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Kidney Disease and Brain Health: Current Knowledge and Next Steps

WEBThe growing public health burden of nondialysis chronic kidney disease (CKD) as the population ages is mirrored by concomitant cerebrovascular and …

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Health Policy and Kidney Care in the United States: Core …

WEBThe Health Resources and Services Administration proposed rule reduces disincentives to living organ donation by empowering the National Living Donor Assistance Center to …

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Knowledge Is Power: Patient Education as a Tool for Patient …

WEBChronic kidney disease (CKD) is a top public health priority yet broadly under-recognized.1–3 The ninth leading cause of death in the United States, CKD …

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Perceived Health and Quality of Life in Patients With …

WEBHealth-related quality of life (HRQoL) is a major outcome measure increasingly used in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). We …

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CKD Management in Primary Care: Supporting Systems Change

WEBPersistent gaps exist in care for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), such as inadequate blood pressure (BP) control and low use of angiotensin-converting …

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World Kidney Day 2021: Living Well With Kidney …

WEBChronic kidney disease (CKD) and its associated symptoms and treatment, including kidney replacement therapy, can disrupt daily living and impair the quality of life of patients and their family members. …

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Nutrition and Kidney Health: Processing Emerging Evidence About …

WEBWhen caring for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), nutrition is a key consideration for the overall management of high blood pressure, blood glucose, …

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US Renal Data System 2020 Annual Data Report: Epidemiology of …

WEBThe US Renal Data System (USRDS) Annual Data Report (ADR) is an authoritative source of data about the chronic kidney disease (CKD) and kidney failure populations in the …

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Patient Education for Kidney Failure Treatment: A …

WEBIn July 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services announced the Advancing American Kidney Health Initiative, and success in the Kidney Care First and Comprehensive Kidney Care Contracting …

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Patient and Caregiver Priorities for Outcomes in CKD: A …

WEBMental health, including depression, anxiety, and cognition; comorbid conditions such as cardiovascular disease; and debilitating symptoms were also of importance to patients. These priorities were …

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Health Literacy and Kidney Disease: Toward a New Line …

WEBHealth literacy has been recognized as an important public health issue over the past decade. Low health literacy is a widespread problem in the general population, affecting over 90 million Americans. …

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Patients’ Perspectives on Health-Related Social Needs and

WEBHealth-related social needs have a profound impact on medical care, health, and well-being, and addressing health-related social needs is critical to improve …

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Social Determinants of Health: Addressing Unmet Needs in …

WEBThere is ongoing recognition that a wide array of social, economic, and environmental factors influence individuals’ opportunities to engage in health care and healthy …

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Guidelines for the Older Adult With CKD

WEBWhen treating older patients, clinicians have to make complex decisions to prioritize among many available preventive and therapeutic interventions. There is a …

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Supplement Use by US Adults With CKD: A Population-Based Study

WEBWhether health care providers warned against supplement use is also unknown. Participants with decreased GFRs shared similar exposures to supplements …

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Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in CKD Care: The Importance …

WEBIndividuals with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) often experience symptom clusters, including fatigue, pruritus, and nausea, that precede their need to …

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A Population Health Approach to Transplant Access: Challenging …

WEBA population health approach builds upon the foundational assumption that ubiquitous characteristics, such as upstream social and environmental determinants of …

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The Dialysis Social Worker: Patients’ Best Defense to Meet Health

WEBKidney failure presents physical and psychosocial challenges for patients owing to a high symptom burden, multiple comorbid conditions, demanding treatment …

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Access to Health Care Among Adults Evaluated for CKD: Findings …

WEBHealth care utilization with last physician visit in the previous year was >80%, 90%, and 95% at CKD stages 1-2, 3, and 4-5, respectively, for all racial/ethnic groups, but lower in …

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Overcoming Challenges to Influenza Vaccination in Patients …

WEBinfluenza vaccination of health-care workers on mortality of elderly people in long-term care: A randomized controlled trial. Lancet 355:93-97, 2000 25. Potter J, Stott DJ, …

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Core Curriculum in Nephrology

WEBCore Curriculum in Nephrology. Installments of the Core Curriculum in Nephrology provide trainees in nephrology with a strong knowledge base in core topics …

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