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May 16, 2012

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	Dialysis Outcomes and Analysis of Practice Patterns Suggests the Dialysis Schedule Affects Day of Week Mortality Free, full-text article from Kidney International. "Patients on a MWF dialysis schedule from the United States experienced a significant (P<0.0001) 41% higher risk of all-cause death on Mondays relative to the 7-day average." For patients on a TThS schedule, "[a] significant 39% higher risk of all-cause mortality was observed on Tuesdays for the US patients (P<0.0001)."
	Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Boosts Investment in DaVita to 6 Million Shares, from 2.7 Million News item from CBS News.
	Hemoglobin Down After ESA Pay, Label Change Article from MedPage Today.
	Women on Hemodialysis Have Lower Self-Reported Health-Related Quality of Life Scores but Better Survival Than Men Article in Press abstract from Journal of Nephrology.
	U.S. Task Force Issues Blood Pressure Guidelines Article from HealthDay.
	Online First Abstracts from Clinical and Experimental Nephrology: Effects of Sevelamer Hydrochloride on Mortality, Lipid Abnormality and Arterial Stiffness in Hemodialyzed Patients: a Propensity Matched Observational Study Morning Blood Pressure Is Useful for Detection of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Hemodialysis Patients
	Exsanguination of a Home Hemodialysis Patient As a Result of Misconnected Bloodlines during the Wash Back Procedure: a Case Report Provisional abstract and full-text article (12-page pdf) from BMC Nephrology.
	Recap of eAJKD’s Coverage of the NKF 2012 Spring Clinical Meetings Posting from eAJKD.
	St Jude Medical Launches EnligHTN Renal Denervation System
	Safer Kidney Cancer Surgery Under-Ssed for Poorer, Sicker Medicare, Medicaid Patients
	HIV Linked to Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death
	Nephros Reports First Quarter 2012 Financial Results

	WHO Warns of High Blood Pressure, Diabetes, Obesity Article from Reuters.
	FDA Panel Backs At-Home HIV Test

Health Programs At Risk In Gathering Budgetary Storm
News summary from Kaiser Health News.

Federal Register Notice: Final Rule from CMS on Regulatory Provisions to Promote Program Efficiency, Transparency, and Burden Reduction
This notice includes this statement about ESRD facilities:

"End Stage Renal Disease Facilities Life Safety Code: We have limited mandatory compliance with the Life Safety Code to those ESRD facilities located adjacent to high hazardous occupancies. We clarified that the requirement for sprinklers in facilities housed in high rise buildings is intended to be applicable to those buildings constructed after January 1, 2008."

Previous News Stories

"If the treatment of chronic uremia cannot fully rehabilitate the patient, the treatment is inadequate." B. Scribner
•	Fix Dialysis
•	RPA Meeting (3/10)
•	Extend the MSP Period — This Way (12/09)
•	Boston Steering Committee Letter (7/09)
•.	Boston ESRD Conference (4/09)
•	New Views (12/08)

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