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Hear from Julia Audije Gil and Rodrigo Martínez Cadenas on integrated, evidence-based approaches to sustainable haemodialysis, spanning clinical practice, service design, and prevention.
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About the Speaker: Prof Peter Stenvinkel – Prof & Senior Lecturer at the Dept of Renal Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet
Peter Stenvinkel is Professor and Senior…
In the past 20 years, awareness of the huge environmental impact of kidney care has increased considerably. Although opportunities to reduce this impact have been identified and innovative approaches…
Sustainability in kidney care is often perceived as requiring trade-offs in clinical quality, yet green nephrology can strengthen clinical excellence by identifying ‘sweet spots’ where improved…
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June 2026
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Murea, M., Mortimer, M., Demirtas, G., Seman, A., Picillo, R., de Barbieri, I., Woywodt, A., Piccoli., G.
Worldwide, the number of people who need lifesaving kidney replacement therapy (KRT) steadily increases, but approximately two thirds of them lack access to KRT and therefore die. Access to KRT…
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February 2025
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Wieringa, FP., Suran, s., Søndergaard, H., Ash, S., Cummins, C., Chaudhuri, AR., Irmak, T., Gerritsen, K., Vollenbroek, J.
To the Editor,Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is among the fastest growing causes of death [1]. However, lay audiences, including healthcare authorities, are often unaware of its mortality burden. For…
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March 2026
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Byrska, J., Martinez-Cadenas, R., Cordero, L., Julian-Mauro, JC., Gallego, D., Sanchez-Niño, MF., Ortiz, A.
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.
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.
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.
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.
