Supportive care for end-stage kidney disease: an integral part of kidney services across a range of income settings around the world.

ABSTRACT: A key component of treatment for all people with advanced kidney disease is supportive care, which aims to improve quality of life and can be provided alongside therapies intended to prolong life, such as dialysis. This article addresses the key considerations of supportive care as part of integrated end-stage kidney disease care, with particular attention paid to programs in low- and middle-income countries. Supportive care should be an integrated component of care for patients with advanced chronic kidney disease, patients receiving kidney replacement therapy (KRT), and patients receiving non-KRT conservative care. Five themes are identified: improving information on prognosis and support, developing context-specific evidence, establishing appropriate metrics for monitoring care, clearly

SUBMITTER: Hole B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7031687 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature