Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a major contributor to poor patient outcomes. AKI occurs in about
13· 3 million people per year, 85% of whom live in the developing world, and, although no …

Introduction patients with ESRD [2–5]. Although the reported incidence of depression in
patients maintained on The impact of psychosocial factors on the outcome of dialysis varies …

Depression is a common, under-recognized, and under-treated problem that is independently
associated with increased morbidity and mortality in CKD patients. However, only a …

… Finkelstein MD b , Lei Liu PhD c , Erik Roys MA c , Margaret Kiser MD d , George Eisele MD
e , Sally Burrows-Hudson MS, RN f , Joseph M. Messana MD a , Nathan Levin MD g , Sanjay …

Background Epidemiological data for acute kidney injury are scarce, especially in low-income
countries (LICs) and lower-middle-income countries (LMICs). We aimed to assess …

ABSTRACT. Despite more than 20 yr of use, relative differences in health-related quality of
life (HRQOL) between hemodialysis (HD) and peritoneal dialysis (PD) are not clearly known. …

Background and objectives: Very few large-scale studies have investigated the determinants
of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients not on …

… Finkelstein 2 3 … Dr Finkelstein is on the scientific advisory board of NxStage Medical. …
Finkelstein FO, Collins A, Glickman J et al. Daily home hemodialysis improves the quality of life …

Globally, the number of patients undergoing maintenance dialysis is increasing, yet throughout
the world there is significant variability in the practice of initiating dialysis. Factors such as …

The need to educate patients in order to enable them to participate in making appropriate
choices for all therapeutic options in end stage renal disease would seem obvious yet there …