2020 Publications

Barriers to Peritoneal Dialysis in Saskatchewan Canada: Results from a Province-Wide Survey

Prasad B, Jafari M, Shah S, McNaught C, Diebel L.

Can J Kidney Health Dis. 2020 Dec 16;7:2054358120975545.


Frailty and the Kidney Transplant Wait List: Protocol for a Multicenter Prospective Study

Tennankore KK, Gunaratnam L, Suri RS, Yohanna S, Walsh M, Tangri N, Prasad B, Gogan N, Rockwood K, Doucette S, Sills L, Kiberd B, Keough-Ryan T, West K, Vinson A.

Can J Kidney Health Dis. 2020 Sep 10;7:2054358120957430.


Feasibility Study of a Randomized Controlled Trial Investigating Renal Denervation as a Possible Treatment Option in Patients with Loin Pain Hematuria Syndrome

Prasad B, Jafari M, Kour K, Goyal K, Garcia F.

Can J Kidney Health Dis. 2020 Aug 26;7:2054358120951390.


Barriers to Home Hemodialysis Across Saskatchewan, Canada: A Cross-Sectional Survey of In-Center Dialysis Patients

Diebel L, Jafari M, Shah S, Day C, McNaught C, Prasad B (senior author).

Can J Kidney Health Dis. 2020 Aug 10;7:2054358120948293.


Timing of Initiation of Renal-Replacement Therapy in Acute Kidney Injury
STARRT-AKI Investigators (including Prasad B) ; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group; Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group; United Kingdom Critical Care Research Group; Canadian Nephrology Trials Network; Irish Critical Care Trials Group, Bagshaw SM, Wald R, Adhikari NKJ, Bellomo R, da Costa BR, Dreyfuss D, Du B, Gallagher MP, Gaudry S, Hoste EA, Lamontagne F, Joannidis M, Landoni G, Liu KD, McAuley DF, McGuinness SP, Neyra JA, Nichol AD, Ostermann M, Palevsky PM, Pettilä V, Quenot JP, Qiu H, Rochwerg B, Schneider AG, Smith OM, Thomé F, Thorpe KE, Vaara S, Weir M, Wang AY, Young P, Zarbock A.

N Engl J Med. 2020 Jul 16;383(3):240-251.


Economic Benefits of Switching from Intravenous to Subcutaneous Epoetin Alfa for the Management of Anemia in Hemodialysis Patients

Prasad B, Jafari M, Toppings J, Gross L, Kappel J, Au F.

Can J Kidney Health Dis. 2020 Jun 4;7:2054358120927532.


The Burden of Frailty on Mood, Cognition, Quality of Life, and Level of Independence in Patients on Hemodialysis: Regina Hemodialysis Frailty Study

Jafari M, Kour K, Giebel S, Omisore I, Prasad B (senior author).

Can J Kidney Health Dis. 2020 May 2;7:2054358120917780.