2022
MO486: Comparison of Hospitalization Lengths of Stay Among a National Cohort of Advanced CKD Patients Treated With Conservative Management Vs. Dialysis
You A, Kalantar-Zadeh K, Narasaki Y, Mukamel D, Crowley S, Novoa A, Otobe Y, Kovesdy C, Nguyen D, Rhee C. MO486: Comparison of Hospitalization Lengths of Stay Among a National Cohort of Advanced CKD Patients Treated With Conservative Management Vs. Dialysis. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2022, 37: gfac071.017. DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfac071.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdvanced CKD patientsTime of hospitalizationLongest average LOSCKD patientsConservative managementIndex eGFRAverage LOSPrimary analysisSecondary analysisEarly dialysisDialysis patientsHospitalization lengthNational cohortPatient-centered treatment strategiesReceipt of dialysisGreater healthcare utilizationElectronic health record dataTiming of dialysisImpact of dialysisMedicare Advantage enrolleesHealth record dataLoss of independenceCKD cohortCKD outcomesDialysis transition
2018
Survival among Veterans Obtaining Dialysis in VA and Non-VA Settings
Wang V, Coffman CJ, Stechuchak KM, Berkowitz TSZ, Hebert PL, Edelman D, O'Hare AM, Crowley ST, Weidenbacher HJ, Maciejewski ML. Survival among Veterans Obtaining Dialysis in VA and Non-VA Settings. Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2018, 30: 159-168. PMID: 30530657, PMCID: PMC6317601, DOI: 10.1681/asn.2018050521.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity-based clinicsDialysis settingCox proportional hazards modelOutcomes of veteransNon-VA settingsProportional hazards modelProvision of dialysisCause mortalityChronic dialysisClinical characteristicsDialysis initiationDialysis patientsImproved survivalHazards modelMortality rateCare programVeterans AffairsVeteran carePatientsDialysisMortalityMedicareVeteransSurvivalClinic
1999
Validation of the SpaceLabs 90207 ambulatory blood pressure device for hemodialysis patients
Peixoto A, Gray T, Crowley S. Validation of the SpaceLabs 90207 ambulatory blood pressure device for hemodialysis patients. Blood Pressure Monitoring 1999, 4: 217-226. PMID: 10547641, DOI: 10.1097/00126097-199900450-00003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSystolic blood pressureDiastolic blood pressureAmbulatory blood pressure monitoringAmbulatory blood pressure deviceBlood pressureBlood pressure deviceHemodialysis patientsMean differenceBritish Hypertension Society protocolMean blood pressureBlood pressure monitoringBritish Hypertension Society criteriaPressure deviceMethod of BlandDialysis patientsLimits of agreementVascular accessArteriovenous graftsIpsilateral armSociety criteriaPressure monitoringGrade CPatientsGrade BHemodialysis