Implications of Value-Based Models in Kidney Care
The “Advancing American Kidney Health Initiative” aims to reduce the ESRD rate by 25% by 2030.
The “Advancing American Kidney Health Initiative” aims to reduce the ESRD rate by 25% by 2030.
Natural and man-made disasters have harmed individuals’ kidney health.
SARS-CoV-2 has become perhaps the most studied virus in history.
There is now little doubt that both the MDRD and CKD-EPI kidney function equations have contributed to structural racism in medicine and public health.
While the idea of AS continues to slowly gain acceptance, most patients are easily moved toward treatment.
The answers to how clinical care was affected by the pandemic could change the practice of medicine.
Organizers of the 2021 World Kidney Day (WKD) on March 11, which had as its theme “Living Well with Kidney Disease,” describe the important role of “family members and other care partners”in helping patients with kidney disease. But what is the difference between a caregiver and a care-partner? A caregiver provides care for someone who…
The World Kidney Day Steering Committee has declared 2021 the year of “Living Well with Kidney Disease”.
Strong motivation often provides the push to translate investigational technologies into real-world clinical use. Case in point: messenger RNA vaccines.
With the advent of more reliable and accurate ways to screen for prostate cancer, such as PSA testing and prostate MRI, the authors argue that it is time to stop the “antiquated practice” of the digital rectal examination.