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Mark Unruh
Researcher at Cornell University
Publications - 309
Citations - 14789
Mark Unruh is an academic researcher from Cornell University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Kidney disease & Population. The author has an hindex of 53, co-authored 269 publications receiving 12617 citations. Previous affiliations of Mark Unruh include George Washington University & Harvard University.
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Renal Replacement Therapy and Incremental Hemodialysis for Veterans with Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease.
Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh,Susan T. Crowley,Srinivasan Beddhu,Joline L.T. Chen,Joline L.T. Chen,John T. Daugirdas,David S. Goldfarb,Anna Jin,Csaba P. Kovesdy,David J. Leehey,Hamid Moradi,Hamid Moradi,Sankar D. Navaneethan,Keith C. Norris,Yoshitsugu Obi,Yoshitsugu Obi,Ann M. O’Hare,Tariq Shafi,Elani Streja,Mark Unruh,Tushar J. Vachharajani,Steven D. Weisbord,Connie M. Rhee,Connie M. Rhee,Connie M. Rhee +24 more
TL;DR: It is possible that incremental transition to dialysis through an initial twice‐weekly hemodialysis regimen might preserve RKF, prolong vascular access longevity, improve patients’ quality of life, and be a more patient‐centered approach, more consistent with “personalized” dialysis.
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Nicaragua revisited: evidence of lower prevalence of chronic kidney disease in a high-altitude, coffee-growing village.
Timothy S. Laux,Philip J. Bert,Gerardo M Barreto Ruiz,Marvin González,Mark Unruh,Aurora Aragón,Cecilia Torres Lacourt +6 more
TL;DR: The CKD prevalence in this village is comparable to a previously studied Nicaraguan coffee-farming region and much lower than previously screened portions of northwestern Nicaragua.
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Quality of life and psychosocial factors in African Americans with hypertensive chronic kidney disease
Anna C. Porter,Michael J. Fischer,Michael J. Fischer,Deborah Brooks,Marino A. Bruce,Jeanne Charleston,William H. Cleveland,Donna Dowie,Marquetta Faulkner,Jennifer J. Gassman,Tom Greene,Leena Hiremath,Cindy Kendrick,John W. Kusek,Denyse Thornley-Brown,Xuelei Wang,Keith C. Norris,Mark Unruh,James P. Lash +18 more
TL;DR: An association between CKD and low HRQOL is demonstrated, and the need for longitudinal studies to examine this association in the future is highlighted.
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Association of Sleep-Disordered Breathing With Cognitive Dysfunction in CKD Stages 4-5
TL;DR: Early evaluation and management of sleep-disordered breathing in patients with CKD may provide an opportunity to improve cognitive function, and in a subgroup analysis of older adults, there were no significant differences in cognitive testing between the groups with and without sleep- Disordered breathing.
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Health-Related Quality of Life in End-Stage Renal Disease Patients: How Often Should We Ask and What Do We Do with the Answer?
TL;DR: The symptoms associated with poor HRQOL and how frequent the quality of life (QOL) should be evaluated to improve the outcome are reviewed.