Nearly 80 Percent Rise in Deaths by February
  Article from The Hill.

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