Journal of general internal medicine
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Undocumented immigrants with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) who rely on emergency-only hemodialysis (dialysis only after an emergency department evaluation) face psychosocial distress. Emergency-only hemodialysis (EOHD) is likely burdensome for primary caregivers as well. ⋯ Caregivers of undocumented immigrants with ESKD who rely upon EOHD experience caregiver burden and distress. The impact of EOHD on caregivers should be considered when assessing the consequences of excluding undocumented immigrants from public insurance programs.
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Given the changing landscape of colorectal cancer, systematic reviews are likely to play a key role in advancing the understanding of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. ⋯ Systematic reviews cited in NCCN guidelines for colon and rectal cancer are frequently at unclear or high risk of bias and do not report key systematic review items that are important for the critical appraisal of results.