Increased life expectancy is posing unprecedented challenges to healthcare systems
worldwide. These include a sharp increase in the prevalence of chronic kidney disease …

Cardiogenic shock continues to portend poor outcomes, conferring short-term mortality rates
of 30% to 50% despite recent scientific advances. Age is a nonmodifiable risk factor for …

Background Older patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) have experienced
diminished quality of life and debilitating symptoms. Conservative management may be a …

Background Non-dialytic conservative care (CC) has been proposed as a viable alternative
to maintenance dialysis for selected older patients to treat end-stage kidney disease …

Results Among 35 nephrologists from 18 practices, 20% were women, 66% had at least 10
years of nephrology experience, and 80% were from academic medical centers. Four …

The clinical significance of albuminuria in diabetic subjects and the impact of its reduction on
the main cardiorenal outcomes by different drug classes are among the most interesting …

The purpose of this review was to synthesize evidence on symptom clusters in patients with
chronic kidney disease (CKD). The quality of studies was evaluated using the Quality …

Background Many older patients approaching end-stage kidney disease have to decide
whether to go for dialysis or non-dialytic conservative care (CC). Shared decision-making is …

The objective of this study was to evaluate the application value of “Internet+ hospital‐to‐
home (H2H)” nutritional care model using the improved wavelet transform algorithm based …

Background Older patients on dialysis may not have optimal outcomes, particularly with
regards to quality of life. Existing research is focused mainly on survival, with limited …