Oct 12 2022 27 mins 4
Join experts Drs Matthew Sparks and Dinushika Mohottige as they discuss disparities in care for individuals who have chronic kidney disease in the United States.
Relevant disclosures can be found with the episode show notes on Medscape (https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/971887). The topics and discussions are planned, produced, and reviewed independently of advertiser. This podcast is intended only for US healthcare professionals.
Resources
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/238798-overview
2020 Census Illuminates Racial and Ethnic Composition of the Country https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2021/08/improved-race-ethnicity-measures-reveal-united-states-population-much-more-multiracial.html
Race, Ethnicity, & Kidney Disease https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/kidney-disease/race-ethnicity
Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease in the United States https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/209357
Racial/ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities in the Use of Newer Diabetes Medications in the Look AHEAD Study https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8920048/
Life Course Socioeconomic Status, Allostatic Load, and Kidney Health in Black Americans https://cjasn.asnjournals.org/content/15/3/341.long
Understanding African American and Non-African American eGFR Laboratory Results https://www.kidney.org/atoz/content/race-and-egfr-what-controversy
National Kidney Foundation https://www.kidney.org/
American Society of Nephrology https://www.asn-online.org/
A Unifying Approach for GFR Estimation: Recommendations of the NKF-ASN Task Force on Reassessing the Inclusion of Race in Diagnosing Kidney Disease https://www.ajkd.org/article/S0272-63862100828-3/fulltext
