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Developing a Set of Core Outcomes for Trials in Hemodialysis: An International Delphi Survey.

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A consensus-based prioritized list of core outcomes for trials in hemodialysis will improve the relevance, efficiency, and comparability of trial evidence to facilitate treatment decisions and patients/caregivers gave higher priority to lifestyle-related outcomes than health professionals.
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This article is published in American Journal of Kidney Diseases.The article was published on 2017-10-01 and is currently open access. It has received 187 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Health care & Family caregivers.

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Vascular Access for Hemodialysis

TL;DR: In this paper , a cuffed central venous catheter (CVC) is used as a bridge until either an AVF or an AVG can be constructed or kidney transplantation occurs or as permanent access in the patient who has exhausted all other vascular access possibilities.
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A Narrative Review of Management Strategies for Common Symptoms in Advanced CKD.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarized the current evidence of effective pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic interventions to improve symptoms and quality of life (QOL) in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD), including those on dialysis.
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Editorial: Dialysis and the age-friendly health system initiative

TL;DR: Patel, Bowling, Plantinga, and Jaar as mentioned in this paper published an open-access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY), which allows the use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice.
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An Experimental Application of the Delphi Method to the Use of Experts

TL;DR: The DELPHI method was devised in order to obtain the most reliable opinion consensus of a group of experts by subjecting them to a series of questionnaires in depth interspersed with controlled opinion feedback as mentioned in this paper.
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Avoidable waste in the production and reporting of research evidence

TL;DR: “Research results should be easily accessible to people who need to make decisions about their own health...
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How to increase value and reduce waste when research priorities are set

TL;DR: This report discusses how avoidable waste can be considered when research priorities are set and recommends ways to improve the yield from basic research, and the transparency of processes by which funders prioritise important uncertainties should be increased.
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