2022
MO345: Clinical Characteristics and Trajectory in a National Cohort of Veterans Treated With Conservative Management Versus Dialysis
Narasaki Y, Rhee C, You A, Mukamel D, Novoa A, Otobe Y, Daza A, Kovesdy C, Crowley S, Nguyen D, Kalantar-Zadeh K. MO345: Clinical Characteristics and Trajectory in a National Cohort of Veterans Treated With Conservative Management Versus Dialysis. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2022, 37: gfac068.055. DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfac068.055.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChronic kidney diseaseAdvanced chronic kidney diseaseEnd-stage renal diseaseConservative managementUS veteransClinical characteristicsIndex eGFRNational cohortNon-dialysis dependent chronic kidney diseaseDependent chronic kidney diseaseUnited States Renal Data SystemAdvanced CKD patientsDominant treatment paradigmNon-dialytic managementReceipt of dialysisForm of dialysisRenal replacement therapySimilar sex distributionVeterans Health AdministrationHealthcare systemVA healthcare systemYounger age distributionCKD cohortCKD outcomesCKD patients
2018
Emotional Impact of Illness and Care on Patients with Advanced Kidney Disease
O'Hare AM, Richards C, Szarka J, McFarland LV, Showalter W, Vig EK, Sudore RL, Crowley ST, Trivedi R, Taylor JS. Emotional Impact of Illness and Care on Patients with Advanced Kidney Disease. Clinical Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2018, 13: 1022-1029. PMID: 29954826, PMCID: PMC6032592, DOI: 10.2215/cjn.14261217.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdvanced kidney diseaseKidney diseasePatients' emotional experiencesIndividual providersHealth systemAdvance care planningEmotional impactHealth care systemWider health systemPeritoneal dialysisCenter hemodialysisCare planningClinicians' viewsPatient experiencePatientsIllnessAbstractTextIllness experienceCare systemCareDiseaseHealthcare systemOngoing studiesDialysisEmotional toll