Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease
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Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease presents focused review articles devoted to a single topic of current importance in clinical nephrology and related fields. The in-depth scholarly review articles explore the care and management of persons with early kidney disease and kidney failure, as well as those at risk for kidney disease.
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Physical and emotional symptoms are highly prevalent among patients with kidney disease and are directly linked to impaired health-related quality of life. Symptom science is a field of research aimed at advancing knowledge of the holistic mechanisms driving symptoms, how best to assess symptoms accurately, and developing novel and patient-centered approaches to symptom management. Patients with kidney disease have identified symptom science as a top research priority, and opportunities abound for ongoing patient engagement in symptom-related research efforts and clinical care ..read more
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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) imposes a significant medication burden on patients due to the necessity of multiple treatments to slow disease progression, manage coexisting conditions, and address complications. The complex medication regimen, in turn, has implications for clinical and patient-centered outcomes. This umbrella review provides comprehensive evidence on extent of medication nonadherence among adults with CKD, as well as associated risk factors, outcomes, and the effectiveness of interventions by synthesizing evidence from published systematic reviews and/or meta-analyses ..read more
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As health care practices have evolved from a disease-oriented to patient-focused paradigm, patient and family engagement (PFE) has been recognized as an important aspect of health care delivery and outcomes. While pediatricians have long approached care delivery with a family-centered lens, PFE may be a less familiar concept to situate among related concepts such as shared decision-making, self-efficacy, patient activation, and family-centered care. Children with CKD and their families indicate a need and desire for enhanced PFE efforts in pediatric nephrology ..read more
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Technological innovation has accelerated exponentially over the last 2 decades. From the rise of smartphones and social media in the early 2000s to the mainstream accessibility of artificial intelligence (AI) in 2023, digital advancements have transformed the way we live and work. These innovations have permeated health care, covering a spectrum of applications from virtual reality training platforms to AI-powered clinical decision support tools. In this review, we explore fascinating recent innovations that have and can facilitate patient engagement in nephrology ..read more
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CKD and end-stage kidney disease are highly prevalent and complex chronic conditions with a high disease burden that corresponds to a high cost of care. Mental health conditions have a high prevalence in this population and add to the burden of disease, increase the cost of care, and are co-related with worse clinical outcomes. Despite these clear co-relations, mental health disorders remain underdiagnosed and undertreated in this population, secondary to multiple reasons, including patient-specific factors as well as systematic issues, including difficulty in accessing mental health experts ..read more
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Patient involvement in research can improve the relevance of research, consequently enhancing the recruitment, retention, and uptake of interventions and policies impacting patient outcomes. Despite this, patients are not often involved in the design and conduct of research. The research agenda and innovations are frequently determined by the interest of health and industry professionals rather than proactively aligning with the priorities of patients. It is now being encouraged and recommended to engage patients in research priority setting to ensure interventions and trials report outcomes v ..read more
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An engaged and empowered patient can bring about change in policy, and hence impact the course of disease prevention and management. On November 4, 1971, the House Ways and Means Committee, as part of its hearings on national health insurance, devoted the end of the morning to hear the testimony about end-stage kidney disease given by Mr Shep Glazer on behalf of representatives of the National Association of Patients on Hemodialysis. This testimony from a New York City salesman, together with a score of other witnesses and thousands of letters to the committee, had its desired impact: In 1972 ..read more