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Acute kidney injury patients more likely to need dialysis within 5 years
Sep 15, 2009 |
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Patients who sustain injury to their kidneys and require in-hospital dialysis are three times more likely to need long-term dialysis later in life compared to those without a history of this condition, says a new study from ...
Knowledge unlocks key to healthier options for dialysis patients
Apr 23, 2009 |
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Kidney disease patients who are educated about dialysis are more likely to undergo a standard but under-utilized dialysis-related procedure than less knowledgeable patients, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue ...
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Blood pressure test reveals heart disease risk in patients with early stages of CKD
Jan 28, 2009 |
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Pulse pressure, an inexpensive and noninvasive measurement derived from blood pressure readings, can effectively indicate which patients with kidney disease are at increased risk of developing potentially fatal heart complications, ...
Before starting dialysis, patients need nephrologist care
Mar 25, 2009 |
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For patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), receiving care from a nephrologist in the months before starting dialysis reduces the risk of death during the first year on dialysis, reports a study in the May 2009 issue ...
For dialysis patients, skinny is dangerous
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Dialysis patients with low body fat are at increased risk of death—even compared to patients at the highest level of body fat percentage, according to research being presented at the American Society of Nephrology's 42nd ...
More pills, less quality of life for kidney patients
May 07, 2009 |
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The more pills a dialysis patients takes, the worse their health-related quality of life, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). The findin ...
Fish oil may help kidney disease sufferers
Apr 30, 2007 |
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Fish oil, it's been touted as an answer to Alzheimers, arthritis and even weight-loss but now a Queensland University of Technology researcher will test its health benefits in people with chronic kidney disease.
For old or young dialysis patients, AV fistulas remain pure gold
Mar 09, 2009 |
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A new study shows that for those individuals with chronic kidney disease, it doesn't matter if you're young or old: arteriovenous (AV) fistulas remain the gold standard for maintaining access to one's circulatory system to ...
Anemia drug not helpful for kidney disease patients
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An international study authored by a UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher has concluded that the anemia drug darbepoetin alfa works no better than a placebo in several other applications previously thought to be promising.
Depressed dialysis patients more likely to be hospitalized or die
Sep 12, 2008 |
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Dialysis patients diagnosed with depression are nearly twice as likely to be hospitalized or die within a year than those who are not depressed, a UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher has found.
Suffering caused by dialysis for nursing home seniors may outweigh its benefits, researchers find
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Older Americans living in nursing homes experience a significant decline in their ability to perform simple daily tasks — such as feeding themselves, getting dressed or brushing their teeth — after starting dialysis, say ...
Dialysis patients residing at higher altitude have lower rate of death
Feb 03, 2009 |
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Compared to dialysis patients living near sea level, dialysis patients living at an altitude higher than 4,000 feet have a 12-15 percent lower rate of death, according to a study in the February 4 issue of JAMA.
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