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# Kidney Care News: Fresenius Medical Care Acquires NxStage Medical

By [Deborah Brouwer-Maier RN, CNN](https://blog.transonic.com/hemodialysis/author/deborah-brouwer-maier-rn-cnn)20 Sep 2017

### ![kidney care news](https://blog.transonic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/kidney-care-news-1.jpg?width=300&name=kidney-care-news-1.jpg "kidney care news")Fresenius Medical Care Acquires NxStage Medical

The deal was for about $2 billion, or $30 per common share. The deal is expected to close in 2018. Fresenius hopes the acquisition will help it accelerate growth within the home dialysis markets.

Source: *[Nephrology News & Issues](https://www.nephrologynews.com/fresenius-medical-care-acquire-nxstage-medical/)*

### DaVita Income Increases 139% in Q2 2017

Income increased to $127 million compared to $53 million in Q2 2016. During Q2 2017, DaVita acquired 44 dialysis centers and opened 27 dialysis centers in the United States.

Source: *[Nephrology News & Issues](https://www.nephrologynews.com/davita-income-grows-139-percent-q2-2017/)*

### Nutritional Status & Phosphorus-Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients

A new study found patients with abnormal serum phosphorus levels or poor nutritional status were linked with a higher mortality rate. Researchers found patients with high geriatric nutritional risk index (GNRI), high phosphorus levels could be a risk factor for vascular calcification.

Source: *[Renal & Urology News](http://www.renalandurologynews.com/hyperphosphatemia/hemodialysis-nutritional-status-affects-phosphorus-mortality-relationship/article/683597/)*

### Infection Risk Increases as Kidney Function Declines

Researchers in Sweden found those patients with stage 4 or higher chronic kidney disease developed infections outside a hospital setting six times faster than patients with normal kidney function.

Source: *[Renal & Urology News](http://www.renalandurologynews.com/chronic-kidney-disease-ckd/renal-function-decline-lower-respiratory-tract-infections-uti-sepsis/article/682985/)*

### Women Less Likely to Initiate Hemodialysis with AV Fistula

A recent study found women — especially African-American women — are less likely than men to initiate hemodialysis with an AV fistula. Though there isn’t a definitive answer as to why women are less likely to begin hemodialysis, some researchers speculate it could be because of poor fistula maturation rates.

Source: *[Renal & Urology News](http://www.renalandurologynews.com/hemodialysis/females-less-likely-to-start-dialysis-arteriovenous-fistula/article/678471/)*

### Catheters Still Top Source of Bloodstream Infections

Researchers analyzed CDC data from outpatient hemodialysis facilities and found 77 percent of[bloodstream infections](https://blog.transonic.com/common-pitfalls-of-catheter-use) were related to accessing a patient’s blood, and 63 percent of those infections were in patients with central venous catheters.

Source: [*Kidney News Online*](http://www.kidneynews.org/kidney-news/current-issue/catheters-continue-to-be-linked-to-most-bloodstream-infections-in-dialysis-patients)

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