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Showing 1 to 20 of 163 for “"renal disease"”.
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Family relations and chronic renal disease
… 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 dialysis. It was …
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Investigation of novel biomarkers associated with renal disease
… layer thickness measurements) and measures of renal function and damage (estimated glomerular filtration rate and urinary albumin to creatinine ratio). Retinal biomarkers have previously been associated with the most significant causes of chronic kidney disease (CKD), hypertension and diabetes, …
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Measurement of Autonomic Function in Renal Disease and Diabetes
<p>Renal disease and diabetes lead to dysautonomia resulting in consequences ranging from gastroparesis to sudden death. New technologies to detect dysautonomia, such as 24-hr heart rate variability, are being evaluated and compared to traditional evoked tests. These advances have, however, lead to …
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Factors affecting severity of injury in allergic renal disease
… nephritis (NTN) in rabbits was established. This disease is produced by the intravenous injection of nephrotoxic serum, raised in sheep, containing antibodies to rabbit glomerular basement membrane. In a second group of experiments, the induction of an acute phase response in rabbits by the …
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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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Religious Problem Solving and Coping with End Stage Renal Disease
<p>This study examined the impact of end-stage renal disease life-related couple/family stressors and strains on marital satisfaction, parental satisfaction, life satisfaction, and depression on end-stage renal disease patients and their spouses, as well as quality of life for patients. Also, it …
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Gram-positive infections in patients with end-stage renal disease
… culture specimens of patients with end-stage renal disease. The propensity of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS) to cause infection in this patient group has been widely debated. However, it is still unclear how this usually avirulent commensal microorganism produces infection that …
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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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Renal disease in systemic lupus erythematosus: correlation of morphology with clinical course
… the period 1978 to 1988 and the indications for renal biopsy were clinical based on laboratory results of renal function. Patients were followed between 1 and 120 months with a mean observation period of 34 months. The clinical records were scrutinised and the following pa·rameters were noted at …
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The Genetics of Type 2 Diabetic End-Stage Renal Disease in African Americans
… for type 2 diabetes (T2DM) associated end-stage renal disease (ESRD) (T2DM-ESRD) in African Americans was performed using 206 affected sibling pairs. Following ordered subset analysis (OSA), evidence for linkage was found on chromosomes 3q, 7p, and 18q. On chromosome 18, linkage was observed at …
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The Experience of the Older Adult With End-Stage Renal Disease on Hemodialysis
… in the number of individuals with end-stage renal disease has implications in terms of both the health of individuals, especially older adults (aged 65 years and older), and the capacity of the health care system to provide adequate treatment needed by these patients. Much has been written …
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Erythropoietin for the Treatment of Porphyria Cutanea Tarda in End Stage Renal Disease
Porphyria Cutanea Tarda (PCT) is an iron-related disease that results from acquired inhibition of hepatic uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase (UROD), the fifth enzyme in the heme biosynthetic pathway. Clinically, PCT presents with chronic photosensitive vesiculo-bullous skin lesions that are painful and …
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Compassion and conflict: The impact of the medicare end-stage renal disease program
… 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 services on virtually a universal basis. \r\n\r\nBecause of …
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Relationship between Age and Pre-End Stage Renal Disease Care in Elderly Hemodialysis Patients
… 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 of chronic …
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Thai Patients' Experiences of End-Stage Renal Disease: A Path through an Unknown World
… 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 in this …
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Renal Disease Risk and Risk Perceptions Among African-American Women with Type 2 Diabetes
… African Americans face a disparate risk for renal disease development secondary to type 2 diabetes (T2D), and African-American women have shown to be at the highest risk. Despite this, there is minimal research on African American's awareness of renal disease and existing renal disease risk …
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