Glenn M. Chertow

TL;DR: Maintenance hemodialysis is a life-sustaining treatment that imposes significant clinical challenges and expenses to the health care system, particularly Medicare, but the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services does not.

TL;DR: The CaLIPSO study as discussed by the authors showed that intravenous administration of SNF472 (300 or 600 mg) during hemodialysis significantly attenuated progression of coronary artery and aortic valve calcification.

TL;DR: What proportion of persons with CKD living in diverse regions fit one of the three major clinical profiles, with data from the US National Health Nutrition and Examination Survey as reference, can inform tailored CKD detection and management systems and highlight the importance of studying potential causes and outcomes of CKD without established risk factors in LMICs.

TL;DR: Hydration status was associated with self‐reported sleep duration in patients on dialysis and future studies should prospectively examine the effects of optimizing fluid status on sleep duration and quality.

TL;DR: In this paper, a 12-week home-based exercise program for maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients was evaluated on a broad range of indices of physical function, quality of life (QoL), and cognitive decline.