Sentences with phrase «for dialysis treatment»

Took patients for dialysis treatments and other appointments for clients with diverse disabilities

Not exact matches

DaVita teammates far and wide showed up to help support any dialysis patient that could make it in for lifesaving treatment, including dozens of patients from neighboring clinics.

From dietary restrictions to multiple medications to spending up to 10 hours per week in treatment, dialysis requires a significant lifestyle adjustment, not just for people with kidney failure but for their family members, too.

For him the situation means waiting seven days between the dialysis treatments he should be receiving every two days.

After 12 days in intensive care I was moved to a ward and still needed lots of treatment including physiotherapy to learn to breathe unassisted and walk again, dressing changes for the wound on my tummy, dialysis treatments and blood transfusions.

Twenty patients with kidney failure, for example, showed levels of ammonia and acetone more than 10 times that of healthy controls, and the researchers could watch those levels fall back to normal as the patients received dialysis treatment.

The past century's great advances in medical diagnosis and treatment — including kidney dialysis, artificial body parts such as lenses and joints, magnetic resonance imaging, and genetic testing — could have happened only with crucial contributions from physical scientists and engineers, who will also be needed for the next generation of health care miracles.

In an accompanying editorial, Michael Davis, CRNP and Jeffrey Kopp, MD (National Institutes of Health) noted that the study also pointed to various factors — such as having access to alternate dialysis in an integrated system, getting access to transportation, and having a stable social situation — that could be important for avoiding missed dialysis treatments.

With few treatments currently available, symptoms include high blood pressure and loss of kidney function, and lead to the need for dialysis.

She said she has asked the French Superior Council for Public Hygiene to examine methods of sterilising dialysis machines between treatments.

• Patients must have adequate coagulation (international normalized ratio (INR) or prothrombin time (PT), partial thromboplastin time (PTT) ≤ 1.5 times ULN) • Adequate liver function (total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times the ULN, alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 2.5 times ULN Exclusion Criteria: • Presence of active / uncontrolled central nervous system involvement • History of clinically significant cardiac disease; uncontrolled hypertension • Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) < 45 % • Allogeneic stem cell transplant within 100 days before first dose of study drug • Known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection • Chronic or active hepatitis B or C, requiring antiviral therapy • Evidence of history of bleeding disorder, dialysis, or coexisting cancer that is distinct in primary site or histology from the cancer evaluated in this study • Serious, uncontrolled infection • Unresolved chronic toxicity > grade 1 from prior therapy • Use of strong CYP3A4 inhibitors or strong inducers within 7 days prior to the start of study treatment and for the duration of the study

It can pose a problem for those who often need IV medical treatments, such as dialysis patients or hemophiliacs who require blood transfusions.

You would think that treatment for kidney disease would help the problem, but not so with dialysis, which is often required for advanced cases of kidney failure.

CorMedix, Inc. operates as pharmaceutical and medical device company that seeks to in - license, develop and commercialize therapeutic products for the treatment of cardiac and renal dysfunction, specifically in the dialysis and non-dialysis areas.

Kidney organ transplants and kidney dialysis are other available treatment modalities for CKD, when conventional options are failing.

She and husband Bob Monyak spent $ 67,000 on veterinary expenses, including regular dialysis treatments for Lola.

This is where they were informed that because kidney failure had progressed (despite rigorous treatment), the only hope for Phoebe would be dialysis.

We offer a wide range of advanced equipment, including dialysis, which allows for precision in the treatment of your pet's renal disorders.

For acute kidney failure, dialysis can make more sense since the treatment is short term.

The cost of care is estimated to be between $ 20,000 to $ 25,000 for the initial 2 to 3 weeks of treatment, Owners also need to live near the dialysis center.

In veterinary medicine, where dialysis is rarely available, the use of large volume fluid therapy is the most successful treatment for kidney failure, whether it is acute or chronic.

Assessing the side - effects of treatment (ranging from a prescription diet for first - stage kidney disease to daily injections for diabetes or even to weekly dialysis sessions under general anaesthetic) is also a major factor as is the possibility that a cat can survive comfortably for a short period without a potentially distressing course treatment.

However it is a great format for telling such a story; graphically showing how the antibiotic apocalypse has affected society; how doctors decide who gets treatment with the few they have left (don't be old or fat), how dialysis and any other treatment that risks infection is over, how everyone fears the smallest cut.

An overdose of bicarbonate from dialysis treatment may up the risk of death and cardiac arrest, which is why it is important that doctors prescribe the proper dose while accounting for the extra amount found in Granuflo and Naturalyte.

Every week, about 400,000 Americans undergo dialysis treatments, sometimes more than once, for their kidney - related complications.

While it's true that dialysis treatment will preclude you from qualifying for traditional life insurance policies.

Step 2) Once you have 12 months under your belt since you last dialysis treatment, apply for a burial insurance plan with a company where they only ask about dialysis within the last 12 months.

Has the Proposed Insured ever been medically diagnosed as having or been treated for (including office visits, medication or surgery): leukemia, Hodgkin's disease, a blood or bleeding disorder, connective tissue disorder, Parkinson's disease, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), cirrhosis, chronic hepatitis B, C or D, liver disease, kidney disease with dialysis treatment, Alzheimer's disease, dementia, lymphoma, lymph node enlargement or malignant melanoma; or received or been advised to receive an organ or tissue transplant; or in the past 5 years been medically diagnosed with or been treated for internal cancer?

Living wills include medical wishes, such as «do not resuscitate» (DNR), and is where preferences for medical treatment, such as feeding tubes, respirators, dialysis and blood transfusions, are outlined.

One of the main benefits of Bharti AXA health insurance plans is the day care treatment where 24 hours of hospitalization is not required for treatments such as dialysis, chemotherapy, eye surgery, etc. undertaken at a partner hospital.

These questions refer to serious health conditions such as being hospitalized or receiving hospice care, are in a nursing home, are on dialysis, have or have been advised treatment for a transplant, are confined to a wheelchair and others.

Looking for the position of Medical Social Worker in ABC Healthcare for All Inc., bringing 3 years experience providing psychosocial assessment to patients on dialysis treatment.

About Blog Medical education site for health professionals in the field of kidney disease, especially dialysis, treatment of hypertension, and clinical nephrology.

About Blog We are an advocacy for patients who are traversing the dialysis treatment process.

Uncle Willy Kabay had not been home for 13 years, having moved to access regular dialysis treatment.

The NPY Women's Council, which employs the Ngangkari (the only such program in Australia), has long campaigned for more dialysis services in remote communities, arguing that having to go such large distances for treatment was «doubly cruel» and «likely to make end stage kidney failure even more distressing and upsetting».