Quality measures that matter can help kidney community reimagine home dialysisDittrich, MaryWeiner, DanielNephrology News & Issues
At HIIMS emphasis is laid on reversing kidney, cancer, liver, sugar, BP, and heart diseases by increasing the body’s internal strength. Acharya Manish said, “Various dialysis patients come to HIIMS after spending a lot of time and money in differe...
Secondary outcomes included the incidence of delayed graft function (DGF), permanent nonfunction (PNF), serum creatinine concentration, and patient survival until 5 years after kidney transplantation.1 During the study period, 158 DCD-V kidneys were transplanted from 92 DCD-V donors, 145 of which...
Farxiga’s product label and Medication Guide provide warnings about the risk of kidney injury.Some of the patients who developed AKI while taking a SGLT2 inhibitor, which are also known as gliflozins, required hospitalization and dialysis. At the time the initial post-marketing studies were ...
Other well-known causes of thiamine deficiency may include Crohn’s disease, malabsorption (likely to be an issue for most people with Hashimoto’s and autoimmunity), anorexia, and kidney dialysis. Certain medications, including Digoxin (used for heart conditions), diuretics — especially furosemide ...
Previously, patients who survived and had short-term return of normal renal function after acute kidney injury (AKI) were considered to have experienced complete recovery. However, more recent epidemiologic studies show that AKI is a major risk factor for long-term chronic kidney disease (CKD).6...
However, for those with ALS or ESRD, the waiting period is different: ALS patients are eligible for Medicare as soon as they start receiving Social Security Disability benefits, while those with ESRD qualify generally three months after starting regular dialysis or after a kidney transplant. While...
So far, the cleansing process is used only on donor lungs from deceased organ donors. However, I think that just as we can do cleanings through kidney dialysis and plasmapheresis, that one day we will be able to clean the lungs inside the living person who suffers from COPD and other lun...
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major public health burden around the world. The gut microbiome may contribute to CKD progression and serve as a promising therapeutic target. Colonic dialysis has long been used in China to help remove gut-derived toxin
Before kidney transplantation, we determined age at diagnosis of FSGS, time to progression to CKD stage 5, previous renal transplants (dates, number, causes of graft loss), time on dialysis before transplantation (in months), magnitude of anti-HLA sensitization, and blood group. After kidney ...