01815nas a2200241   4500000000100000008004100001100001300042700001400055700001500069700001500084700001100099700001500110700001200125700001300137700001500150700001500165700001800180700001500198245015300213250001500366520114100381020005101522       2015                            d1 aLevin A.1 aMorton R.1 aNaicker S.1 aBrennan F.1 aJha V.1 aDavison S.1 aMoss A.1 aBrown E.1 aMurtagh F.1 aGermain M.1 aO'Donoghue D.1 aObrador G.00aExecutive summary of the KDIGO Controversies Conference on Supportive Care in Chronic Kidney Disease: developing a roadmap to improving quality care  a2015/04/303 a<p>
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 guidelines.Kidney International advance online publication, 29 April 2015; doi:10.1038/ki.2015.110.
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