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Are continued policies of prioritizing native vascular access in patients on hemodialysis programs useful?
(2022-04)
The guidelines recommend establishing native vascular access as opposed to prosthetic or catheter-based access despite information relating to its effectiveness being scarce from a patient-orientated perspective. We analyzed ...
Chronic Kidney Disease-Associated Pruritus and Quality of Life: Learning from Our Patients
(2023-07-05)
Chronic kidney disease-associated pruritus is itching directly related to kidney disease that cannot be explained by any other condition. Despite technological advances in the different aspects of dialysis sessions and the ...
Etiopathogenesis of chronic kidney disease-associated pruritus: putting the pieces of the puzzle together
(2023-01)
Defined as the unpleasant sensation that causes the desire to scratch, pruritus is the most common skin symptom associated with uremia and appears in almost half of patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD). ...
Importance of physical exercise prescription in patients with chronic kidney disease: results of the survey of the Grupo Español Multidisciplinar de Ejercicio Físico en el Enfermo Renal [Spanish Multidisciplinary Group of Physical Exercise in Kidney Patients] (GEMEFER)
(2023-02)
Introduction: Despite the benefits of physical exercise (PE) for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), the number of Nephrology services that have PE programs is limited.
Objectives: To describe the degree of knowledge ...
Electronic Patient-Reported Outcomes in Nephrology: Focus on Hemodialysis
(2022-02-07)
The success of hemodialysis (HD) treatments has been evaluated using objective measures of analytical parameters, or machine-measured parameters, despite having available validated instruments that assess patient perspective. ...