Could AI improve care for patients with kidney failure?

Machine learning, a form of artificial intelligence, may help improve care for patients with kidney failure. Chronic kidney disease is a life-long condition in which the kidneys can gradually stop working over a period of months or years. A significant number of patients with the condition are either on dialysis or have had a kidney transplant. The findings on how machine learning may improve kidney patient care come from a study that are being presented this week at ASN Kidney Week 2019 that takes place from November 5 – November 10 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington. For the study, researcher, Ollie Fielding, and his colleagues deployed a machine learning model to identify patients at risk of requiring kidney replacement therapy, such as dialysis or kidney transplantation.