(2010) Association of digoxin with mortality in ESRD: Does the medical evidence still apply when the patient is on dialysis?. Dialysis & Transplantation 39 , 468-469 /Kevin E., ChanRaymond, Hakim. (2010) Association of digoxin with mortality in ESRD: Does the medical evidence still apply ...
INTRODUCTION: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is common in patients on dialysis where it is associated with reduced survival. The possible association between PH and kidney transplant recipient survival has not been previously evaluated. METHODS: In this retrospective study, we screened for PH pretransplant...
A case is presented in which the family's insistence on continued dialysis was contrary to the patient's previously expressed wishes and the treating physician's assessment of the patient's best interests. It is asserted that, in such situations, after thorough conversation with the family, ...
MK Dasgupta - 《Advances in Peritoneal Dialysis Conference on Peritoneal Dialysis》 被引量: 10发表: 2004年 Unawareness of Hypoglycemic Convulsion Due to Overestimation of Capillary Blood Glucose Levels in a Peritoneal Dialysis Patient Using Icodextrin Icodextrin infused into the peritoneal cavity is partia...
The first step to successful renal rehabilitation is ensuring that the clinical prerequisites of anemia control, adequate dialysis, a well-functioning vascular access, and proper nutrition are in place. In addition, research indicates that people on dialysis are more likely to experience positive ...
Most patients in the United States who opt to be on peritoneal dialysis (PD) choose automated PD, where they perform their home PD treatments using cyclers. However, patients are often not involved in deciding which PD cycler they are trained on and treated with. This is because many PD un...
The title of this article refers not only to the patient who decides to let go of life, the quality of which on dialysis is such that death is preferable, but also to the family and the renal unit staff who have to let go of the patient who makes this decision. One such case is ...
There is little information on factors influencing patient choice of renal replacement modality (RRM) in the UK. Pre-dialysis education program... C Dimitrios,NK Ping,F Bassam,... - Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - ...
We experienced a case in which the colonic melanosis of a patient on long-term dialysis was improved by the administration of lubiprostone. The patient was a 79-year-old male who was receiving 24 mg of sennoside daily (a single oral dose) for constipation. As the patient’s defecation cont...
(21 767 patients), had diagnoses in the 2 years before their index date for steroid-induced diabetes or health states that might take precedence over long-term risk management (eg, metastatic cancer, vital organ transplants, severe malnutrition, or dialysis for stage V kidney failure) (4737...