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Opinion: Should Emergency Departments Watch for Chronic Kidney Disease?

By Amal Agarwal, DO, MBA; Joseph A. Vassalotti, MD; and Zhou Yang, PhD, MPH | on August 21, 2020 | 0 Comment
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References

  1. Chronic kidney disease in the United States, 2019. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Accessed June 2, 2020.
  2. 2011 2011 atlas of CKD & ESD. United States Renal Data System website. Accessed June 2, 2020.
  3. Awareness of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) in the United States Is Low. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Accessed June 2, 2020.
  4. QuickStats: percentage of emergency department (ED) visits made by patients with chronic kidney disease among persons aged ≥ 18 years, by race/ethnicity and sex — National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 2015–2016. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2019;68(1):23.
  5. Skoglund PH, Svensson P. Asking the patient or measuring blood pressure in the emergency department: which one is best? 2016 Curr Hypertens Rep. 2016;18(7):53.
  6. Executive order on advancing American kidney health. White House website. Accessed June 2, 2020.
  7. Wooster L. Acute Unscheduled Care Model (AUCM): enhancing appropriate admissions. A physician-focused payment model (PFPM) for emergency medicine. Department of Health and Human Services website. Accessed June 2, 2020. 

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