Toward Developing a Patient-Reported Outcome Measure for Fatigue in Hemodialysis

Affiliations

¹ Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN; Vanderbilt Center for Kidney Disease, Nashville, TN.
² Department of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT. Electronic address: fof@comcast.net.

Editorial

Devika Nair et al. Am J Kidney Dis. 2019 Aug.

. 2019 Aug;74(2):151-154.

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2019.03.425. Epub 2019 May 30.

¹ Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN; Vanderbilt Center for Kidney Disease, Nashville, TN.
² Department of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT. Electronic address: fof@comcast.net.

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Patient Perspectives on the Meaning and Impact of Fatigue in Hemodialysis: A Systematic Review and Thematic Analysis of Qualitative Studies.
Jacobson J, Ju A, Baumgart A, Unruh M, O'Donoghue D, Obrador G, Craig JC, Dapueto JM, Dew MA, Germain M, Fluck R, Davison SN, Jassal SV, Manera K, Smith AC, Tong A. Jacobson J, et al. Am J Kidney Dis. 2019 Aug;74(2):179-192. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2019.01.034. Epub 2019 Apr 5. Am J Kidney Dis. 2019. PMID: 30955947

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