Prince, Lisa K Howle, Anna M Mikita, Jeffrey Y'Barbo, Brian C Maynard, Sharon E Sussman, Amy N Maursetter, Laura J Lenz, Oliver Scalese, Ross J Sozio, Stephen M
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American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation
Interpersonal communication skills and professionalism competencies are difficult to assess among nephrology trainees. We developed a formative "Breaking Bad News" simulation and implemented a study in which nephrology fellows were assessed with regard to their skills in providing counseling to simulated patients confronting the need for kidney rep...
Miller, Lindsay M Rifkin, Dena Lee, Alexandra K Kurella Tamura, Manjula Pajewski, Nicholas M Weiner, Daniel E Al-Rousan, Tala Shlipak, Michael Ix, Joachim H
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The associations of the glomerular markers of kidney disease, estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and albuminuria, with frailty and cognition are well established. However, the relationship of kidney tubule injury and dysfunction with frailty and cognition is unknown. Observational cross-sectional study. 2,253 participants with eGFR0.21). C...
Shahverdyan, Robert Beathard, Gerald Mushtaq, Nasir Litchfield, Terry F Vartanian, Shant Konner, Klaus Jennings, William C
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Percutaneous arteriovenous fistulas (AVF) are created by establishing a proximal forearm anastomosis and offer a safe and reliable vascular access. This study compares the Ellipsys percutaneous AVF with a proximal forearm Gracz-type surgical AVF, chosen for comparison as it is constructed at the same anatomical site. Retrospective study of prospect...
Inker, Lesley A Titan, Silvia
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Assessment of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is fundamental to clinical practice, public health, and research. The kidney has several critical functions; GFR is used as an overall assessment of these kidney functions. GFR is used to diagnose, stage, and manage chronic kidney disease (CKD); ascertain the prognosis for chronic kidney disease-relate...
Bieber, Scott D Young, Bessie A
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In the early days of dialysis, because of a lack of existing in-center infrastructure, home hemodialysis (HHD) was frequently used to expand dialysis programs. Recently, HHD has been thrust into the spotlight of kidney care programs once again. Patients and policymakers are demanding more choices for the management of kidney failure while controlli...
Muanda, Flory T Blake, Peter G Weir, Matthew A Bathini, Lavanya Chauvin, Kianna Dixon, Stephanie N McArthur, Eric Sontrop, Jessica M Moist, Louise Kim, Richard B
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Rampersad, Christie Brar, Ranveer Connelly, Kelsey Komenda, Paul Rigatto, Claudio Prasad, Bhanu Bohm, Clara Tangri, Navdeep
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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with declining physical function and activity. In the general population, lower physical activity is associated with poorer quality of life and greater all-cause mortality. The aim of this study was to assess if lower physical activity levels are associated with adverse health outcomes in patients with adv...
Ploos van Amstel, Sophie Noordzij, Marlies Borzych-Duzalka, Dagmara Chesnaye, Nicholas C Xu, Hong Rees, Lesley Ha, Il-Soo Antonio, Zenaida L Hooman, Nakysa Wong, William
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Research on pediatric kidney replacement therapy (KRT) has primarily focused on Europe and North America. In this study, we describe the mortality risk of children treated with maintenance peritoneal dialysis (MPD) in different parts of the world and characterize the associated demographic and macroeconomic factors. Prospective cohort study. Patien...
Lyu, Beini Chan, Micah R Yevzlin, Alexander S Astor, Brad C
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Creation of an arteriovenous fistula (AVF), compared with an arteriovenous graft (AVG), is associated with longer initial catheter dependence after starting hemodialysis (HD) but longer access survival and lower long-term catheter dependence. The extent of these potential long-term benefits in elderly patients is unknown. We assessed catheter depen...
Sridhar, Vikas S Liu, Hongyan Cherney, David Z I
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