Andrew S. Narva, Anne M. Murray, and Pascale H. Lane99
Section 1: Perinatal Programming of Chronic Kidney Disease
Intrauterine Growth Restriction: Fetal Programming of Hypertension and Kidney Disease
Norma B. Ojeda, Daniela Grigore, and Barbara T. Alexander101
Disparities in Renal Endowment: Causes and Consequences
Julie R. Ingelfinger107
Section 2: Chronic Kidney Disease and the Elderly
Geriatric Hemodialysis Rehabilitation Care
Sarbjit Vanita Jassal, Ernest Chiu, and Marilyn Li115
Cognitive Impairment in the Aging Dialysis and Chronic Kidney Disease Populations: An Occult Burden
Anne M. Murray123
Maintaining Quality of Life at the End of Life in the End-Stage Renal Disease Population
Michael J. Germain and Lewis M. Cohen133
Potential Impact of Medicare Part D in the End-Stage Renal Disease Population
Wendy L. St. Peter140
Section 3: Racial/Ethnic Groups at High Risk
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Trends of End-Stage Renal Disease: United States, 1995 to 2005
Nilka Ríos Burrows, Yanfeng Li, and Desmond E. Williams147
Community-Partnered Approaches to Enhance Chronic Kidney Disease Awareness, Prevention, and Early Intervention
Roberto B. Vargas, Loretta Jones, Chrystene Terry, Suzanne B. Nicholas, Joel Kopple, Nell Forge, Anne Griffin, Margo Louis, Lilly Barba, Linda Small, Keith C. Norris, and the Building Bridges to Optimum Health World Kidney Day Los Angeles 2007 Collaborative153
Chronic Kidney Disease Risk Reduction in a Hispanic Population Through Pharmacist-Based Disease-State Management
Sandra Leal and Marisa Soto162
Reducing the Burden of Chronic Kidney Disease Among American Indians
Andrew S. Narva168
Public Policy
State Approaches to Stem Toll of Chronic Kidney Disease
Dolph Chianchiano174
Ethics
Ethical Issues in the Care of Vulnerable Chronic Kidney Disease Patients: The Elderly, Cognitively Impaired, and Those From Different Cultural Backgrounds
Sara N. Davison and Jean L. Holley177
Wildcard
Iron Indices and Vitamin D Receptor Polymorphisms in Hemodialysis Patients
Marcello Amato, Stefania Pacini, Stefano Aterini, Tiziana Punzi, Massimo Gulisano, and Marco Ruggiero186
Self-Efficacy and Self-Management Behaviors in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease
Roberta Braun Curtin, Brian A. J. Walters, Dorian Schatell, Philip Pennell, Meg Wise, and Kristi Klicko191
National Kidney Foundation 2008 Spring Clinical Meetings Abstracts April 2–6, 2008206
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