Home dialysis as the incident modality in patients starting dialysis in West Virginia: role of the rural outreach kidney care clinic.

Background: Despite efforts to increase its use, home dialysis remains underutilized as a modality for kidney replacement therapy (KRT). Home dialysis may offer an advantage in rural areas. We evaluated the role of a rural outreach program on the use of home dialysis as incident KRT modality in West Virginia.

Transplantation, Waitlist Status, and County Indices of Economic Health in West Virginia.

Key Points: Patients with ESKD coming from impoverished counties are less likely to be waitlisted or transplanted. Insurance status modified the relationship between county poverty rates and waitlisting/transplant.

Background: Kidney transplantation is the optimal treatment for patients with ESKD.

Unknown Renal Impairment: A Rare Case of Inhaled Tobramycin Induced Acute Kidney Injury in a Cystic Fibrosis Patient.

Acute kidney injury is a reversible medical condition commonly caused by nephrotoxic agents. The infrequency that a nebulized medication elicits a renal insult presents a rare diagnostic challenge. Within this case, we report a 57-year-old cystic fibrosis patient with chronic kidney disease (CKD) Stage G3b (baseline 1.

Ethylene glycol intoxication: Disparate findings of immediate versus delayed presentation.

Ethylene glycol is a common household substance responsible for a large number of ingestions in the U.S. each year.