Tag: patient perspective
ASDIN president outlines the Society’s achievements from the past two years...
At this year’s American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology (ASDIN) annual scientific meeting (23–25 February 2024, New Orleans, USA), outgoing president Vandana Dua...
Blood on the dialysis floor: An unforgettable night from 25 years...
It’s possible to expand the action radius of a passion for kitesurfing, despite being on long-term dialysis. Pascal Kopperschmidt (Hamburg, Germany) gave attendees at...
“Take time to connect”: Patient perspectives and mental impact in the...
A renal disease diagnosis is “a shock at any age”, and its “huge impact” on the lives of patients and their families is something...
Sleep quality declines among female kidney transplant recipients
New research published in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation has found that fatigue, concentration issues, and social disengagement are among the problems experienced by kidney transplant...
US survey shows lack of kidney patient awareness of minimally invasive...
A survey recently conducted by Medtronic and the US National Kidney Foundation (NKF) found that patients undergoing haemodialysis lack awareness about minimally invasive treatment...
Welsh research highlights patient reluctance towards home dialysis
Why do more patients not choose haemodialysis at home? That was the question Leah McLaughlin (Bangor University, Bangor, UK) sought to answer for the...
Kidney patient association hosts innovation summit
The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP), the largest independent kidney patient organisation in the USA, and its strategic partner, the George Washington University (GW) School of...
New UKKA guideline places patient choice at heart of vascular access...
The recent haemodialysis access guideline update from the UK Kidney Association (UKKA), which was published in the run-up to the 2023 UK Kidney Week...
Patient and staff education among 10 key priorities identified in vascular...
A list of 10 key research priorities intended to help standardise vascular access research were delivered to attendees at this year’s Vascular Access Society...
Fistula, graft or catheter—first and foremost, dialysis patients want an access...
“Catheters are not nearly as bad as we make them out to be.” This was one of the salient messages delivered by Theodore Saad...
Physicians hear global patient perspectives about life on dialysis
From insights on living with different treatment modalities, to problems created by poor physician-patient communication and long-term psychological challenges, kidney care physicians heard a...
Systematic review sheds light on “unpleasant necessity” of cannulation for haemodialysis...
A systematic review published in the Journal of Vascular Access (JVA) has illuminated haemodialysis patients’ views and experiences of arteriovenous access cannulation, concluding that...