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Irish Nephrology SpR. NSMC Faculty. CJASN VA Editor. ERA-EDTA Social Media Team.
Nov 7, 2019 5 tweets 4 min read
Kidney-brain session. Started by Mark Unruh

Cognitive impairment: 20-40% prevalence in ESKD.

Difficulties with numeracy strongly associated with cognitive performance.

How do we tailor discussions re treatment among other things with this in mind?

#Kidneywk 80% of patients in the COGNITIVE HD study were impaired in one cognitive domain.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/29186…

#KidneyWk