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Green nephrology has often focussed on dialysis, with its intensive use of water and energy. In comparison, non-dialysis outpatient care of chronic kidney disease (CKD) has received less attention.…
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March 2026
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Berman-Parks, N., Rho, E., Stoneman, S., Woywodt, A., Torreggiani, M.
To date, the environmental impact of kidney transplantation has received much less attention than that of dialysis. Facilitating a pre-emptive transplant is probably one of the most environmentally…
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March 2026
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Welberry Smith, M., Wrigley, A., Kojro, A., Emmanouilidou, A., O’Callaghan, J., Woywodt, A.
ABSTRACTBackgroundWe comprehensively assessed patient survival and the duration of peritoneal dialysis (PD) treatment over a 25-year period within our PD unit.MethodsWe retrospectively evaluated 497…
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July 2025
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Scarmignan, R., Alfano, G., Morisi, N., Fontana, F., Mori, G., Ferrarini, M., Ferri, C., Tonelli, L., Ligabue, G., Magistroni, R., Gregorini, M., Donati, G.
This Webinar, part of the KitNewCare World Kidney Day series explored the journey of planning and implementing sustainable change, with two of the KitNewCare pilot sites sharing their real-world…
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March 2026
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Harriet Attwell-Rogers, Giuseppe Di Chiaro, Zuzanna Jakubowska
AbstractThe European Kidney Health Alliance’s 2023 annual Policy Forum brought together relevant stakeholder groups and examined the impact of the environment on kidney health and of kidney…
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June 2025
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van Vredendaal, OP., Bé, A., de Barbieri, I., Gallego, D., Loud, F., Piccoli, GB., Wieringa, F., Vanholder, R.
Case study describing a water conservation programme in haemodialysis, focussing on reduced dialysate flow and high-recovery reverse osmosis, to achieve substantial water savings without compromising…
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March 2026
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Shah, M., Mohanty, M., Deppner, A., Vachharajani, T.
The current kidney care model-focused on late-stage disease and in-center hemodialysis-is unsustainable, because of costs, environmental burden, poor outcomes, and reduced quality of life.The 78th…
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March 2026
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Vanholder, R., Abdellatif, D., Dos Santos Jr, ACS., Correa-Rotter, R., Gopalakrishnan, N., Wang, B., Roumeliotis, S., Balducci, A., Haris, A., Yadla, M., Hsiao, L.
AbstractBackgroundHealthcare contributes significantly to global carbon dioxide equivalent emissions, with kidney care contributing disproportionately to this. Renal medicine was one of the first…
AbstractRationale & ObjectiveAs the health impacts of climate change intensify, the health care sector faces growing pressure to minimize its carbon footprint. Achieving this goal requires…
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Barraclough, K., Talbot, B., Knight, J., Blair, S., McGain, F., Masterson, R., Knight, R., Nelson, C., McDonald, S., McAlister, S.
This editorial reviews long-term follow-up data from the SPRINT trial, examining outcomes of intensive (<120 mmHg) versus standard (<140 mmHg) systolic blood pressure targets in hypertensive…
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March 2025
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Fernandez-Fernandez, B., Valdivielso, JM., Chinnappa, S., Sarafidis, P., Ortiz, A.
