The Importance of Patient Education
Last week in BMC Nephrology, an article by Wang et al. looks at the use of multidisciplinary pre-dialysis care (MDPC) on peritonitis events, technique failure,… Read more »
Dr. Daphne Harrington Knicely is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. Daphne is committed to medical education with involvement in multiple teaching programs at the University of Virginia. Daphne has a special interest in patient education and outcomes and has developed different patient teaching programs through her work that highlight different adult learning styles, and is dedicated to improving kidney disease awareness. Daphne is a member of several committees for the National Kidney Foundation and has special expertise in diabetic kidney disease, solitary kidney, and renal replacement therapy. Dr. Knicely joined the BMC Nephrology editorial board in October 2019 as a Blog Editor for the journal.
Latest posts by Daphne Knicely (see all)
- The Importance of Patient Education - 17th May 2022
- Staying employed with kidney failure - 21st December 2021
- In search of the biomarker holy grail - 17th December 2021
Staying employed with kidney failure
Recently in BMC Nephrology, an article by Kirkeskov et al. examines the employment status of dialysis and transplant patients. In this BMC Nephrology blog, Blog… Read more »
In search of the biomarker holy grail
This week in BMC Nephrology, an article by Tao et al. discusses whether specific renal biomarkers are able to predict the progression of acute kidney injury… Read more »
Can Kidney Disease Affect Your Thinking?
Recently in BMC Nephrology, an article by Månsson et al. shows that processing speed is affected by kidney disease in the elderly. In our next BMC… Read more »
Predicting Kidney Failure
Recently published in BMC Nephrology, an article by Ali et al. looks at using the Kidney Failure Risk Equation (KFRE) across different etiologies of kidney… Read more »
Saving the Catheter
Last Week in BMC Nephrology, an article by Richtrova et al. discusses whether recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) is helpful in preventing… Read more »
Time to get moving!
In a recent BMC Nephrology article, Bogataj et al. examines the effect of intradialytic cycling and functional training on dialysis adequacy and other… Read more »
Let’s Take a Look at Your Kidneys
In a recent BMC Nephrology, an article by Li et al. examines using 3-D ultrasound and contrast-enhanced ultrasound to diagnose diabetic nephropathy. Diabetic… Read more »
Abdominal Aortic Calcification Screening in Peritoneal Dialysis: How should we implement it?
This week in BMC Nephrology, Blog Editor Dr. Daphne Harrington Knicely looks at an article by Ma et al. which evaluates the prognostic value of the abdominal… Read more »
Removing the Barriers for CKD Management
This week in BMC Nephrology, an article by Neale et al. evaluated the barriers and enablers to the detection of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the primary… Read more »