A nephrologist is a doctor who specializes only in kidneys and conditions related to or affected by kidney problems, including high blood pressure. Nephrology is a subset of internal medicine. Nephrologists don't perform surgery. Urologists, however, are surgeons whose specialty includes the treatment...
Hematology: For a while, we thought my anemia was due to my kidney disease. But we now know it’s iron deficiency anemia. In the words of my nephrologist, “you have zero iron, I need you to get truckloads of iron”. And so we are doing 5 weeks of iron infusions. The last time...
The sampling frame was patients meeting initial cri- teria (aged 65 or older and receiving haemodialysis) reg- istered with the participating units. Patients on this list were screened against the full eligibility criteria by their nephrologist and a nurse trained as an ACP facilitator. Eligible ...
Designed by internationally acclaimed architect Mies van der Rohe, the 1400 glass and steel homewas commissionedby Chicago nephrologist Edith Farnsworth in 1945. An icon of modern design, Farnsworth Housewas purchasedby the National Trust for Historic Preservation in 2003, opening its doors to the pu...