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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...

Patient advocacy,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Infectious diseases,

Diseases and conditions,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors

Managing Routine Blood Tests During COVID-19

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Infectious diseases,

Diseases and conditions,

Tests and Procedures

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

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Chronic kidney disease,

Race and ethnicity,

Healthcare quality, access, and evaluation,

Infectious diseases,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Diseases and conditions,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors

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...

Infectious diseases,

Diseases and conditions

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...

Infectious diseases,

Diseases and conditions

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

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Acute kidney injury,

Infectious diseases,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Diseases and conditions

COVID-19 Fears Don’t End After Being Tested

By Fiona McKinney, Kidney Patient andKidney Advocacy CommitteeMember A few weeks ago, I was interviewed for an article about fears and concerns of ...

Acute kidney injury,

Diagnostic, screening, and imaging tests,

Infectious diseases,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Diseases and conditions,

Tests and Procedures

Improving Transportation to Dialysis During a Pandemic and Beyond

By Torie Kranze, CEO of the National Kidney Foundation of Louisiana The COVID-19 pandemic has further exacerbated transportation issues frequently fac...

Infectious diseases,

Diseases and conditions,

Treatments and therapies

Finding Community in Isolation

by Elizabeth Fortune, freelance writer and ESRD patient Some days, the quarantine seems normal; some days it hits me in a way that makes me think, wh...

Glomerular diseases,

Infectious diseases,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Diseases and conditions

Patient Story: Managing Medication During COVID-19 Outbreak

byHaley Jensen, kidney transplant recipient andNKF patient advocate As a kidney transplant recipient, medication is one of the most essential parts ...

Chronic kidney disease,

Infectious diseases,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Diseases and conditions,

Treatments and therapies