Patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) requiring renal replacement therapy (RRT) have an increased short-term and long-term risk of mortality. In most North American intensive care units (ICUs),...
https://cjkhd.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40697-016-0124-7
Health behaviour change is an important component of management for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD); however, the optimal method to promote health behaviour change for self-management ...
https://cjkhd.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40697-016-0127-4
Immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a systemic fibroinflammatory disorder affecting nearly all organs, including the kidney. Tubulointerstitial nephritis (IgG4-TIN) is the most common ...
https://cjkhd.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40697-016-0126-5
Current guidelines favor fistulas over catheters as vascular access. Yet, the observational literature comparing fistulas to catheters has important limitations and biases that may be difficult t...
https://cjkhd.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40697-016-0125-6
Significant practice variation exists in Canada with respect to timing of dialysis initiation in children. In the absence of evidence to guide practice, physicians’ perceptions may significantl...
https://cjkhd.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40697-016-0123-8