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Renal Dialysis and its Financing

Hospital Topics, 2016
The incidence of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and its associated comorbidities such as diabetes and hypertension continue to increase as the population ages. As most ESRD patients qualify for Medicare coverage, the U.S. government initiated reforms of the payment system for dialysis facilities in an effort to decrease expenditures associated with ...
Marisa, Borelli, David P, Paul, Michaeline, Skiba   +2 more
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Peritoneal Dialysis and Renal Transplantation

2009
Peritoneal dialysis is commonly used in patients awaiting renal transplantation. The occurrence of delayed graft function is lower in CAPD patients than in hemodialysis patients. This could be explained by the fluid expansion observed in CAPD patients before renal transplantation.
Thierry, Lobbedez, Angélique, Lecouf, Odette, Abbadie, Maxence, Ficheux, Bruno Hurault, de Ligny, Jean-Philippe, Ryckelynck   +5 more
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Renal Replacement II: Dialysis Dose

Critical Care Clinics, 2005
Improved survival of critically ill acute renal failure patients can be correlated with therapy dose. The overall solute elimination can be measured by the product of clearance and time (Kt), which is usually normalized for the volume of distribution (V) of the solute as "Kt/V." Setting a Kt/V threshold of 1.4 can guide clinicians toward adequate ...
Ricci Z, Ronco C
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Renal dialysis units for wales

Nursing Standard, 1988
Patients living in rural areas in south Wales who have to rely on renal dialysis will benefit from the next stage in the Welsh Office's scheme to provide them with facilities closer to home.
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Renal Failure and Dialysis

2020
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common and serious complication of cardiac surgery. The spectrum of cardiac surgery-associated AKI (CS-AKI) ranges from transient loss of renal reserve, through AKI, to long-term irreversible renal failure requiring renal replacement therapy (RRT).
Anne D. Cherry, Benjamin Y. Andrew, Jamie R. Privratsky, Mark Stafford-Smith   +3 more
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Whither Dialysis and Renal Transplantation?

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1974
ABOUT a year ago, on July 1, 1973, the federal government activated a new law under which it assumed fiscal responsibility for the treatment of end-stage kidney disease in all patients covered by Social Security. This marks the culmination of a decade and a half during which two dramatic therapies for irreversible kidney failure have come to maturity ...
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Renal Dialysis and the Liaison Psychiatrist

The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 1980
Some of the complex aspects of the role of the liaison psychiatrist as illustrated on a renal dialysis service have been discussed. The liaison psychiatrist is expected not only to fulfill the role of a medical consultant but also to facilitate communication amongst staff and to participate in decisions of life and death.
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RENAL TRANSPLANTATION FOR DIALYSIS ARTHROPATHY

The Lancet, 1988
M, Jadoul, B, Maldague, Y, Pirson, C, van Ypersele de Strihou   +3 more
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PERITONEAL DIALYSIS IN RENAL FAILURE

The Lancet, 1967
J S, Cameron, C S, Ogg, J R, Trounce
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Renal dialysis in pregnancy.

NAACOG's clinical issues in perinatal and women's health nursing, 1992
Dialysis may be needed, either acutely or on a chronic basis, during pregnancy for a variety of reasons. Advances in erythropoietin, transplant, and hormonal therapies may increase the chances of pregnancy in women with chronic renal failure. Providing care to this population of patients is a challenge to nephrology and obstetric nurses.
J M, Martin, D, Snedegar
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