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Patients Share their Hospital Experiences during COVID-19

Recently, we both had to visit our local medical facilities. For most people this might be concerning, however for transplant recipients like us it wa...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Diseases and conditions,

Infectious diseases,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Patient advocacy,

Sharing the lifesaving power of transplant

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Diseases and conditions,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Kidney transplantation,

Acute kidney injury

Pushing Forward

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Diseases and conditions,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Infectious diseases,

Health insurance,

Patient Perspectives on Managing Routine Blood Tests during COVID-19

By Risa Simon, NKF patient advocate and founder of The Proactive Path and Transplantfirst Academy; and Michael Stevenson, NKF National Board Member an...

Diseases and conditions,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Infectious diseases,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Patient advocacy

Managing Routine Blood Tests During COVID-19

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Tests and procedures,

Diseases and conditions,

Infectious diseases,

COVID-19, Kidney Disease and Minority Communities: Addressing the Disparities

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Diseases and conditions,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Infectious diseases,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Healthcare quality, access, and evaluation,

Chronic kidney disease,

Race and ethnicity

My Experience with COVID-19 as a Kidney Patient

By Michael Phillips, Transplant recipient and Kidney Advocacy Committee member I was looking forward to bringing some major changes to my familys liv...

Diseases and conditions,

Infectious diseases,

Kidney Transplant Patient Beats COVID-19 After Six-Week Bout of Deadly Disease

The symptoms of COVID-19 were difficult for Maryann Starick, a five-year kidney transplant patient, but not as hard to deal with as the anxiety she fe...

Diseases and conditions,

Infectious diseases,

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) means your kidneys slowly get damaged and can't do important jobs like removing waste and keeping blood pressure nor...

Diseases and conditions,

Signs and symptoms,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Chronic kidney disease

COVID-19 Patients are Becoming Kidney Patients, but Most Americans are Unaware

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Diseases and conditions,

Infectious diseases,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Acute kidney injury