Deidra C Crews

Summary

Affiliation: Johns Hopkins University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Setting an agenda for comparative effectiveness systematic reviews in CKD care
    Deidra C Crews
    Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    BMC Nephrol 13:74. 2012
  2. ncbi Low income and albuminuria among REGARDS (Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke) study participants
    Deidra C Crews
    Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
    Am J Kidney Dis 60:779-86. 2012
  3. ncbi Inpatient hemodialysis initiation: reasons, risk factors and outcomes
    Deidra C Crews
    Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Nephron Clin Pract 114:c19-28. 2010
  4. ncbi Poverty, race, and CKD in a racially and socioeconomically diverse urban population
    Deidra C Crews
    Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
    Am J Kidney Dis 55:992-1000. 2010
  5. ncbi Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in persons with undiagnosed or prehypertension in the United States
    Deidra C Crews
    Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
    Hypertension 55:1102-9. 2010
  6. ncbi Inflammation and the paradox of racial differences in dialysis survival
    Deidra C Crews
    Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 301 Mason F Lord Drive, Suite 2500, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
    J Am Soc Nephrol 22:2279-86. 2011
  7. ncbi Association of CKD with disability in the United States
    Laura C Plantinga
    Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, 94110, USA
    Am J Kidney Dis 57:212-27. 2011
  8. ncbi Selecting renal replacement therapies: what do African American and non-African American patients and their families think others should know? A mixed methods study
    Nicole Depasquale
    Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    BMC Nephrol 14:9. 2013
  9. ncbi Development of a decision aid to inform patients' and families' renal replacement therapy selection decisions
    Jessica M Ameling
    Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA
    BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 12:140. 2012
  10. ncbi Timing, causes, predictors and prognosis of switching from peritoneal dialysis to hemodialysis: a prospective study
    Bernard G Jaar
    Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    BMC Nephrol 10:3. 2009

Detail Information

Publications19

  1. ncbi Setting an agenda for comparative effectiveness systematic reviews in CKD care
    Deidra C Crews
    Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    BMC Nephrol 13:74. 2012
    ..Chronic kidney disease topics rated by stakeholders as 'high priority' are varied in scope and may lead to quality systematic reviews impacting practice and policy...
  2. ncbi Low income and albuminuria among REGARDS (Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke) study participants
    Deidra C Crews
    Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
    Am J Kidney Dis 60:779-86. 2012
    ..We sought to determine the association between low income and albuminuria and whether this association differs for blacks and whites...
  3. ncbi Inpatient hemodialysis initiation: reasons, risk factors and outcomes
    Deidra C Crews
    Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Nephron Clin Pract 114:c19-28. 2010
    ..Inpatient initiation of chronic hemodialysis is considered undesirable because of cost and possible harms of hospitalization. We examined the patient characteristics and outcomes associated with inpatient initiation...
  4. ncbi Poverty, race, and CKD in a racially and socioeconomically diverse urban population
    Deidra C Crews
    Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
    Am J Kidney Dis 55:992-1000. 2010
    ..However, despite their frequent co-occurrence, the effect of low SES independent of race has not been well studied in CKD...
  5. ncbi Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in persons with undiagnosed or prehypertension in the United States
    Deidra C Crews
    Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
    Hypertension 55:1102-9. 2010
    ..37 [95% CI: 2.00 to 2.81]). Chronic kidney disease is prevalent in undiagnosed and prehypertension. Earlier identification and treatment of both these conditions may prevent or delay morbidity and mortality from chronic kidney disease...
  6. ncbi Inflammation and the paradox of racial differences in dialysis survival
    Deidra C Crews
    Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 301 Mason F Lord Drive, Suite 2500, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
    J Am Soc Nephrol 22:2279-86. 2011
    ..In summary, racial differences in survival among dialysis patients are not present at low levels of inflammation but are large at higher levels. Differences in inflammation may explain, in part, the racial paradox of ESRD survival...
  7. ncbi Association of CKD with disability in the United States
    Laura C Plantinga
    Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, 94110, USA
    Am J Kidney Dis 57:212-27. 2011
    ..Little is known about disability in early-stage chronic kidney disease (CKD)...
  8. ncbi Selecting renal replacement therapies: what do African American and non-African American patients and their families think others should know? A mixed methods study
    Nicole Depasquale
    Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    BMC Nephrol 14:9. 2013
    ..Little is known regarding the types of information African American and non-African American patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and their families need to inform renal replacement therapy (RRT) decisions...
  9. ncbi Development of a decision aid to inform patients' and families' renal replacement therapy selection decisions
    Jessica M Ameling
    Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA
    BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 12:140. 2012
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  10. ncbi Timing, causes, predictors and prognosis of switching from peritoneal dialysis to hemodialysis: a prospective study
    Bernard G Jaar
    Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    BMC Nephrol 10:3. 2009
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  11. ncbi Vulnerable populations and the association between periodontal and chronic kidney disease
    Vanessa Grubbs
    Division of Nephrology, University of California San Francisco San Francisco General Hospital Renal Center, Box 1341, 1001 Potrero Avenue, Building 100, Room 342, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
    Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 6:711-7. 2011
    ..Recent studies suggest an overall association between chronic kidney disease (CKD) and periodontal disease, but it is unknown whether this association is similar across various subpopulations...
  12. ncbi The providing resources to enhance African American patients' readiness to make decisions about kidney disease (PREPARED) study: protocol of a randomized controlled trial
    Patti L Ephraim
    Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 2024 E Monument Street, Suite 2 600, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    BMC Nephrol 13:135. 2012
    ..The effectiveness of informational and financial interventions to enhance informed decision-making among African Americans with end stage renal disease (ESRD) and improve rates of LRT is unknown...
  13. ncbi African American and non-African American patients' and families' decision making about renal replacement therapies
    Johanna Sheu
    Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    Qual Health Res 22:997-1006. 2012
    ..Our findings suggest that a greater emphasis on the improved engagement of patients and their families in shared decision making about RRT initiation is needed for both ethnic/racial minorities and nonminorities...
  14. ncbi Quality of patient-physician discussions about CKD in primary care: a cross-sectional study
    Raquel C Greer
    Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2024 E Monument Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    Am J Kidney Dis 57:583-91. 2011
    ..The quality of patient-physician discussions about chronic kidney disease (CKD) in primary care has not been studied previously...
  15. ncbi Albuminuria: is it time to screen the general population?
    Deidra C Crews
    Department of Medicine, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Adv Chronic Kidney Dis 18:249-57. 2011
    ..This review discusses the available literature addressing these issues, and suggests an approach to screening patients for albuminuria...
  16. ncbi Vitamin D treatment for the prevention of falls in older adults: systematic review and meta-analysis
    Rita Rastogi Kalyani
    Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department ofMedicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1830 East Monument Street, Suite 333, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    J Am Geriatr Soc 58:1299-310. 2010
    ..To systematically review and quantitatively synthesize the effect of vitamin D therapy on fall prevention in older adults...
  17. ncbi Comparative effectiveness studies to improve clinical outcomes in end stage renal disease: the DEcIDE patient outcomes in end stage renal disease study
    Ebony L Boulware
    Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 2024 E, Monument Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    BMC Nephrol 13:167. 2012
    ..Evidence is lacking to inform providers' and patients' decisions about many common treatment strategies for patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD)...
  18. ncbi Challenges perceived by primary care providers to educating patients about chronic kidney disease
    Raquel C Greer
    Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    J Ren Care 38:174-81. 2012
    ..To identify primary care providers' (PCPs) perceived barriers to educating patients about chronic kidney disease (CKD) during routine clinical visits...
  19. ncbi Racial differences in chronic kidney disease incidence and progression among individuals with HIV
    Deidra C Crews
    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    Nat Clin Pract Nephrol 4:652-3. 2008
    ..CKD is common among HIV patients, and-as in the general population-has a more-aggressive course among African Americans than whites...