Obrador, Gregorio
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Obrador, Gregorio
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Tomás Obrador Vera, Gregorio
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B-3054-2011

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Executive summary of the KDIGO Controversies Conference on Supportive Care in Chronic Kidney Disease: developing a roadmap to improving quality care

2015 , Davison, Sara N. , Levin, Adeera , Moss, Alvin H. , Jha, Vivekanand , Brown, Edwina A. , Brennan, Frank , Murtagh, Fliss E.M. , Naicker, Saraladevi , Germain, Michael J. , O'Donoghue, Donal J. , Morton, Rachael L. , Obrador, Gregorio

Patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) have a high burden of physical and psychosocial symptoms, poor outcomes, and high costs of care. Current paradigms of care for this highly vulnerable population are variable, prognostic and assessment tools are limited, and quality of care, particularly regarding conservative and palliative care, is suboptimal. The KDIGO Controversies Conference on Supportive Care in CKD reviewed the current state of knowledge in order to define a roadmap to guide clinical and research activities focused on improving the outcomes of people living with advanced CKD, including those on dialysis. An international group of multidisciplinary experts in CKD, palliative care, methodology, economics, and education identified the key issues related to palliative care in this population. The conference led to a working plan to address outstanding issues in this arena, and this executive summary serves as an output to guide future work, including the development of globally applicable. Copyright © Elsevier B.V., its licensors, and contributors

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Supportive care for end-stage kidney disease: an integral part of kidney services across a range of income settings around the world

2020 , Hole, Barnaby , Hemmelgarn, Brenda , Brown, Edwina , Brown, Mark , McCulloch, Mignon I. , Zuniga, Carlos , Andreoli, Sharon P. , Blake, Peter G. , Couchoud, Cécile , Cueto-Manzano, Alfonso M. , Dreyer, Gavin , García García, Guillermo , Jager, Kitty J. , McKnight, Marla , Morton, Rachael L. , Murtagh, Fliss E.M. , Naicker, Saraladevi , Obrador, Gregorio , Perl, Jeffrey , Rahman, Muhibur , Shah, Kamal D. , Biesen, Wim Van , Walker, Rachael C. , Yeates, Karen , Zemchenkov, Alexander , Zhao, Ming-Hui , Davies, Simon J. , Caskey, Fergus J.

A key component of treatment for all people with advanced kidney disease is supportive care, which aims to improve quality of life and can be provided alongside therapies intended to prolong life, such as dialysis. This article addresses the key considerations of supportive care as part of integrated end-stage kidney disease care, with particular attention paid to programs in low- and middle-income countries. Supportive care should be an integrated component of care for patients with advanced chronic kidney disease, patients receiving kidney replacement therapy (KRT), and patients receiving non-KRT conservative care. Five themes are identified: improving information on prognosis and support, developing context-specific evidence, establishing appropriate metrics for monitoring care, clearly communicating the role of supportive care, and integrating supportive care into existing health care infrastructures. This report explores some general aspects of these 5 domains, before exploring their consequences in 4 health care situations/settings: in people approaching end-stage kidney disease in high-income countries and in low- and middle-income countries, and in people discontinuing KRT in high-income countries and in low- and middle-income countries. ©2020 International Society of Nephrology

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Increasing access to integrated ESKD care as part of universal health coverage

2019 , Harris, David C.H. , Davies, Simon J. , Finkelstein, Fredric O. , Jha, Vivekanand , Donner, Jo-Ann , Abraham, Georgi , Bello, Aminu K. , Caskey, Fergus J. , García García, Guillermo , Harden, Paul , Hemmelgarn, Brenda , Johnson, David W. , Levin, Nathan W. , Luyckx, Valerie A. , Martin, Dominique E. , McCulloch, Mignon I. , Moosa, Mohammed Rafique , O’Connell, Philip J. , Okpechi, Ikechi G. , Pecoits-Filho, Roberto , Shah, Kamal D. , Sola, Laura , Swanepoel, Charles , Tonelli, Marcello , Twahir, Ahmed , Biesen, Wim van , Varghese, Cherian , Yang, Chih-Wei , Zuniga, Carlos , Abu Alfa, Ali K. , Aljubori, Harith M. , Alrukhaimi, Mona N. , Andreoli, Sharon P. , Ashuntantang, Gloria , Bellorin-Font, Ezequiel , Bernieh, Bassam , Ibhais, Fuad M. , Blake, Peter G. , Brown, Mark , Brown, Edwina , Bunnag, Sakarn , Mao Chan, Tak , Chen, Yuqing , Claure-Del Granado, Rolando , Claus, Stefaan , Collins, Allan , Couchoud, Cécile , Cueto-Manzano, Alfonso , Cullis, Brett , Douthat, Walter , Dreyer, Gavin , Eiam-Ong, Somchai , Eke, Felicia U. , Feehally, John , Ghnaimat, Mohammad A. , Goh, BakLeong , Hassan, Mohamed H. , Hou, Fan Fan , Jager, Kitty , Kalantar-Zadeh, Kamyar , Kazancioglu, Rumeyza T. , Levin, Adeera , Liew, Adrian , McKnight, Marla , Tadesse Mengistu, Yewondwassesn , Morton, Rachael L. , Muller, Elmi , Murtagh, Fliss E.M. , Naicker, Saraladevi , Nangaku, Masaomi , Niang, Abdou , Obrador, Gregorio , Ossareh, Shahrzad , Perl, Jeffrey , Rahman, Muhibur , Rashid, Harun Ur , Richards, Marie , Rondeau, Eric , Sahay, Manisha , Saleh, Abdulkarim , Schneditz, Daniel , Tchokhonelidze, Irma , Tesar, Vladimir , Trask, Michele , Tungsanga, Kriang , Vachharajani, Tushar , Walker, Rachael C. , Walker, Robert , Were, Anthony J.O. , Yao, Qiang , Yeates, Karen , Yu, Xueqing , Zakharova, Elena , Zemchenkov, Alexander , Zhao, Ming-Hui

The global nephrology community recognizes the need for a cohesive strategy to address the growing problem of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). In March 2018, the International Society of Nephrology hosted a summit on integrated ESKD care, including 92 individuals from around the globe with diverse expertise and professional backgrounds. The attendees were from 41 countries, including 16 participants from 11 low- and lower-middle-income countries. The purpose was to develop a strategic plan to improve worldwide access to integrated ESKD care, by identifying and prioritizing key activities across 8 themes: (i) estimates of ESKD burden and treatment coverage, (ii) advocacy, (iii) education and training/workforce, (iv) financing/funding models, (v) ethics, (vi) dialysis, (vii) transplantation, and (viii) conservative care. Action plans with prioritized lists of goals, activities, and key deliverables, and an overarching performance framework were developed for each theme. Examples of these key deliverables include improved data availability, integration of core registry measures and analysis to inform development of health care policy; a framework for advocacy; improved and continued stakeholder engagement; improved workforce training; equitable, efficient, and cost-effective funding models; greater understanding and greater application of ethical principles in practice and policy; definition and application of standards for safe and sustainable dialysis treatment and a set of measurable quality parameters; and integration of dialysis, transplantation, and comprehensive conservative care as ESKD treatment options within the context of overall health priorities. Intended users of the action plans include clinicians, patients and their families, scientists, industry partners, government decision makers, and advocacy organizations. Implementation of this integrated and comprehensive plan is intended to improve quality and access to care and thereby reduce serious health-related suffering of adults and children affected by ESKD worldwide. Copyright © 2019 International Society of Nephrology. All rights reserved.

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The Provider’s Role in Conservative Care and Advance Care Planning for Patients with ESRD

2016 , Obrador, Gregorio

Conservative care (CC), also known as conservative management, is being gradually recognized as a viable therapeutic alternative for patients with advanced CKD in the United States (1,2). The Renal Physician Association’s clinical practice guideline on shared decision making in the appropriate initiation of and withdrawal from dialysis recommends to inform patients with stage 4 or 5 CKD and patients with ESRD about their prognosis and all treatment options, including CC (3). Although evidence is limited, current data suggest that patients with ESRD ≥75 years of age with high levels of comorbid conditions and/or poor functional status may not benefit from dialysis in survival and/or health–related quality of life. Indeed, hospitalization rates decrease and home deaths increase when these patients receive comprehensive CC compared with dialysis (4–7). Copyright © 2016 by the American Society of Nephrology

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