Meet Pediatric Nephrologist, Dr. Ken Sutha and Learn about New Pediatric Hypertension Guidelines
Written for AAKP by Dr.
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June is PTSD Awareness Month (posted June 4, 2018)
Written by: Kent Bressler, AAKP BOD and Ambassador, served in the United States Army June as PTSD Awareness Month and June 27 as National PTSD Awareness Day. I want you to meet Sarge, he has the answer to questions about military service and PTSD.
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ARTICLE: Appropriate Use of Opioids in Patients with Kidney Diseases
CJASN ARTICLE, published April 2018, Click here.
By David M. White (AAKP Board Member and Ambassador)
In this issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Ishida et al. report on an investigation using data from the US Renal Data System to investigate the effects of opioids on patients on hemodialysis (1).
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Jim Myers: Why I’m a Pediatric Kidney Patient Advocate
From April 2018, AAKP Pediatric Kidney Pals e-newsletter article
You don’t have to be a parent of a child who has kidney disease or have been someone with pediatric kidney disease to be an advocate for this population.
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KIDNEY KIDS ARTICLE: A Mother’s Story…Worrier to Warrior
KIDNEY KIDS ARTICLE
A Mother’s Story…Worrier to Warrior
By Emily Payne
Last week we celebrated my daughters first year of life, one that we were told several times would not exist.
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June 28, 2017 – LCD Reconsideration Number AB0016, Immune Globulin Intraveneous (IVIg)
Via E-mail
Arthur Lurvey, MD, FACP,
FACE Contractor Medical Director
Noridian Healthcare Solutions 900 42ns Street South
Fargo, North Dakota 58103 Eileen Moynihan, MD
Contractor Medical Director
Noridian Healthcare Solutions 900 42nd Street South
Fargo, North Dakota 58103
Dear Drs. Lurvey and Moynihan:
RE:
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March 20, 2017 – Alliance for Home Dialysis congratulates Seema Verma as CMS Administrator
The Honorable Seema Verma Administrator
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
7500 Security Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21244 Dear Administrator Verma:
The members of the Alliance for Home Dialysis offer their congratulations on your confirmation as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Administrator.
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CDC Conversation Starter to Prevent Infections in Dialysis Patients
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
September 27, 2016 Download Brochure CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CDC) AND THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF KIDNEY PATIENTS (AAKP)
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Recipients of the 2013 Medal of Excellence Award
Tampa, FL, December 4, 2012 – The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2013 AAKP Medal of Excellence Award. The award winners are William M. Bennett, MD and John Michael Lazarus, MD. The AAKP Medal of Excellence Award recognizes a renal physician(s)
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