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What factors influence timing of start of dialysis?

Date:
January 25, 2016
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The JAMA Network Journals
Summary:
A new study used electronic medical records from the Department of Veterans Affairs to examine factors that influence the timing of the initiation of dialysis.
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A new study used electronic medical records from the Department of Veterans Affairs to examine factors that influence the timing of the initiation of dialysis, according to an article published online by JAMA Internal Medicine.

The article by Susan P.Y. Wong, M.D., of the University of Washington, Seattle, and coauthors suggests interrelated processes were at play, including physician practices, the momentum for the initiation of dialysis including precipitating clinical events, and patient-physician dynamics, which were sometimes adversarial. "Our findings offer insight into the complex processes that shape the timing of maintenance dialysis in real-world clinical settings and suggest that there may be opportunities to make these processes more patient centered" the article concludes.


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Journal Reference:

  1. Ann M. O’Hare, MD, MA et al. Timing of Initiation of Maintenance DialysisA Qualitative Analysis of the Electronic Medical Records of a National Cohort of Patients From the Department of Veterans Affairs. JAMA Internal Medicine, January 2016 DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.7412

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