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| NEWS and LATEST ARTICLES |
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| Take Six Steps that Count to Fight Kidney Disease - article from the American Kidney Fund - April 2008 | |
| Study Points to New Treatments for Polycystic Kidney Disease - article from HealthDay - April 11, 2008 | |
| Use (or misuse) of vitamin D treatment in CKD and dialysis patients - full text editorial comment from Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation - April 9, 2008 | |
| Chronic kidney disease should not prevent women from taking the osteoporosis drug raloxifene - article from American Society of Nephrology/EurekAlert! - April 9, 2008 | |
| Shift Work Linked To Organ Disease - article from Medical News Today - April 8, 2008 | |
| Kidney disease tied to sudden death in women - article from Reuters - April 7, 2008 | |
| National Kidney Foundation Introduces Plan to Track Patients in National Screening Program - article from Yahoo!Finance - April 3, 2008 | |
| Accuracy of Patients' Reports of Comorbid Disease and Their Association With Mortality in ESRD - abstract from the American Journal of Kidney Diseases - April 3, 2008 | |
| Racial Differences in Mortality Among Those with CKD - abstract from the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology - April 2, 2008 | |
| Staging of Chronic Kidney Disease: Time for a Course Correction - abstract from the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology - April 2, 2008 | |
| The risk of acute renal failure in patients with chronic kidney disease - abstract from Kidney International - April 2, 2008 | |
| Experiments Point to New Treatments for PKD - press release from the American Society of Nephrology - April 1, 2008 | |
| Health screening for the over-40s - article from BBC News - April 1, 2008 | |
| Preventive health care in chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease - full-text review from Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology - April 2008 | |
| Preclinical Renal Dysfunction Predates Hypertension Onset - summary from MedPage Today - March 31, 2008 | |
| Health screening for the over-40s - article from The Chicago Tribune - March 30, 2008 | |
| The implications of aspirin resistance in renal failure - letter from NDT Plus - March 27, 2008 | |
| Kidney Disease Hospitalizations Soar - article from WebMD - March 27, 2008 | |
| Popular Colonoscopy Prep Solution May Pose Kidney Risks - article from HealthCentral.com - March 27, 2008 | |
| Vitamin D Metabolism and Treatment in Chronic Kidney Disease - article from MedScape - March 25, 2008 free registration required) | |
| Statement of Griffin P. Rodgers, M.D., Director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases for National Kidney Month - article from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases - March 21, 2008 | |
| Role of Remission Clinics in the Longitudinal Treatment of CKD - abstract from the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology - March 19, 2008 | |
| Uric Acid May Provide Early Clues to Diabetic Kidney Disease - article from the Newswise - March 17, 2008 | |
| Residual renal function: the delicate balance betweenbenefits and risks - full text editorial comment from Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation - March 14, 2008 | |
| Chronic Sleep Disruption Can Cause Heart and Kidney Disease - article from the Newswise - March 13, 2008 | |
| Therapeutic strategies to slow chronic kidney disease progression - full-text Educational Review from Pediatric Nephrology - March 12, 2008 |
| WEB RESOURCES |
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| Latest Scientific Journal Articles on Chronic Kidney Disease - list compiled by RenalWEB's Journal Watch | |
| AAKP Kidney Beginnings: The Magazine from the American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) web site | |
| About Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) from The National Kidney Foundation's Kidney Learning System (KLS) web site | |
| American Diabetes Association web site | |
| Anemia and Chronic Kidney Disease (pdf) from the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) web site | |
| Anemia: Mobilizing Resources for Positive Outcomes (pdf) from the Kidney Learning System web site | |
| Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease (ARPKD) Clinical and Genetic Resource from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease Core Center | |
| Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease (ARPKD) : The Basics 2006 slide show from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease Core Center | |
| Chronic Kidney Disease and Renal Replacement Therapy in ARPKD slide show from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease Core Center | |
| Barriers to successful care for chronic kidney disease (pdf) from BMC Nephrology - October 27, 2005 | |
| Better Chronic Disease Care program from California Healthcare Foundation | |
| Chronic Kidney Disease from the American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) web site | |
| Chronic Kidney Disease from the Hypertension, Dialysis, & Clinical Nephrology (HDCN) web site | |
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| Education and Teaching Resources from the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Renal Unit web site | |
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| Frequently Asked Questions About GFR Estimates - from The National Kidney Foundation's Kidney Learning System (KLS) web site | |
| Hyperphosphatemia and Chronic Kidney Disease - from the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) web site | |
| Identifying Kidney Failure from the Kidney & Urology Foundation of America (KUFA) web site | |
| IgA nephropathy from the About web site | |
| KEY - Kidney Education and You - free kidney education classes from the DaVita web site | |
| Kidney disease from the InteliHealth web site for general health information (subsidiary of Aetna U.S. Healthcare) | |
| Kidney Diseases from the National Institute of Health web site | |
| Kidney Diseases Dictionary from the National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) web site | |
| Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) from the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) web site | |
| Kidney Health from the Kidney & Urology Foundation of America (KUFA) web site | |
| Kidney Learning System (KLS)™ from the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) web site | |
| Life Options Rehabilitation Program Introduction to Chronic Kidney Disease | |
| Living Well with Chronic Kidney Disease (pdf) from the American Kidney Fund (AKF) web site | |
| Medicare for Children with Chronic Kidney Disease from the Medicare web site | |
| National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NKUDIC) from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) web site | |
| National Kidney Disease Education Program (NKDEP) from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) web site | |
| Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease web site | |
| Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Educational Materials from the PKD Foundation web site | |
| Sodium and PKD - article from the PKD Foundation web site | |
| 10 Steps for Protecting Kidney Health from the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) web site | |
| Uremic Toxins: What Are They? An Integrated Overview of Pathobiology and Classification from the Journal of Renal Nutrition | |
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| What You Can Do from the Life Options web site | |
| When Your Child Has a Chronic Kidney Disease from the Nemours Foundation web site |
| ESSENTIALS AND CLASSICS |
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| CE Program - Chronic Kidney Disease - What Every Nurse Should Know from the ANNA web site | |
| Core Curriculum: Chronic Kidney Disease - full-text article from the American Journal of Kidney Diseases - January 2007 | |
| CE Program - Chronic Kidney Disease - Nursing Guidelines for Patient Education from the ANNA web site | |
| Chronic Kidney Disease and Cardiovascular Disease - Using the ANNA Standards and Practice Guidelines to Improve Care - CE article from the Nephrology Nursing Journal | |
| Chronic Kidney Disease: What Every Nurse Should Know - Module 1: Stage 5 Chronic Kidney Disease - Hemodialysis in the Long Term Care Setting from the American Nephrology Nurses Association web site | |
| Chronic Kidney Disease: What Every Nurse Should Know - Module 2: Stage 3 & 4 CKD from the American Nephrology Nurses Association web site | |
| Chronic Kidney Disease: What Every Nurse Should Know - Module 3: Stage 1 & 2 CKD from the American Nephrology Nurses Association web site | |
| Chronic Kidney Disease: What Every Nurse Should Know - Module 6: Chronic Kidney Disease - The Post Transplant Patient from the American Nephrology Nurses Association web site | |
| The Well-Controlled Patient: Looking Beyond the Lab Tests from the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) web site | |
| Indicators for Chronic Disease Surveillance (pdf) - article from Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) - September 10, 2004 | |
| Risk Factors for CKD from the Life Options web site | |
| 10 Symptoms of Kidney Disease from the Life Options web site | |
| Frequently Asked Questions about CKD from the Life Options web site | |
| Learn the Six Warning Signs of Kidney and Urinary Tract Disease from the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) web site |
| BEST CLINICAL PRACTICES |
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| National Service Framework for Renal Services - Part Two: Chronic kidney disease, acute renal failure and end of life care - from the Department of Health (DH) | |
| The National Kidney Foundation's Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) is designed to identify those at risk for kidney disease - from the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) | |
| Chronic Kidney Disease: Developing a Clinical Action Plan from the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) | |
| Testing for Chronic Kidney Disease: A Position Statement From the National Kidney Foundation - full-text article from the American Journal of Kidney Diseases - August 2007 | |
| A Team Approach to Managing Bone Disease in CKD Stage 5 (pdf) from the National Kidney Foundation web site | |
| Healthy People 2010 - National Institute of Health (NIH) guidelines for managing Chronic Kidney Disease | |
| VA Targets Kidney Disease - Department of Veterans Affairs clinical guidelines for managing Chronic Kidney Failure | |
| Elevated levels of serum creatinine: recommendations for management and referral - from the Canadian Medical Association - 1999 |
| K/DOQI - Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative |
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| K/DOQI Clinical Practice Guidelines for Chronic Kidney Disease: Evaluation, Classification, and Stratification | |
| K/DOQI Chronic Kidney Disease Executive Summary | |
| K/DOQI Guidelines: Two clinical guidelines for when to initiate dialysis | |
| Clinical Practice Guidelines and Clinical Practice Recommendations for Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease (pdf format requires Adobe Acrobat reader) |
| PUBMED SEARCHES (National Library of Medicine's MEDLINE Database) |
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| Kidney Diseases (General) from MEDLINEplus Health Information | |
| chronic kidney disease Continually Updated! | |
| chronic kidney disease AND risk factors Continually Updated! | |
| MEDLINE / Pubmed Information from the National Library of Medicine |
| PRODUCTS |
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| STATISTICS |
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| Renal Data Extraction and Referencing (RenDER) System - online data querying application accessible through the United States Renal Data System (USRDS) | |
| Kidney and Urologic Diseases Statistics for the United States from the National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) web site | |
| Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease and Associated Risk Factors --- United States, 1999--2004 from Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - March 2, 2007 | |
| Racial Differences in Trends of End-Stage Renal Disease, by Primary Diagnosis --- United States, 1994--2004 from Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - March 23, 2007 | |
| US Government Goals: Chronic Kidney Disease Chapter from the Healthy People 2010 Objectives | |
| statehealthfacts.org - your source for state health data | |
| UPCOMING EVENTS |
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| NKF Health Screening Schedule - The National Kidney Foundation's (NKF) Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) is designed to identify those at risk for kidney disease - scroll down to view multiple screening dates and contact phone numbers. | |
| Kidney Beginnings: Live - The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) FREE educational program that educates individuals about the basics of kidney disease and proper kidney care. |
| RELATED TOPICS |
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| Dialysis Outcomes and Topics from the RenalWEB web site Continually Updated! |
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| E-mail to RenalWEB on the Chronic Kidney Disease Page |
