The aim of this study was to evaluate the cost of kidney dialysis services in hospitals affiliated to Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences in 2016. Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted on 9 dialysis clinics of hospitals affiliated to Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences in the ...
dialysisprotonand enthalpyThe acidosis known to be associated with sickle cell anaemia is exploited in this work to estimate its energy cost to the kidney that has to dialyse the excess protons from the blood into urine against a concentration gradient, thereby doing significant extra work. The ...
In the case of CEAs of therapies that extend the lives of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) on dialysis but do not impact the need for or the intensity of dialysis, the determination of the relatedness of future dialysis costs to the therapy of interest is particularly ambiguous. ...
The cost of hemodialysis in Iran The use of dialysis in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) remains one of the most resource-intensive and hence, expensive therapeutic interventio... A Arefzadeh,M Lessanpezeshki,S Seifi - 《Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases & Transplantation An Officia...
Dialysis is an effective treatment for end-stage renal disease, but it is available to only approximately half of those who need it in the world.Two prototype passive-flow dialysate delivery systems were constructed.Each dialysate delivery system provided a flow of dialysate in the range of 200-...
Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality are massively increased in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Sevelamer hydrochloride has been shown to att... VM Brandenburg,G Schlieper,N Heussen,... - Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant...
In the Netherlands, more than one million patients have type 2 diabetes (T2D), and approximately 36% of these patients have chronic kidney disease (CKD). Yearly medical costs related to T2D and CKD account for approximately €1.3 billion and €805 millio
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) is a major cause of chronic kidney disease (CKD) that is both progressive and irreversible and gradually leads to renal failure (end-stage kidney disease, ESKD) requiring maintenance dialysis or kidney transplant [1, 2]. CKD contributes to a substantial disease ...
The objective of this study was to review full economic evaluations comparing KRT modalities specified as hemodialysis (HD), peritoneal dialysis (PD), and kidney transplantation (KT) for patients with ESKD.Methods We conducted a systematic review of the literature from PubMed, Embase, EconLit (...
A recent nationwide cross-sectional survey in China found that the prevalence of CKD was 10.8% [8]. The growth in CKD population also implies an increasing burden of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) patients requiring kidney replacement therapy (KRT, either dialysis or kidney transplantation), ...