News from Arbor Research
April 2016
Kidney Disease Issue Brief Features Arbor Research
 
Projects and findings from Arbor Research are featured in a new issue brief on kidney disease from the University of Michigan Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation. 
 
The Latest Trends in Hemodialysis from the DOPPS Practice Monitor

The DOPPS Practice Monitor (DPM) reports representative data in the form of more than 1500 regularly updated charts, figures, and data tables, based on a sample of over 11,000 patients in more than 200 US hemodialysis facilities.

There will be a web conference to discuss the latest trends in hemodialysis practice on Thursday, May 5 at 3 p.m. EDT.

Register for the web conference here
Scientific Meetings
NKF 2016 Spring Clinical Meetings

We are proud to present research findings at the National Kidney Foundation's 2016 Spring Clinical Meetings in Boston, MA, April 27-May 1, 2016.

You can also visit us at booth #428 to learn more about our research.

Dr. Jeffrey Perl
The DOPPS Clinical Symposium
The Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS) Program: study growth reveals new insights
Chairperson: Jeffrey Perl, MD, SM, FRCP
Saturday, April 30, 2016
3:30-5:00 p.m.
Session 283, Room 304
  • Early findings from the CKDopps: optimizing outcomes for advanced CKD patients. Speaker: Bruce Robinson, MD, MS, FACP.
  • Trends in US hemodialysis practices: insight from the DOPPS Practice Monitor and implications for patients. Speaker: Daniel Weiner, MD, MS.
  • International variability in PD practices and outcomes: the PDOPPS. Speaker: Jeffrey Perl, MD, SM, FRCP.
  • The DOPPS Program as a research infrastructure: current ancillary study findings and new opportunities. Speaker: Francesca Tentori, MD, MS.
 
Poster Presentations from Empowering Patients on Choices for Renal Replacement Therapy (EPOCH-RRT)
Thursday, April 28, 2016
6:00-7:30 p.m.
Upcoming Conferences
 
Louisville, KY
May 1-4, 2016

Vienna, Austria
May 21-24, 2016

Boston, MA
June 26-28, 2016
New Publication
Anemia Management in the China Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS)
 
As more and more patients with end-stage renal disease in China are able to access hemodialysis, it is important to study the management of accompanying anemia. Researchers examined China Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS) data and found that a substantial proportion of hemodialysis patients in the China DOPPS do not meet hemoglobin (Hgb) targets.
 
Researcher Awards
Zee and Karaboyas receive awards

Jarcy Zee was awarded a 2016 Nephrotic Syndrome Study Network (NEPTUNE) Career Development Fellowship. Dr. Zee's project will identify the optimal statistical methods for analyzing the complex renal biopsy data collected in NEPTUNE and will ultimately help to achieve NEPTUNE's mission of improving the diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes in Nephrotic Syndrome patients.
 
Angelo Karaboyas was awarded a 2016 European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA) travel grant for his outstanding abstract entitled "Association between serum ferritin and mortality: US and EURODOPPS findings" which will be presented as an oral communication at the congress in Vienna at the end of May.

 

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