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Mashup Score: 5Development and Validation of the Rating of CKD Knowledge Among Older Adults (Know-CKD) with Kidney Failure - 10 hour(s) ago
Few older adults with kidney failure engage in shared decision-making (SDM) for kidney replacement therapy. Absence of instruments assessing SDM-relevant knowledge domains may contribute to this. We assessed the reliability and validity of a new instrument, the Rating of CKD Knowledge Older Adults (Know-CKD).
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Mashup Score: 0Updates on Public Policy for Nephrology 2024: From the Hill and Medicare to Nephrology Practice - 14 hour(s) ago
“Updates on Public Policy for Nephrology 2024: From the Hill and Medicare to Nephrology Practice” published on 08 Apr 2024 by American Society of Nephrology.
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Mashup Score: 0VIDEO: Distress, anxiety need to be addressed when patients face a failed transplant - 17 hour(s) ago
SAN DIEGO — Transplant physicians should have a patient care plan in place when helping patients deal with the distress and anxiety after a failed transplant, a presenter said here.“Number one, the focus among other things is their mental health,” Anjay Rastogi, MD, PhD, clinical chief of nephrology at UCLA Health and medical director of the Core Kidney Program, said in a
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Mashup Score: 10Homeward Bound? PD Expansion and Equity in the United States : Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology - 17 hour(s) ago
An abstract is unavailable.
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Mashup Score: 97Home - 18 hour(s) ago
This literature review combined with clinical experience provides dosing recommendations for patients undergoing intermittent hemodialysis. The information presented could be beneficial for clinicians caring for patients in the hemodialysis units.
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Mashup Score: 3Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Submissions - 18 hour(s) ago
Please complete this form to join ASN in celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Share your own experiences or nominate someone in the industry you feel has a compelling story. Your story has the opportunity to be featured on social media and the ASN website. Thank you for your participation!
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Mashup Score: 25CaseHippo - 20 hour(s) ago
One platform for education, engagement & exchange: courses, conferences, call for abstracts, publishing & more…
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Mashup Score: 10
In 1988, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) defined essential procedural skills in nephrology, and candidates for ABIM certification were required to present evidence of possessing the skills necessary for placement of temporary dialysis vascular access, hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and percutaneous renal biopsy. In 1996, continuous renal replacement therapy was added to the list of nephrology requirements. These procedure requirements have not been modified since 1996 while the practice of nephrology has changed dramatically.
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Mashup Score: 5Estimated population wide benefits and risks in China of lowering sodium through potassium enriched salt substitution: modelling study - 1 day(s) ago
Objectives To estimate the effects of nationwide replacement of discretionary salt (used at table or during cooking) with potassium enriched salt substitute on morbidity and death from cardiovascular disease in China. Design Modelling study. Setting China. Population Adult population in China, and specifically individuals with chronic kidney disease (about 17 million people). Interventions Comparative risk assessment models were used to estimate the effects of a nationwide intervention to replace discretionary dietary salt with potassium enriched salt substitutes (20-30% potassium chloride). The models incorporated existing data and corresponding uncertainties from randomised trials, the China National Survey of Chronic Kidney Disease, the Global Burden of Disease Study, and the Chronic Kidney Disease Prognosis Consortium. Main outcome measures Averted deaths from cardiovascular disease, non-fatal events, and disability adjusted life years from a reduction in blood pressure were estima
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Mashup Score: 5The Na-K Exchange Saves Lives — NephJC - 1 day(s) ago
This week, we will discuss the SSASS trial. in which a simple switch of table salt with a K-enriched salt works miracles. Is it about the sodium or the potassium?
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