USRDS News
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Publication Spotlight: Dr. Blum
Interview with Matthew Blum, MD, MHS, Nephrologist and Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, author of Extreme Humid-Heat Exposure and Mortality Among Patients Receiving Dialysis.
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Publication Spotlight: Dr. Sandal
Interview with Shaifali Sandal, MD, Associate Professor (Clinician Investigator), Department of Medicine, Divisions of Nephrology and Experimental Medicine, McGill University, author of Differences in Racial and Ethnic Disparities Between First and Repeat Kidney Transplantation.
Publication Spotlight: Dr. Le
Interview with Dustin Le, MD, Postdoctoral Fellow (MHS), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, author of Association of Sevelamer Initiation with Gastrointestinal Bleeding Hospitalization in Individuals Requiring Hemodialysis.
Publication Spotlight: Dr. Atta
Interview with Sherin Ismail Atta, PharmD, MPH-epi, BCPS, BCACP, PhD student, Pharmacoepidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, author of Ondansetron and the Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death among Individuals Receiving Maintenance Hemodialysis.
Now Live: ESRD Quarterly and DESKRIBE Updates
DESKRIBE is now updated with 2023 ADR data and the ESRD Quarterly Update is live with data through the third quarter of 2023.
Publication Spotlight: Dr. Plantinga
Interview with Laura Plantinga, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, author of Patient Care Technician Staffing in US Hemodialysis Facilities: An Ecological Study.
Publication Spotlight: Dr. Garcia
Interview with Leonardo Pozo Garcia, MD, Baylor College of Medicine, author of Dialysis Modality, Transplant Characteristics, and Incident Atrial Fibrillation After Kidney Transplant: An Observational Study Using USRDS Data.
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