Balhara, Kamna S. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6302-3355
Fisher, Lori
El Hage, Naya
Ramos, Rosemarie G.
Jaar, Bernard G.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Kidney Foundation Serving Maryland and Delaware (Norma E. Clauss Clinical Research Award)
Article History
Received: 20 August 2019
Accepted: 27 December 2019
First Online: 6 January 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the institutional review boards at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Good Samaritan Hospital. Written or verbal consent was obtained from all participants. Written consent was obtained from patients who were recruited in-person. Verbal consent using a standardized script was obtained from patients who were recruited on the phone after their ED visit, since in-person written consent would not have been possible. Both consent strategies (written and verbal) were approved by both institutional review boards.
: Not applicable.
: Dr. Bernard Jaar is a member of the Editorial Board of BMC Nephrology. The authors declare that they have no additional competing interests.