Chronic kidney disease: identification and management in primary care

SDS Fraser, T Blakeman - Pragmatic and observational research, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an important and common noncommunicable condition
globally. In national and international guidelines, CKD is defined and staged according to …

A systematic review of the prevalence and associations of limited health literacy in CKD

DM Taylor, SDS Fraser, JA Bradley… - Clinical Journal of the …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Results From 433 studies, 15 new studies met the inclusion criteria and were analyzed
together with five studies from the 2012 review. These included 13 cross-sectional surveys …

Management of gout and hyperuricemia in CKD

AB Vargas-Santos, T Neogi - American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 2017 - Elsevier
Hyperuricemia and gout, the clinical manifestation of monosodium urate crystal deposition,
are common in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Although the presence of CKD …

The impact of CKD anaemia on patients: incidence, risk factors, and clinical outcomes—a systematic literature review

E Palaka, S Grandy, H van Haalen… - International journal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Anaemia is a common consequence of chronic kidney disease (CKD); however, the risk
factors for its development and its impact on outcomes have not been well synthesised …

Comorbidity in chronic kidney disease: a large cross-sectional study of prevalence in Scottish primary care

C MacRae, SW Mercer, B Guthrie… - British Journal of General …, 2021 - bjgp.org
Background Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is commonly comorbid with hypertension,
diabetes, and cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, the extent of comorbidity in CKD …

[HTML][HTML] The number of comorbidities predicts renal outcomes in patients with stage 3–5 chronic kidney disease

WC Lee, YT Lee, LC Li, HY Ng, WH Kuo, PT Lin… - Journal of clinical …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a global health threat affecting approximately
10% of the adult population worldwide. Multimorbidity is common in CKD, but its impacts on …

Work of being an adult patient with chronic kidney disease: a systematic review of qualitative studies

J Roberti, A Cummings, M Myall, J Harvey, K Lippiett… - BMJ open, 2018 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Chronic kidney disease (CKD) requires patients and caregivers to invest in self-
care and self-management of their disease. We aimed to describe the work for adult patients …

Effects of self-management on chronic kidney disease: A meta-analysis

MY Lin, MF Liu, LF Hsu, PS Tsai - International journal of nursing studies, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Self-management programs may facilitate the improvement of outcomes in
medical, role, and emotional management and health-related quality of life in patients with …

Association of polypharmacy with kidney disease progression in adults with CKD

H Kimura, K Tanaka, H Saito, T Iwasaki… - Clinical Journal of the …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Results The median number of medications was eight; the prevalence of polypharmacy and
hyperpolypharmacy was each 38%. During the observation period (median, 4.8 years), 120 …

[HTML][HTML] Measuring the burden of treatment for chronic disease: implications of a scoping review of the literature

A Sav, A Salehi, FS Mair, SS McMillan - BMC medical research …, 2017 - Springer
Background Although there has been growing research on the burden of treatment, the
current state of evidence on measuring this concept is unknown. This scoping review aimed …