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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: July 03, 2008 (J03)
J03 NEJM: Scanning the blood for circulating tumor cells using DNA technology helps guide treatment of metastatic disease.
J03 VA/NIH study of dialysis dose in acute kidney failure published in NEJM
J03 CMS releases 2007 ESRD Clinical Performance Measures report (.pdf)
J02 Secret of herpesvirus latency discovered in strands of microRNA.
J01 Caffeine intake increases rate at which muscle replenishes glycogen stores after exercise.
J01 Medicare proposes changes for dialysis reimbursement.
J01 More on the physician Medicare payment cut battle in the Congress.
J01 FDA may start focusing more on software reliability in medical devices.
J01 Bills pending in Congress would remove Supreme Court shield for medical device manufacturers.
J30 Cancer cure strategy in mice to be tested in humans: transfusion of allogeneic cancer-killing leukocytes.
J30 Volcanoes turn out to be an important source of mercury pollution.
J30 Calcium supplementation alone does not reduce hip fracture risk in the elderly (new meta-analysis)
J30 AHA publishes cookbook focusing on healthy soul food recipes
J30 Sudden hearing loss associated with increased risk of future stroke.
J30 AHA launches hearthub.org, a website for patients.
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

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)
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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