| Literature DB >> 25923985 |
Sara N Davison1, Adeera Levin2, Alvin H Moss3, Vivekanand Jha4,5, Edwina A Brown6, Frank Brennan7, Fliss E M Murtagh8, Saraladevi Naicker9, Michael J Germain10, Donal J O'Donoghue11, Rachael L Morton12,13, Gregorio T Obrador14.
Abstract
Patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) have a high burden of physical and psychosocial symptoms, poor outcomes, and high costs of care. Current paradigms of care for this highly vulnerable population are variable, prognostic and assessment tools are limited, and quality of care, particularly regarding conservative and palliative care, is suboptimal. The KDIGO Controversies Conference on Supportive Care in CKD reviewed the current state of knowledge in order to define a roadmap to guide clinical and research activities focused on improving the outcomes of people living with advanced CKD, including those on dialysis. An international group of multidisciplinary experts in CKD, palliative care, methodology, economics, and education identified the key issues related to palliative care in this population. The conference led to a working plan to address outstanding issues in this arena, and this executive summary serves as an output to guide future work, including the development of globally applicable guidelines.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID： 25923985 DOI： 10.1038/ki.2015.110
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Kidney Int ISSN： 0085-2538 Impact factor: 10.612