anemia

KDIGO 2026 Anemia in CKD: The Visual Abstract

Anemia remains a central challenge in chronic kidney disease, influencing quality of life, cardiovascular risk, and clinical outcomes. The updated KDIGO 2026 guideline provides practical recommendations on iron management, ESAs, HIF-PHIs, and transfusion strategies, emphasizing individualized care and risk–benefit assessment.

Take a quick look at the VA by Michelle Fravel summarizing the key concepts and clinical take-home message

The Roxadustat Chronicles: A Two-Article NephJC

The Roxadustat Chronicles:  A Two-Article NephJC

The HIF inhibitor trials were announced almost a year and half ago at KidneyWk 2019. We are finally seeing the trials get published. Here are the first two, a sub-group analysis of three dialysis studies focused on incident dialysis patients and a placebo controlled pre-dialysis study.