Keys to Driving Implementation of the New Kidney Care Models.

Contemporary nephrology practice is heavily weighted toward in-center hemodialysis, reflective of decisions on infrastructure and personnel in response to decades of policy. The Advancing American Kidney Health initiative seeks to transform care for patients and providers. Under the initiative's framework, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation has launched two new care models that align patient choice with provider incentives.

Symptoms Mimicking Those of Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis Induced by Soluble Barium Poisoning.

An investigation of a patient who presented with apparent hypokalemic periodic paralysis instead revealed barium poisoning.

Incidence of Renal Failure Requiring Hemodialysis Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.

Objective: Studies have shown that iodinated radiocontrast use is associated with acute renal failure especially in the presence of chronic kidney disease and multiple factors modulate this risk. The purpose of this meta-analysis is to compare the incidence of renal failure requiring hemodialysis between transfemoral (TF) and transapical (TA) transcatheter aortic valve replacement using the Edwards valve.

Methods: The PubMed database was searched from January 2000 through December 2014.