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51. World Kidney Day 2011: protect your kidneys, save your heart

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Mark C. Murphy, Miguel C. Riella, John Feehally, Georgi Abraham, Guillermo Garcia Garcia, Jan Lantik, Paul Beerkens, Bernardo Rodriguez-Iturbe, Philip Kam-Tao Li, Dan Larsen, and William G. Couser

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Nephrology, Pathology, Epidemiology, Event (relativity), Physiology, Disease, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Global Health, World Kidney Day, cardiovascular disease, Risk Factors, Global health, health care economics and organizations, Kidney, Incidence, Kidney dysfunction, Hematology, General Medicine, Proteinuria, Editorial, medicine.anatomical_structure, Cardiovascular Diseases, Circulatory system, Kidney Diseases, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, kidney, medicine.medical_specialty, public policy, Urinary system, Cardiovascular health, education, Early detection, Health outcomes, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, Intensive care medicine, Transplantation, Government, urogenital system, business.industry, Public health, General surgery, medicine.disease, Surgery, Endocrinology, Chronic disease, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Chronic Disease, business, Kidney disease
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March 10, 2011 will mark the celebration of the 6th World Kidney Day (WKD), an annual event jointly sponsored by the International Society of Nephrology and the International Federation of Kidney Foundations. Since its inception in 2006, WKD has grown dramatically to become the most widely celebrated event associated with kidney disease in the world and the most successful effort to raise awareness among both the general public and government health officials about the dangers of kidney disease, especially chronic kidney disease (CKD). In 2011, WKD will call attention to the large, and often unappreciated, role played by kidney dysfunction in increasing premature cardiovascular disease, the most common cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide (1). Can a focus on early detection and prevention of kidney disease really improve long term cardiovascular health? In this editorial, we hope to convey the message that increased attention to the kidneys can indeed improve long-term health outcomes by reducing both kidney and cardiovascular disease and should therefore be a central component of any global health strategy intended to reduce the enormous and growing burden of chronic NCDs.

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2011

52. World Kidney Day “do-it-yourself”

Author

Buonanno, Elisa, Apicella, Luca, Battaglia, Yuri, Buonanno, Elisa, Apicella, Luca, and Battaglia, Yuri

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Since more than 5 years, the World Kidney Day (WKD) is held in Italy in March. It represents an important event to stimulate kidney disease prevention among the population. We asked dr. Luca Apicella, a young nephrologist, to tell us about his experience organizing, for the first time, the WKD in his hometown, Salerno. In his report, Dr. Apicella outlines the main steps followed to organize the event and the difficulties that he faced in the preceding months. His account results in a practical checklist to be adopted by every young nephrologist who wishes to follow his example and successfully organize the WKD in his/her area., Da oltre cinque anni si svolge nel mese di marzo in Italia la Giornata Modiale del Rene, manifestazione importante per la prevenzione sul territorio delle malattie renali. Riportiamo la testimonianza di un giovane nefrologo, il dott. Luca Apicella, che per primo ha organizzato quest’ evento nella sua città. Nel suo articolo ci descrive i principali passaggi organizzativi e le difficoltà che ha fronteggiato nei mesi precedenti l'evento fornendoci dunque un pratico vademecum per aiutare i giovani nefrologi a seguire il suo esempio e ad organizzare con successo lo stesso evento sul proprio territorio.

Published
2013

54. [Report for the World Kidney Days in Italy 2015-2016].

Author

Esposito P, Battaglia Y, Caramella E, Russo D, and Balducci A

Subjects
Adolescent, Female, Humans, Italy, Male, Middle Aged, Time Factors, Health Promotion, Kidney Diseases prevention & control, Nephrology
Abstract

World Kidney Day (WKD) is a global campaign, promoted by International Federation of Kidney Foundations (IFKF) and International Society of Nephrology (ISN) aimed at raising awareness among people on importance of our kidneys. This campaign includes many events across the globe. The main purpose of WKD is to create and spread awareness about preventive behaviours and risk factors for renal diseases. In Italy WKD is organized by the Italian Kidney Foundation (FIR) in collaboration with Italian Society of Nephrology (SIN) and the Red Cross of Italy. It takes place in hospitals, public spaces and in schools, where each participant is provided with informative material together with blood pressure and urine dipstick testing. Here, we present the data collected during the 2015 and 2016 WKD campaigns., (Copyright by Società Italiana di Nefrologia SIN, Rome, Italy.)

Published
2017

55. The daily burden of acute kidney injury: a survey of U.S. nephrologists on World Kidney Day.

Author

Koyner JL, Cerdá J, Goldstein SL, Jaber BL, Liu KD, Shea JA, and Faubel S

Subjects
Cost of Illness, Cross-Sectional Studies, Global Health, Guideline Adherence, Health Promotion, Humans, Renal Dialysis standards, Surveys and Questionnaires, United States, Acute Kidney Injury epidemiology, Acute Kidney Injury therapy, Nephrology statistics & numerical data, Workload statistics & numerical data
Abstract

Background: World Kidney Day 2013 focused on raising awareness of the impact and consequences of acute kidney injury (AKI). Although many studies have examined rates of AKI in hospitalized patients, we were interested in the impact of AKI on the workload of nephrologists., Study Design: Cross-sectional forced-choice internet-based survey., Setting & Participants: 598 survey respondents who were US-based nephrologist members of the American Society of Nephrology., Outcomes: Numbers of inpatients and outpatients seen on World Kidney Day 2013 for the management of AKI or other conditions (and specifically in-hospital renal replacement therapies [RRTs]), based on self-report of number/percentage of patients seen on World Kidney Day and in the prior year., Results: Of 598 physician respondents (response rate, 12%), 310 saw patients in the hospital on World Kidney Day. Of 3,285 patients seen by respondents, 1,500 were seen for AKI (46%); 1,233, for end-stage renal disease (37%); and 552, for non-AKI/end-stage renal disease-related problems (17%). Of patients with AKI, 688 (46%) were in the intensive care unit and 415 (28%) received RRT. Intermittent hemodialysis was performed in 315 patients (76%) who received RRT. Delivered dialysis dose was quantified in only 48 (15%) of those receiving intermittent hemodialysis. 260 respondents saw 2,380 patients in the ambulatory setting, of whom 207 (9%) were seen for follow-up of AKI., Limitations: There was a low response rate to the survey. Numbers of patients were self-reported., Conclusions: This is the first physician survey examining the care of patients and impact of AKI on current in-hospital and ambulatory nephrology practices. In our sample, AKI was the most common reason for in-hospital nephrology consultation. Furthermore, our findings point to significant areas in which improvement is needed, including inadequate quantification of dialysis delivered dose. Finally, our survey highlights that AKI is a major public health issue., (Copyright © 2014 National Kidney Foundation, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

Published
2014
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58. Global role of kidney transplantation

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Paul Harden, Jeremy R. Chapman, and Guillermo Garcia Garcia

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Transplantation, medicine.medical_specialty, Nephrology, business.industry, World Kidney Day, medicine, Organ donation, Intensive care medicine, business, medicine.disease, Kidney transplantation
Abstract

Summary World Kidney Day on March 8, 2012, provides a chance to reflect on the success of kidney transplantation as a therapy for end stage kidney disease that surpasses dialysis treatments both for the quality and quantity of life that it provides and for its cost effectiveness. Anything that is both cheaper and better, but is not actually the dominant therapy, must have other drawbacks that prevent replacement of all dialysis treatment by transplantation. The barriers to universal transplantation as the therapy for end stage kidney disease include the economic limitations, which, in some countries place transplantation, appropriately, at a lower priority than public health fundamentals such as clean water, sanitation and vaccination. Even in high income countries the technical challenges of surgery and the consequences of immunosuppression restrict the number of suitable recipients, but the major finite restrictions on kidney transplantation rates are the shortage of donated organs and the limited medical, surgical, and nursing workforces with the required expertise. These problems have solutions that involve the full range of societal, professional, governmental, and political environments. World Kidney Day is a call to deliver transplantation therapy to the 1 million people a year who have a right to benefit. 在2012年3月8日舉行的世界腎臟日，讓我們再度檢視腎臟移植療法在治療末期腎病上所取得的成果，無論在患者死亡率、生活品質、或成本效益方面，腎臟移植療法均超越了透析療法。然而，基於多方面的原因，腎臟移植療法至今仍然未能全面取代透析療法的地位，例如某些國家基於經濟上的限制，使得腎臟移植的優先順序位列於潔淨水源、環境衛生、及疫苗接種等公衛基本環節之後。即使在較富裕的國家中，手術的技術需求及免疫抑制的後遺症，亦限制了適合接受移植的個案數目；但是腎臟移植普及化的主要限制性因素，仍然是捐贈器官來源的短缺及具經驗醫護人手的不足。為解決這些問題，必須依靠社會、專業團體、政府、及政治力量的共同努力。世界腎臟日提醒了我們，要致力為每年一百萬的合資格患者，提供他們所需的腎臟移植療法。

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