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#NephMadness 2020: Ethics Region

March 13, 2020 // 0 Comments

Submit your picks! | NephMadness 2020 | #NephMadness | #EthicsRegion Selection Committee Member: Amaka Eneanya @AmakaEMD Amaka Eneanya is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and attending nephrologist at the University of Pennsylvania. She is an [read more...]

Leveraging Patient-Reported Outcomes for Person-Centered Kidney Disease Care

December 12, 2019 // 0 Comments

A recent AJKD Narrative Review by Nair and Wilson focuses on patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in nephrology research. This topic, which won the 2018 NephMadness, is of increasing relevance and importance in clinical trials. AJKD Social Media Editor, [read more...]

Choosing Wisely: A Decision Aid for Dialysis Therapies to Facilitate Person-Centered Kidney Care

August 12, 2019 // 1 Comment

Shared decision-making, an approach in which clinicians and patients partner to evaluate best available evidence for treatment options, discuss risks and benefits, and make informed decisions that align with goals and values, is a central tenet of [read more...]

#NephMadness 2019: Volume Assessment Region

March 15, 2019 // 1 Comment

Submit your picks! | NephMadness 2019 | #NephMadness | #VolumeRegion Selection Committee Member: Tariq Shafi @DrTariqShafi Tariq Shafi is a Professor of Medicine, Physiology, and Biophysics, and the John D. Bower Division Director of Nephrology [read more...]

Nephrologists’ Perspectives on Discussing Conservative Management in CKD: A Qualitative Analysis

May 31, 2018 // 0 Comments

Qualitative research is a broad methodological approach that uses non-numerical data to understand an individual’s knowledge, motivations, and attitudes toward a problem. If performed rigorously, qualitative research in healthcare can inform [read more...]

#NKFClinicals 2018: The Promise of PROMs

April 26, 2018 // 0 Comments

Patient-Reported Outcomes: A New Era in Research and Clinical Care (April 12, 2018) Earlier this month, patient-reported outcomes (PROMs), a topic which has seen a timely resurgence, was crowned this year’s NephMadness champion. Given that PROMs [read more...]

#NephMadness 2018: Women’s Health Region

March 15, 2018 // 1 Comment

Submit your picks! | NephMadness 2018 | #NephMadness | #WomensHealthRegion “It is said you are never defeated unless you give up. We’re not going to give up.” – Pat Summitt, the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball [read more...]

The Continued Importance of Qualitative Research in Kidney Disease

October 3, 2017 // 0 Comments

Qualitative data has been increasingly used to help illustrate the illness experiences of patients with dialysis-dependent kidney disease. Examples include studies detailing patients’ attitudes towards conservative management, experiences while [read more...]

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