USRDS News

A partial 2024 United States Renal Data System (USRDS) Annual Data Report (ADR) is now available so that researchers can access the report ahead of the 2024 American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Kidney Week.

Interview with Sania Jiwani, MBBS, Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellow, University of Michigan, senior author of Incidence and outcomes of cardiovascular implantable electronic device infections in patients with end-stage kidney disease.

The End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Quarterly Report has been updated. The data now ranges from Q1 2022 – Q1 2024.

Interview with Jessica Harding, PhD, Associate Professor, Emory University School of Medicine, senior author of The Association Between Residential Segregation and Access to Kidney Transplantation - Evidence from a Multi-State Cohort Study.

The End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Quarterly Report has been updated. The data now ranges from Q1 2021 – Q4 2023.

Interview with Yiting Li, MPH, Senior Data Analyst, The Center for Surgical and Transplant Applied Research, NYU Langone, author of Neighborhood Racial and Ethnic Segregation and the Risk of Dementia in Older Adults Living with Kidney Failure.

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.

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.

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.

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.

DESKRIBE is now updated with 2023 ADR data and the ESRD Quarterly Update is live with data through the third quarter of 2023.

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.

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.