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Friedrich K. Port

Researcher at University of Michigan

Publications -  409
Citations -  54004

Friedrich K. Port is an academic researcher from University of Michigan. The author has contributed to research in topics: Dialysis & Hemodialysis. The author has an hindex of 107, co-authored 403 publications receiving 50165 citations. Previous affiliations of Friedrich K. Port include Amgen & Michigan State University.

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Association between Oral Nutritional Supplementation and Clinical Outcomes among Patients with ESRD

TL;DR: It is suggested that ONS use was associated with significantly lower hospitalization rates but had no significant effect on mortality in a disease management setting.
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Improvements in dialysis patient mortality are associated with improvements in urea reduction ratio and hematocrit, 1999 to 2002

TL;DR: Both current practice and changes in practices with regard to achieving anemia anddialysis-dose guidelines are associated significantly with mortality outcomes at the dialysis-facility level.
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The Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS) Practice Monitor: Rationale and Methods for an Initiative to Monitor the New US Bundled Dialysis Payment System

TL;DR: The DPM provides timely representative data to monitor effects of the expanded PPS on dialysis practice and can serve as an early warning system for possible adverse effects on clinical care and as a basis for community outreach, editorial comment, and informed advocacy.
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End-stage renal disease: magnitude of the problem, prognosis of future trends and possible solutions.

TL;DR: A prognosis for the next decade is discussed, as major possible solutions prevention efforts for renal disease and for the progression of renal disease are proposed, as are means to enhance renal organ donation.