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Grant CH, Caskey FJ, Davids MR, Sahay M, Bello AK, Nitsch D, Bell S. The global landscape of kidney registries: immense challenges and unique opportunities. Nat Rev Nephrol 2024; 20:349-350. [PMID: 38565773 DOI: 10.1038/s41581-024-00833-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
Affiliation(s)
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- Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Nephrology, Osmania General Hospital & Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Faculty of Epidemiology & Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Division of Population Health & Genomics, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK.
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Zang W, Fang M, Xiao N, Zhang X, Lin C, Wang S. Quantifying the dose-response relationship between exercise and health-related quality of life in patients undergoing haemodialysis: A meta-analysis. Prev Med Rep 2024; 42:102737. [PMID: 38707251 PMCID: PMC11066687 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2024.102737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2023] [Revised: 04/18/2024] [Accepted: 04/20/2024] [Indexed: 05/07/2024] Open
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Objective This meta-analysis aims to explore the dose-response relationship of aerobic exercise or aerobic combined resistance exercise on cardiopulmonary function in maintenance hemodialysis(MHD), with the goal of aiding in the formulation of precise exercise prescriptions. Methods A literature search up to August 18, 2023, was conducted in databases including Web of Science, among others, focusing on the effects of exercise interventions on cardiopulmonary function in hemodialysis patients.Two researchers independently conducted literature screening, data extraction, and an assessment of study methodology quality. A dose-response meta-analysis was carried out using a one-stage cubic spline mixed-effects model, followed by stratified analyses based on intervention period, intervention method, and exercise environment. Results A nonlinear dose-response relationship was observed between exercise and 6-minute walk test (6WMT) as well as peak oxygen uptake (VO2Peak) in hemodialysis patients. The optimal exercise dose for the 6WMT across the full exposure range was 922 METs-min/week, with VO2Peak increasing with the dose. The effects were influenced by the type of exercise, intervention period, and exercise environment. An exercise dose of 500 METs-min/week and 619 METs-min/week was found sufficient to achieve the minimal clinically important differences (MCID) for 6WMT and VO2Peak, respectively. Conclusion There is a significant association between the dose of exercise and its effects. With appropriate adjustment of variables, even low-dose exercise can lead to clinically significant improvements in cardiopulmonary function.
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- Wanli Zang
- Postgraduate School, University of Harbin Sport, Harbin, China
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- Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Immunochemistry, Institution of Chemical Engineering, Ural Federal University, Russia
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- Department of Orthopedics, the First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Sports Science, University of Harbin Sport, Harbin, China
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Pippias M, Abeysekera RA, Arruebo S, Davids MR, Damster S, Gonzales-Bedat MC, Hanafusa N, Hoshino J, Hradsky A, Irish GL, Jager KJ, Karam S, Kumar V, McDonald SP, Rosa-Diez GJ, Tannor EK, Wetmore JB, Caskey FJ. A toolkit for ISN's registry initiative, SharE-RR. Kidney Int 2024; 105:646-648. [PMID: 38519226 DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2024.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2023] [Revised: 01/18/2024] [Accepted: 02/02/2024] [Indexed: 03/24/2024]
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- Maria Pippias
- Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, Avon, UK; Department of Renal Medicine, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, Avon, UK
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka; Centre for Education Research & Training in Kidney Disease, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Latin American Dialysis & Renal Transplantation Registry, Sociedad Latinoamericana de Nefrología e Hipertensión (SLANH), Panama City, Panama
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- Department of Blood Purification, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan; The Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- International Society of Nephrology, Brussels, Belgium
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- Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant (ANZDATA) Registry, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; Department of Medicine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- ERA Registry, Amsterdam Public Health research institute - Quality of Care, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Medical Informatics, Amsterdam Public Health research institute - Quality of Care, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Nephrology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant (ANZDATA) Registry, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, Adelaide Medical School, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Latin American Dialysis & Renal Transplantation Registry, Sociedad Latinoamericana de Nefrología e Hipertensión (SLANH), Panama City, Panama; Division of Nephrology, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana; Renal Unit, Directorate of Medicine, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana
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- Division of Nephrology, Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, Avon, UK; Department of Renal Medicine, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, Avon, UK.
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Mottes T, Menon S, Conroy A, Jetton J, Dolan K, Arikan AA, Basu RK, Goldstein SL, Symons JM, Alobaidi R, Askenazi DJ, Bagshaw SM, Barhight M, Barreto E, Bayrakci B, Ray ONB, Bjornstad E, Brophy P, Charlton J, Chanchlani R, Conroy AL, Deep A, Devarajan P, Fuhrman D, Gist KM, Gorga SM, Greenberg JH, Hasson D, Heydari E, Iyengar A, Krawczeski C, Meigs L, Morgan C, Morgan J, Neumayr T, Ricci Z, Selewski DT, Soranno D, Stanski N, Starr M, Sutherland SM, Symons J, Tavares M, Vega M, Zappitelli M, Ronco C, Mehta RL, Kellum J, Ostermann M. Pediatric AKI in the real world: changing outcomes through education and advocacy-a report from the 26th Acute Disease Quality Initiative (ADQI) consensus conference. Pediatr Nephrol 2024; 39:1005-1014. [PMID: 37934273 PMCID: PMC10817828 DOI: 10.1007/s00467-023-06180-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2023] [Revised: 09/17/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 11/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Acute kidney injury (AKI) is independently associated with increased morbidity and mortality across the life course, yet care for AKI remains mostly supportive. Raising awareness of this life-threatening clinical syndrome through education and advocacy efforts is the key to improving patient outcomes. Here, we describe the unique roles education and advocacy play in the care of children with AKI, discuss the importance of customizing educational outreach efforts to individual groups and contexts, and highlight the opportunities created through innovations and partnerships to optimize lifelong health outcomes. METHODS During the 26th Acute Disease Quality Initiative (ADQI) consensus conference, a multidisciplinary group of experts discussed the evidence and used a modified Delphi process to achieve consensus on recommendations on AKI research, education, practice, and advocacy in children. RESULTS The consensus statements developed in response to three critical questions about the role of education and advocacy in pediatric AKI care are presented here along with a summary of available evidence and recommendations for both clinical care and research. CONCLUSIONS These consensus statements emphasize that high-quality care for patients with AKI begins in the community with education and awareness campaigns to identify those at risk for AKI. Education is the key across all healthcare and non-healthcare settings to enhance early diagnosis and develop mitigation strategies, thereby improving outcomes for children with AKI. Strong advocacy efforts are essential for implementing these programs and building critical collaborations across all stakeholders and settings.
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- Theresa Mottes
- Division of Nephrology, Robert Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Ann &, Chicago, IL, USA.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Infectious Disease and Global Health, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Section of Pediatric Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Section of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Section of Critical Care Medicine and Section of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Robert Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Ann &, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
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Ulasi II, Awobusuyi O, Nayak S, Ramachandran R, Musso CG, Depine SA, Aroca-Martinez G, Solarin AU, Onuigbo M, Luyckx VA, Ijoma CK. Chronic Kidney Disease Burden in Low-Resource Settings: Regional Perspectives. Semin Nephrol 2023; 42:151336. [PMID: 37058859 DOI: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2023.151336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/16/2023]
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The burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) has increased exponentially worldwide but more so in low- and middle-income countries. Specific risk factors in these regions expose their populations to an increased risk of CKD, such as genetic risk with APOL1 among populations of West African heritage or farmers with CKD of unknown etiology that spans various countries across several continents to immigrant/indigenous populations in both low- and high-income countries. Low- and middle-income economies also have the double burden of communicable and noncommunicable diseases, both contributing to the high prevalence of CKD. The economies are characterized by low health expenditure, sparse or nonexistent health insurance and welfare programs, and predominant out-of-pocket spending for medical care. This review highlights the challenges in populations with CKD from low-resource settings globally and explores how health systems can help ameliorate the CKD burden.
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- Ifeoma I Ulasi
- Renal Unit, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria/University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu, Nigeria; Renal Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Nigeria.
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, Lagos State University College of Medicine, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria
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- Department of Nephrology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhatinda, India
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- Department of Nephrology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India
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- Research Department, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Simón Bolivar, Barranquilla, Colombia
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- Research Department, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Confederation of Dialysis Associations of the Argentine Republic (CADRA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Research Department, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Simón Bolivar, Barranquilla, Colombia; Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia
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- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Lagos State University College of Medicine, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA; College of Business, University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA; Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Department of Public and Global Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Renal Unit, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria/University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu, Nigeria
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Epizitone A, Moyane SP, Agbehadji IE. A Systematic Literature Review of Health Information Systems for Healthcare. Healthcare (Basel) 2023; 11:healthcare11070959. [PMID: 37046884 PMCID: PMC10094672 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare11070959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2023] [Revised: 03/20/2023] [Accepted: 03/25/2023] [Indexed: 03/30/2023] Open
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Health information system deployment has been driven by the transformation and digitalization currently confronting healthcare. The need and potential of these systems within healthcare have been tremendously driven by the global instability that has affected several interrelated sectors. Accordingly, many research studies have reported on the inadequacies of these systems within the healthcare arena, which have distorted their potential and offerings to revolutionize healthcare. Thus, through a comprehensive review of the extant literature, this study presents a critique of the health information system for healthcare to supplement the gap created as a result of the lack of an in-depth outlook of the current health information system from a holistic slant. From the studies, the health information system was ascertained to be crucial and fundament in the drive of information and knowledge management for healthcare. Additionally, it was asserted to have transformed and shaped healthcare from its conception despite its flaws. Moreover, research has envisioned that the appraisal of the current health information system would influence its adoption and solidify its enactment within the global healthcare space, which is highly demanded.
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Haemodialysis (HD) is the commonest form of kidney replacement therapy in the world, accounting for approximately 69% of all kidney replacement therapy and 89% of all dialysis. Over the last six decades since the inception of HD, dialysis technology and patient access to the therapy have advanced considerably, particularly in high-income countries. However, HD availability, accessibility, cost and outcomes vary widely across the world and, overall, the rates of impaired quality of life, morbidity and mortality are high. Cardiovascular disease affects more than two-thirds of people receiving HD, is the major cause of morbidity and accounts for almost 50% of mortality. In addition, patients on HD have high symptom loads and are often under considerable financial strain. Despite the many advances in HD technology and delivery systems that have been achieved since the treatment was first developed, poor outcomes among patients receiving HD remain a major public health concern. Understanding the epidemiology of HD outcomes, why they might vary across different populations and how they might be improved is therefore crucial, although this goal is hampered by the considerable heterogeneity in the monitoring and reporting of these outcomes across settings. This Review examines the epidemiology of haemodialysis outcomes — clinical, patient-reported and surrogate outcomes — across world regions and populations, including vulnerable individuals. The authors also discuss the current status of monitoring and reporting of haemodialysis outcomes and potential strategies for improvement. Nearly 4 million people in the world are living on kidney replacement therapy (KRT), and haemodialysis (HD) remains the commonest form of KRT, accounting for approximately 69% of all KRT and 89% of all dialysis. Dialysis technology and patient access to KRT have advanced substantially since the 1960s, particularly in high-income countries. However, HD availability, accessibility, cost and outcomes continue to vary widely across countries, particularly among disadvantaged populations (including Indigenous peoples, women and people at the extremes of age). Cardiovascular disease affects over two-thirds of people receiving HD, is the major cause of morbidity and accounts for almost 50% of mortality; mortality among patients on HD is significantly higher than that of their counterparts in the general population, and treated kidney failure has a higher mortality than many types of cancer. Patients on HD also experience high burdens of symptoms, poor quality of life and financial difficulties. Careful monitoring of the outcomes of patients on HD is essential to develop effective strategies for risk reduction. Outcome measures are highly variable across regions, countries, centres and segments of the population. Establishing kidney registries that collect a variety of clinical and patient-reported outcomes using harmonized definitions is therefore crucial. Evaluation of HD outcomes should include the impact on family and friends, and personal finances, and should examine inequities in disadvantaged populations, who comprise a large proportion of the HD population.
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Ng MSY, Charu V, Johnson DW, O'Shaughnessy MM, Mallett AJ. National and international kidney failure registries: characteristics, commonalities, and contrasts. Kidney Int 2021; 101:23-35. [PMID: 34736973 DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2021.09.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2021] [Revised: 09/02/2021] [Accepted: 09/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Registries are essential for health infrastructure planning, benchmarking, continuous quality improvement, hypothesis generation, and real-world trials. To date, data from these registries have predominantly been analyzed in isolated "silos," hampering efforts to analyze "big data" at the international level, an approach that provides wide-ranging benefits, including enhanced statistical power, an ability to conduct international comparisons, and greater capacity to study rare diseases. This review serves as a valuable resource to clinicians, researchers, and policymakers, by comprehensively describing kidney failure registries active in 2021, before proposing approaches for inter-registry research under current conditions, as well as solutions to enhance global capacity for data collaboration. We identified 79 kidney-failure registries spanning 77 countries worldwide. International Society of Nephrology exemplar initiatives, including the Global Kidney Health Atlas and Sharing Expertise to support the set-up of Renal Registries (SharE-RR), continue to raise awareness regarding international healthcare disparities and support the development of universal kidney-disease registries. Current barriers to inter-registry collaboration include underrepresentation of lower-income countries, poor syntactic and semantic interoperability, absence of clear consensus guidelines for healthcare data sharing, and limited researcher incentives. This review represents a call to action for international stakeholders to enact systemic change that will harmonize the current fragmented approaches to kidney-failure registry data collection and research.
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- Monica S Y Ng
- Department of Nephrology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia; Kidney Health Service, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, Queensland, Australia; Faculty of Medicine and Institute for Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, USA
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- Department of Nephrology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia; Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Centre for Kidney Disease Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine and Institute for Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Department of Renal Medicine, Townsville University Hospital, Townsville, Queensland, Australia; College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
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Okpechi IG, Bello AK, Luyckx VA, Wearne N, Swanepoel CR, Jha V. Building optimal and sustainable kidney care in low resource settings: The role of healthcare systems. Nephrology (Carlton) 2021; 26:948-960. [PMID: 34288246 DOI: 10.1111/nep.13935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2021] [Accepted: 07/01/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Healthcare systems in low-income and lower-middle income countries (LLMICs) face significant challenges in the provision of health services, for example, kidney care to the population. Although this is linked to several high-level factors such as poor infrastructure, socio-demographic and political factors, healthcare funding has often been cited as the major reason for the wide gap in availability, accessibility and quality of care between LLMICs and rich countries. With the steady rising incidence and prevalence of kidney diseases globally, as well as cost of care, LLMICs are likely to suffer more consequences of these increases than rich countries and may be unable to meet targets of universal health coverage (UHC) for kidney diseases. As health systems in LLMICs continue to adapt in finding ways to provide access to affordable kidney care, various empirical and evidence-based strategies can be applied to assist them. This review uses a framework for healthcare strengthening developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to assess various challenges that health systems in LLMICs confront in providing optimal kidney care to their population. We also suggest ways to overcome these barriers and strengthen health systems to improve kidney care in LLMICs.
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- Ikechi G Okpechi
- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.,Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.,Kidney and Hypertension Research Unit, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Institute for Biomedical Ethics and the History of Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.,Kidney and Hypertension Research Unit, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.,Kidney and Hypertension Research Unit, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales (UNSW), New Delhi, India.,School of Public Health, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom.,Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India
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