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Quality in CKD: The 3 “Cs”
In this issue of Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease, we find its essence in the cover illustration—an idealized, but not unrealistic, interdigitating conceptualization of the multiplicity of interacti...
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Jerry Yee
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391-393
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Collegiality and CKD
Not so long ago, respected textbooks of nephrology classified renal failure as an “either-or” entity, and patients were diagnosed with renal failure that was “acute” or “chronic.” Chronic renal failur...
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Rebecca J. Schmidt,
Bethany Pellegrino
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394-395
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Why Work Together? Developing Effective Comanagement Strategies for the Care of Patients With CKD
The ever-growing population of patients with CKD has prompted an increasing emphasis on earlier identification and proactive management by primary care providers. The provision of effective CKD care w...
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Beth Pellegrino,
Rebecca J. Schmidt
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396-399
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Complications of Progression of CKD
CKD is a complex comorbid condition with multiple manifestations. It is closely linked with cardiovascular disease and has a very high mortality rate. Currently, it consumes 28% of Medicare expenditur...
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Min Yang,
Chester H. Fox,
Joseph Vassalotti,
Michael Choi
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400-405
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Improving Blood Pressure Control Among Adults With CKD and Diabetes: Provider-Focused Quality Improvement Using Electronic Health Records
Current evidence demonstrates poor provider knowledge and compliance to clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for CKD screening, blood pressure (BP) goals specific to people with diabetes mellitus (DM) ...
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Bernadette Thomas
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406-411
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Geriatric Nephrology: A Paradigm Shift in the Approach to Renal Replacement Therapy
The population of elderly individuals diagnosed with CKD continues to grow. Many have multiple comorbid conditions that will impact life expectancy as well as decisions about whether to pursue renal r...
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Derrick L. Latos,
Jessica Lucas
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412-419
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Referral and Comanagement of the Patient With CKD
CKD is a common condition with well-documented associated morbidity and mortality. Given the substantial disease burden of CKD and the cost of ESRD, interventions to delay progression and decrease com...
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Garland Adam Campbell,
Warren Kline Bolton
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420-427
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Peritoneal Dialysis Versus Hemodialysis: Risks, Benefits, and Access Issues
Peritoneal dialysis (PD) and hemodialysis (HD) are dialysis options for end-stage renal disease patients in whom preemptive kidney transplantation is not possible. The selection of PD or HD will usual...
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Ramapriya Sinnakirouchenan,
Jean L. Holley
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428-432
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Transplantation and the Primary Care Physician
Increasing appreciation of the survival benefits of kidney transplantation, compared with chronic dialysis, has resulted in more patients with kidney disease being referred and receiving organs. The e...
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Rita L. McGill,
Tina Y. Ko
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433-438
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From CKD to ESRD: A Tale of Two Transitions
Transitions in levels of health offer important opportunities to affect patient outcomes. The transition from CKD to ESRD and dialysis dependence is costly in personal, social, and economic terms. Thi...
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Robert Jan Kossmann
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439-442
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The “No Dialysis” Option
Increasing numbers of patients are starting dialysis who have limited prognoses for 6-month survival. The presence of multiple comorbidities, aging, and frailty contributes to this phenomenon. The rat...
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Fliss E.M. Murtagh,
Lewis M. Cohen,
Michael J. Germain
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443-449
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The Patient-Centered Medical Home and the Nephrologist
The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is a model of practice that has been proposed to address the many ills of our current health care delivery and financing systems. At its heart is a primary car...
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Lawrence S. Weisberg
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450-455
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Editorial Board
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Table of Contents
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