Importance Telehealth has been posited as a cost-effective means for improving access to
care for persons with chronic conditions, including kidney disease. Perceptions of telehealth …

Supportive care (SC) is a multidimensional and person-centred approach to managing
advanced CKD that engages the person and their caregivers in shared decision making …

The number of patients≥ 65 years of age suffering from advanced chronic kidney disease
and transitioning to end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) is increasing. However, elderly …

Rationale & Objective Older adults with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) face
difficult decisions about dialysis initiation. Although shared decision making (SDM) can help …

Abstract Background Exposure to lead (Pb) is associated with an increased risk of chronic
kidney disease (CKD). However, limited studies explored the global burden of CKD …

Results We interviewed 76 participants (39 patients, 17 care partners, and 20 clinicians).
Among patient participants, 13 (33%) patients identified as Black, and seven (18%) had …

Importance Patients receiving maintenance dialysis experience intensive patterns of end-of-
life care that might not be consistent with their values. Objective To evaluate the association …

Rationale & Objective Because of the high risk of waitlist mortality and posttransplant
complications, kidney transplant (KT) patients may benefit from advance care planning …

Objective To examine advance care planning (ACP) trends among an increasingly diverse
aging population, we compared informal and formal ACP use by race/ethnicity among US …

Rationale & Objective Although guidelines recommend more and earlier advance care
planning (ACP) for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), scant evidence exists to …