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December 2014
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DPM WebEx
Sex-Specific Differences in HD
Udow-Phillips Joins Board
CKDopps Joins AQI Pathway
Recent Publications
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Sex-Specific Differences in Hemodialysis  

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Fewer women than men are treated with dialysis for end-stage kidney disease, according to a new comprehensive analysis from the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS) published this week in PLOS Medicine. The results of the study, suggest that these findings call for further detailed study for the reasons underlying the sex-specific differences in end-stage renal disease treatment. Click here to learn more.

 

                                     

 

Marianne Udow-Phillips joins
Arbor Research Board of Directors

 

Marianne Udow-Phillips, MHSA, has been elected to join the Arbor Research Board of Directors starting in January 2015. The Board and staff of Arbor Research look forward to the advice and guidance that Ms. Udow-Phillips will provide based on her extensive health care experience.

 

To learn more, please click here..

 

CKDopps Joins Approved Quality
Improvement Pathway

                   
The CKDopps Quality Improvement Program is a web-based tool comparing clinic performance using nationally recognized quality measures to assist nephrologists with identifying areas for improvement. Now through the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Approved Quality Improvement (AQI) pathway nephrologists and internal medicine physicians can also earn MOC credit by participating. Please click here to learn more.    
 
Sex-Specific Differences in Hemodialysis Prevalence and Practices and the Male-to-Female Mortality Rate: The Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS). Hecking M, et al; PLOS Medicine. Click to view abstract.
 

Satisfaction With Life Among Living Kidney Donors: A RELIVE Study of Long-Term Donor Outcomes. Messersmith EE, et al; Tranplantation. Click to view abstract. 
 

Practice-Based Versus Patient-Level Outcomes Research in Hemodialysis: The DOPPS (Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study) Experience. Port FK. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. Click to view abstract.