Improving Care for Peritoneal Dialysis Patients With the "CKD-PD" App
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Funding Fogarty Program
Mobile Health (mHealth)
Project Information in NIH RePORTER
Improving Care for Peritoneal Dialysis Patients With the "CKD-PD" App
Principal Institution
Massachusetts General Hospital
Principal Investigator(s) (PI)
Morley, Katharine Elise
Project Contact Information
Email: kemorley@mgh.harvard.edu
Year(s) Awarded
2019-2023
Country
Thailand
Collaborators
Khon Kaen University
Project Description
Managing the hydration status in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a key task for nephrologists in Thailand that is made difficult due to lack of timely access to hydration metrics including weight, blood pressure, and ultrafiltration volume. This research project aims to improve the monitoring of hydration status in PD patients from a bimonthly, in-clinic review of a handwritten log-book to a smartphone based app (CKD-PD) with digitized data that allows for near real time monitoring hydration abnormalities, thereby creating the opportunity for earlier treatment of overhydration.
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