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Infective endocarditis in patients with kidney failure: Chronic dialysis and kidney transplant

Current Infectious Disease Reports, 2003
Physicians who treat patients with infective endocarditis (IE) are encountering a growing number of dialysis and kidney transplant patients. Both groups have 30 to 100 times higher risk of IE, with 1-year mortalities of 40% to 60%. The predominant organisms causing IE are gram positive, with 60% to 80% of cases due to Staphylococcus aureus, and another
James H.E., Ireland, James T., McCarthy
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Energy Dynamics in Chronic Heart Failure, Chronic Kidney Disease & the Cardiorenal Syndrome: A New Causal Paradigm

The Gazette of Medical Sciences, 2023
In this paper we examine HF and CKD through the lens of a new causal paradigm: as a conjoined energy deficiency syndrome whose progression is governed by impaired energy generation by the cardiovascular system leading to subsequent deterioration of blood energy dynamics.
K. E. Thorp   +5 more
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Advance Care Planning Documentation and Intensity of Care at the End of Life for Adults With Congestive Heart Failure, Chronic Kidney Disease, and Both Illnesses

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 2022
Heart failure (HF) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are associated with high morbidity and mortality, especially in combination, yet little is known about the impact of these conditions together on end-of-life care.Compare end-of-life care and advance care planning (ACP) documentation among patients with both HF and CKD to those with either condition ...
Gwen M, Bernacki   +8 more
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