Supportive Care: Integration of Patient-Centered Kidney Care to Manage Symptoms and Geriatric Syndromes
Supportive Care: Integration of Patient-Centered Kidney Care to Manage Symptoms and Geriatric Syndromes
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DOI:
10.2215/cjn.01050116
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发表时间:
2016-10-01
影响因子:
9.8
通讯作者:
Jassal, Sarbjit Vanita
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作者:
Davison, Sara N.;Jassal, Sarbjit Vanita
Dialysis care is often associated with poor outcomes including low quality of life (QOL). To improve patient-reported outcomes, incorporation of the patient's needs and perspective into the medical care they receive is essential. This article provides a framework to help clinicians integrate symptom assessment and other measures such as QOL and frailty scores into a clinical approach to the contemporary supportive care of patients with advanced CKD. This approach involves (1) defining our understanding of kidney supportive care, patient-centered dialysis, and palliative dialysis; (2) understanding and recognizing common symptoms associated with advanced CKD; (3) discussing the concepts of physical function, frailty, and QOL and their role in CKD; and (4) identifying the structural and process barriers that may arise when patient-centered dialysis is being introduced into clinical practice.