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Psychosocial Components of Patient Care
What are the typical problems that the Social Worker needs to address in CKD patients? Panel discussion: An illustrative case summary with questions and comments pulls it all together. (more...)

Updated: November 27, 2008 (N27)
N27 New studies confirm importance of sirtuin pathway in mammalian ageing; attention focuses on resveratrol.
N27 Mechanism of how the brain senses fatty foods identified.
N27 Serotonin formation rate in the gut linked to bone formation rate.
N26 Binge drinking may damage the heart via acetaldehyde activation of macrophages.
N26 Vitamin K deficiency linked to insulin resistance in older men
N24 Vitamin D makes dialysis patients live longer? Say it ain't so, Joe! DOPPS pours cold water on the concept.
N21 Do your CKD patients still smoke? Who is still smoking in the US by state.
N21 Dialysis Compare website will now report patients with Hb above 12 as well as below 10 g/dL and will also change how patient survival is reported.
N21 MMWR: Survey of implementation of hepatitis B vaccination at birth in various countries
N21 Workplace hairspray exposure during pregnancy linked to hypospadias.
N20 Nephros pursues new product revenue aiming to sell its water filter to dialysis units, hospitals and the U.S. military.
N20 Bill Peckham blogs about Sen. Daschle and what his appointment as HHS secretary might mean for CKD care.
N19 Pie in the sky or pie on the table?: Diamond dialysis filter kept unclogged using electrostatic field.
N19 Designer organs progress: woman receives new trachea grown from her own stem cells.
N19 Did you know that your prescribing history is for sale? Fed appeals court supports NH law banning the practice.
General Advances Emphasis
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Dialysis patient education (Hansen) HDCN Nursing Channel
Psychosocial components of patient care (Bova-Collis) ANNA 2002 Satellite Symposium
Subcutaneous vascular access: A patient's experience (Nettleton) ANNA 2002 Satellite Symposium
Non-compliant patients (Hansen) HDCN Nursing Channel
Pain management in PKD (Bennett) PKD Foundation 2001 Mtg
Polycystic liver disease in PKD (Perrone) PKD Foundation 2001 Mtg
Patient safety in ESRD (Kliger) RPA 2001 Annual Meeting
(Patient lecture) Which form of dialysis is right for me? (Blake) Doc-To-Me Pre-ESRD
(Patient lecture) What kinds of foods should I eat and stay away from? (Fine) Doc-To-Me Pre-ESRD
(Patient lecture) I have diabetes: How can I protect my kidneys? (Friedman) Doc-To-Me Pre-ESRD
(Patient lecture) How about my blood count: How can I keep this up? (Levin) Doc-To-Me Pre-ESRD
(Patient lecture) How do I protect my bones when I have kidney disease? (Lindberg) Doc-To-Me Pre-ESRD
(Patient lecture) How can I stay off dialysis? (Mendelssohn) Doc-To-Me Pre-ESRD
(Patient lecture) Is transplantation the right option for me? (Peters) Doc-To-Me Pre-ESRD
(Patient lecture) What do I need to know about my blood pressure? (Toto) Doc-To-Me Pre-ESRD
Psychosocial issues in survival of hemodialysis patients (Kimmel) NKF 1998 Spring Clinical Meetings
Evaluation of patient satisfaction with dialysis (Chapman) CAPD 1998 Symposium

Balkan Nephropathy: Evolution of Our Knowledge (Bamias and Boletis) Am J Kidney Dis (Sep 2008)
Spurious Hyperphosphatemia in Patients on Hemodialysis With Catheters (Schiller et al) Am J Kidney Dis (Sep 2008)
Exercise in Dialysis Patients: A Review (Johansen K) Hemodial Int - Jul - 08
Population-based prevention of obesity: the need for comprehensive promotion of healthful eating, physical activity, and energy balance: A Scientific Statement From American Heart Association (Kumanyika SK et al) Circulation Jul 08
Dietary sodium and cardiovascular and renal disease risk factors: dark horse or phantom entry? (McCarron DA) NDT Jul 08
Reimbursement and economic factors influencing dialysis modality choice around the world (Just PM et al) NDT - Jul - 08
Debate: Weight loss and blood pressure control (Pro) vs. Dietary therapy for obesity: an emperor with no clothes (Con) Hypertens (Jun 2008)
Hands-only (compression-only) cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a call to action for bystander response to adults who experience out-of- hospital sudden cardiac arrest: An AHA Science Advisory Circulation (Apr 2008)
Trends in organ donation and transplantation in the United States, 1997-2006 Am J Transplant (Apr 2008)
Changes in the potassium content of different potato varieties after cooking J Ren Nutr (Mar 2008)
National Institutes of Health State-of-the-Science Conference Statement: Prevention of fecal and urinary incontinence in adults Ann Intern Med (Mar 2008)
Effect of the Italian smoking ban on population rates of acute coronary events Circulation (Mar 2008)
Dermatological disease in patients with CKD Am J Kidney Dis (Feb 2008)
Soft drinks, fructose consumption, and the risk of gout in men: prospective cohort study Brit Med J (Feb 2008)
Recent advances in the prevention and management of intradialytic hypotension J Am Soc Nephrol (Jan 2008)
Techniques and tips for quick and safe temporary catheter placement (Pervez et al) Semin Dial (Dec 2007)
Towards the incidence of acute phosphate nephropathy (Markowitz et al) J Am Soc Nephrol (Dec 2007)
Early fistula failure: back to basics (Dember et al) Am J Kidney Dis (Nov 2007)
Dietary antioxidants and primary prevention of age related macular degeneration: systematic review and meta-analysis (Chong et al) Brit Med J (Oct 2007)
Nonpayment for performance? Medicare's new reimbursement rule (Rosenthal) New Engl J Med (Oct 2007)
Immunosuppression minimization in pediatric transplantation (Sarwal et al) Am J Transplant (Oct 2007)
The 2007 revised ESC/ESH Guidelines in the management of hypertension: clarifying individual patient care (MacFayden) J Hum Hypertens (Oct 2007)
Twenty years of PSA: From prostate antigen to tumor marker (De Angelis et al) Rev Urol (Sep 2007)
Use of antimicrobial catheter lock solutions to prevent catheter-related bacteremia (Bleyer) Clin J Am Soc Nephrol (Sept 2007)
Antibiotic treatment for pyelonephritis in children: multicentre randomised controlled non-inferiority trial (Montini et al) Brit Med J (Aug 2007)
Methodology of screening for albuminuria (Gansevoort et al) Nephrol Dial Transplant (Aug 2007)
Physical activity and public health in older adults Circulation (Aug 2007)
Checklist: Passport, plane ticket, organ transplant (Bramstedt et al) Am J Transplant (Jul 2007)
Dry Weight: Sine qua non of adequate dialysis (Wystrychowski et al) Adv Chronic Kidney Dis (Jul 2007)
Gadolinium-induced nephrogenic systemic fibrosis in patients with kidney disease (Perazella et al) Am J Med (Jul 2007)
Hidden phosphorus: where do we go from here? (Lisa Murphy- Gutekunst) J Ren Nutr (Jul 2007)
Gadolinium use in patients with kidney disease: A cause for concern (Perazella et al) Semin Dial (Jun 2007)
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease: time for a change? (Chapman) J Am Soc Nephrol (May 2007)
The ESRD uninsured matter (Williams) Adv CKD (02-2007)
Starting a home hemodialysis program (Moran, Kraus) Semin Dial (02-2007)
Major Difficulties the US Nephrologist Faces in Providing Adequate Dialysis (Diaz-Buxo and Crawford-Bonadio) Blood Purification 01-07
Tube feeding in advanced dementia. The metabolic perspective. (Hoffer) Br Med J 12-06
Narrative Literature Review: Sexual Dysfunction in the Patient on Hemodialysis Nephrol Nursing J 12-06
Lessons for Medicare Part D in the hemodialysis community (Nayeem, Chertow) BMC Nephrology 07-06
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