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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"end stage renal disease (ESRD)"”.
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The prevalence and severity of the symptom burden in patients with End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) in a resource limited setting
… from June 2021 to June 2023. Participants with end-stage kidney failure (n=75) were categorized into three groups: receiving dialysis, on the waiting list, and ineligible for state-funded KRT (category 3). Data collection included demographics, comorbidities, and social circumstances. The …
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Access to Life: Advanced Heart Failure Therapies for Undocumented Immigrants
… with successful state-level expansions for end-stage renal disease (ESRD), the work proposes actionable solutions to redress inequities exacerbated by immigration policies. The findings underscore that structural reform is both ethically imperative and financially viable, with critical …
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Odor sensitivity and the presence of p-cresol
… function declines throughout the different stages of kidney disease. End-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients have experienced improved olfactory function after dialysis, leading some researchers to suspect uremic toxins as the cause of olfactory decline (Raff et al., 2008; Bomback & Raff, …
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Factors related to depression in end-stage renal disease patients
… well documented in patients with chronic kidney disease (Egede, 2007; U.S. Renal Data System, 2013). Furthermore, depression seems to play a major role in the mortality and morbidity rates of this population (Kellerman, Christensen, Baldwin, & Lawton, 2010; U.S. Renal Data System, 2013). …
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Intradialytic Weight Gain Management for Dialysis Patients
… weight gain has become a major problem for End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) patients who are dependent on hemodialysis. This issue has resulted in more complications and hospitalizations of ESRD patients who need effective IDWG management programs that are driven by nurses. This project …
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Relationships in transition: the lived experience of young couples shifting from renal failure to post-renal transplant
… seeks to examine the impact of one such illness, End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) and its treatments on the relationship between the ill spouse and his or her w ell partner. In an exploratory, phenomenological fashion, six couples are asked to share the intimate details of their experiences with …
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Improving Influenza Vaccination Rates Through Nursing Journal Clubs
… include six staff nurses who care for End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), End Stage Liver Disease (ESLD) and abdominal transplant patients. To address the barriers to vaccination, specifically patients’ fear of adverse effects, nursing journal clubs (NJC) were implemented on the unit to …
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COVID-19 In Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease - Complications, Risk Factors and Mortality // COVID-19 при пациенти с краен стадий бъбречна недостатъчност – усложнения, рискови фактори и смъртност
… environment. Patients with chronic diseases have been particularly affected. Among the most vulnerable groups of patients are patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) undergoing chronic haemodialysis. Chronic uraemia is associated with complex disorders in the immune system. In …
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Quality of life in hemodialysis patients
The increasing number of patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) has caused a substantial rise in the number of individuals receiving hemodialysis. One of the persistent questions with this group has been the influence of the procedure on quality of life. The present study explored the …
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Family relations and chronic renal disease
… prior research on the psychosocial aspects of end stage renal disease (ESRD) has focused solely on the individual, without considering the family's role in patient adjustment. Little research has been conducted on the contextual elements of the patient's adjustment to renal failure and …
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Thai Patients' Experiences of End-Stage Renal Disease: A Path through an Unknown World
The purpose of the study was to explore how Thai end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients manage the challenges of living with hemodialysis. The participants were Thai ESRD patients, who were receiving hemodialysis in one of the central provinces in Thailand. A grounded theory approach was employed …
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Clinical characteristics of end stage renal disease patients at hemodialysis initiation
The starting time of renal replacement therapy (RRT) is a complicated issue, which is based on multiple factors including clinical, social and laboratory parameters. To help make decision on when to start hemodialysis in impending end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients, we investigated the …
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alpha-Actinin-4 and the podocyte: Implications for focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
… glomerular lesion and a significant cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD). FSGS lesions result from damage to glomerular epithelial cells called podocytes, a key cell type involved in glomerular filtration. Mutations in the ACTN4 gene, encoding an actin-crosslinking protein, are causative of …
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A retrospective review with prospective follow up of renal function, blood pressure and proteinuria post living donor nephrectomy at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town South Africa
Introduction: Renal transplantation is the treatment of choice for patients with end stage renal disease [ESRD]. An increased risk of ESRD has been demonstrated when comparing donors to age matched healthy non-donors. There are no outcome data in Africa on long term donor renal function or …
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The Effects of an Intra-Dialytic Exercise Program on Self-Efficacy and Physical Activity: A Pilot Study
… are significantly lower among individuals with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) compared to their healthy sedentary counterparts. Low levels of self-efficacy (SE) with respect to exercise may contribute to a sedentary lifestyle in the ESRD population. Therefore, in a pilot investigation we …
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Biotransformation of blood long-chain fatty acids and oxylipins in peripheral tissue during hemodialysis
Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the most common lethal complications in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) undergoing hemodialysis (HD). The role of long-chain fatty acids (LCFAs) and their oxylipin derivatives is poorly understood in human cardiac and renal diseases. Based on …
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Compassion and conflict: The impact of the medicare end-stage renal disease program
… efforts, the original Medicare bill was amended to add coverage for those individuals with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), permanent kidney failure requiring dialysis or kidney transplant. To date, patients with ESRD are the only disease-specific population entitled to federal coverage for …
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Relationship between Age and Pre-End Stage Renal Disease Care in Elderly Hemodialysis Patients
… age and receipt of three components of pre-end stage renal disease care prior to first initiation of hemodialysis, and to explore the implications of differences in interpretation of funding policies for dialysis services in Puerto Rico and the U.S. mainland. Background: The growing burden …
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The Prediction Model of Disease Progression of Micro and Macro-complication in Diabetes Mellitus
… with Monte Carlo techniques was used. Age and gender of cohort was based on Korean data. Diabetes complication model is as follows : First, diabetic retinopathy model was defined as no retinopathy, nonprofilerative retinopathy, profilerative retinopathy, macular edema, and blindness. Second, …
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Outcomes of renal transplantation in patients with lupus nephritis: a single centre study in Cape Town
Background: Kidney disease (lupus nephritis [LN]) constitutes a feature of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in up to 50 - 70% of patients with the disease. Although most LN patients are suitable for renal transplantation when they develop end stage renal disease (ESRD), the risk of recurrence of …
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