“My mother used to say, ‘You feel horrible when your children go through [tough situations] because you don't want your children hurt,’” Robert said. “[When Justin was diagnosed with kidney failure], I understood what she meant because that's a horr...
PLHIV worldwide have a greater burden of multimorbidity than people without HIV and this burden increases with age3,30,31,32. Common comorbidities include hepatitis B, hepatitis C, tuberculosis, and aging-associated noncommunicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, osteopor...
The number of adults with conditions such as cancer, diabetes, and kidney disease will rise by 2.5 million - an increase of 37% compared with 2019 figures, according to a four-year project led by the Health Foundation's Real Centre in partnership with the University ...
The living graft donor was 22 years old, with no medical history, 56kg of weight and 22.6 of BMI. The right kidney was harvested by laparoscopic nephrectomy, and it was 11 cm long and had only one artery and vein (the left kidney had two arteries). The warm ischemia lasted 1 minute ...
Integrating a home telehealth model with nurse oversight into holistic care for OPLWH can help them maintain their quality of life and improve their health outcomes. Moreover, the literature related to telehealth and kidney disease care has strongly reflected high patient satisfaction [30]. The ...
Diagnosis of CKD is based on the level of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and markers of kidney damage such as protein excretion into the urine shown by proteinuria or albuminuria [12]. GFR can either be measured directly (mGFR) or estimated (eGFR) with a specific biomarker and one of th...
Living kidney donors are at risk of long‐term end﹕tage renal disease, and obesity is an independent risk factor. In our centre, preヾonation counselling of obese donors concentrates on lifestyle modifications, particularly weight loss and exercise. Whether these recommendations have a sustainable ...
This time of year also has so many disturbing memories for me too, being 5 years since I was diagnosed, the kidney failure leading up to that and my first relapse around December 2012. This year was the toughest yet, got to say that was mostly to do with dex withdrawal but taking them...
Our age- and gender-specific GFR reference ranges may be useful in the management of an older individual with a GFR < 60 mL/min/1.73m2: if GFR is within their reference range and there is no other evidence of kidney disease, one may be more confident in attributing a GFR < 60 ...
Importantly, the total number of kidney transplants (deceased plus living) was higher in opt-out than opt-in countries (P = .044). Similarly, the total number of liver transplants was higher in opt-out than opt-in countries (P = .051). There are also effects showing that ...