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Showing 1 to 20 of 68 for “"Nephrology"”.
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Retrospective comparison of cyclophosphamide and mycophenolate mofetil in lupus nephritis at Groote Schuur Hospital nephrology unit
Background. Lupus nephritis (LN) can be complicated with requirement for kidney replacement therapy and death. Efficacy of induction therapies using mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) or intravenous cyclophosphamide (IVCYC) has been reported from studies, but there is limited data in Africans comparing …
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The Lived Experience of Moral Distress for Nephrology Nurses Who Care for Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
… is growing in Canada, and retaining skilled nephrology nurses is essential. As the disease progresses, and the patient and family suffer losses, the nurse accompanies them on their journey. The concept of moral distress has been investigated within several areas of nursing but there are few …
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Clinico-pathological characteristics and outcomes of nephrology adolescents and young adults in Cape Town: a single centre study
… young adults [AYA] are important users of the nephrology health care services. Worldwide, there is a paucity of data on AYA kidney disease and outcomes. This study evaluates kidney outcomes, survival and challenges faced by AYA in a South African setting. Methods This 5-year retrospective study …
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Erythropoietin treatment in anaemic patients at the Nephrology Unit of the Steve Biko Academic Hospital - a retrospective, cross-sectional study
… to which extent these guidelines are followed by Nephrology Units in the public healthcare sector, or whether the documented international trends are prevalent locally due to the paucity of local data, and therefore further investigation is warranted. This study aimed to assess treatment trends in …
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An exploration into nephrology nurses' lived experiences of caring for dying patients with end stage kidney disease following withdrawal of dialysis
… aim of this study sets out to better understand nephrology nurses’ lived experiences of dying and deaths of patients with ESKD following withdrawal of dialysis. A qualitative research design using an interpretative phenomenological approach was used to explore the experiences of a purposive …
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Care and Outcomes for Older Adults with Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease
… need for resources including telephone access to nephrology or conservative care expertise, better access to conservative care clinics, and improved ability to appropriately co-manage patients with nephrologists. Research in conservative care has previously focused on patients with advanced CKD …
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Patient-Centered Hemodialysis Nursing Care: An Interpretive Description
… aspects require consideration. Implications for Nephrology Care Implications and recommendations for nephrology nursing education, practice, policy, and future research are identified.
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Avaliação nutricional de pacientes com insuficiência renal crônica submetidos à hemodiálise em uma clínica de nefrologia em João Pessoa-PB.
… renal failure undergoing hemodialysis clinical nephrology in João Pessoa-PB. The sample consisted of 43 patients of both sexes undergoing hemodialysis in a nephrology clinic in John person. For data collection a clinical record with socioeconomic data was used; information about the disease as …
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Paediatric acute kidney injury management in an African setting
… learned from regional training of paediatric nephrology fellows in Africa There is a significant shortage of staff managing children with AKI in Africa and this is a review of our training program (1999 – 2021) of 38 African paediatric nephrology fellows. The emphasis is on training in …
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Determining the Feasibility of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Paradigm and its Impact on Exercise Self-Efficacy Among Chronic Kidney Disease Patients: a Pilot Study
… risk” group for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and nephrology guidelines recommend referral to cardiac rehabilitation (CR) to prevent its development. However, there is limited evidence supporting this recommendation and as few as 10% of patients with CKD utilize this service. In the general …
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Programa de educação nutricional como alternativa para prevenção e tratamento da desnutrição em pacientes com insuficiência renal crônica.
… problem. According to the Brazilian Society of Nephrology (2012), 97.586 million patients are on dialysis, and 63.6% are between 19 and 65 years and 57.7% were female.The present study had as main objective to promote the formation of a group of patients on dialysis, where questions about diet …
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A 15-year retrospective review of urodynamic studies in Children at Red Cross War Memorial Childrens Hospital (RCWMCH), Cape Town, South Africa
… Urology (37.7%), Spinal defects clinic (34.4%), Nephrology (20.8%) and other departments (7.0%). The most common reason for referral was review of medical treatment (36.5%). Spinal dysraphism (58.3%) accounted for the majority of conditions seen. Majority (59.1%) of the patients were receiving …
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Estudio de prefactibilidad para la instalación de un centro de hemodiálisis
… diseases, encourage new doctors to specialize in nephrology and the state to encourage the creation of more dialysis centers since about 300 centers are currently needed and only have 140.
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Fluid and blood pressure management in maintenance hemodialysis patients
While the majority of the nephrology community would agree that the ideal way to manage the care of a patient on dialysis is through proper volume control strategies, our guidelines and protocols do not reflect these beliefs. The Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) has guidelines for …
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Parental perspectives of dialysis initiation for children with kidney disease: a qualitative study
… initiation will require directed efforts by nephrology care teams to foster caregiver evolution and resilience, with particular attention to the unique experiences of caregivers of color and respond to the family’s changing experience of kidney disease.
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Development and validation of an instrument to measure the concept of occupational intimacy in relation to physician job satisfaction
… neurology, family practice, cardiology, nephrology, gastroenterology, and oncology perceived their job was more meaningful than the subgroup "others" which included: obstetrics and gynecology, dermatology, allergy, ophthalmology, optometry, podiatry, psychiatry, emergency medicine, …
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Relationship between Age and Pre-End Stage Renal Disease Care in Elderly Hemodialysis Patients
… 2010. Study variables included: (a) receipt of nephrology care 12 months prior to starting dialysis, (b) receipt of dietitian care at any time prior to starting dialysis, and (c) use of AVF at first dialysis. Data for the policy analysis was derived from CMS documents and interviews with …
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Advance care planning conversations: the family perspective
… along with an ACP facilitator from the nephrology program. This focused ethnographic study applied the theoretical perspective of postmodernist critical theory to derive and analyze data from in-depth semi-structured interviews. Findings revealed a detailed description of the ACP process …
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Urinary Biomarkers and Patient Outcome in Chronic Kidney Disease and Atherosclerotic Heart Disease: The value of IgM-uria and IgG-uria
… primary glomerulonephritis were followed at the nephrology outpatient clinic for an average of 8 years. Patients with an increased urine IgG excretion had an increased risk for end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), even when adjusted for the degree of albuminuria and kidney function (HR = 5.9, p = …
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Drop-out of children with end stage kidney failure from chronic Peritoneal dialysis and associated factors; a ten year review at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital (RCWMCH), Cape Town, South Africa
… Research Day 2019 and at the world congress of nephrology international conference 2021. Results will be submitted for publication in a peer reviewed journal.
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