Sentences with phrase «for kidney disease patients»

More than 90 per cent of educational materials written for kidney disease patients is higher than an average patient's literacy, according to a new study published in the June issue of the National Kidney Foundation's American Journal of Kidney Diseases.

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The source of the controversy is a DeepMind app that aims to suss out which patients are at risk for kidney disease.

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Led by Stella K. Kang, a radiologist with the Department of Radiology at the New York School of Medicine, the study was designed to compare the effectiveness of a treatment algorithm for small renal tumors incorporating the nephrometry score, a renal tumor anatomy scoring system developed by urologists, with the current standard of uniformly recommended partial nephrectomy in patients with mild - to - moderate chronic kidney disease (CKD).

A recently - developed mobile phone application could make monitoring conditions such as diabetes, kidney disease, and urinary tract infections much clearer and easier for both patients and doctors, and could eventually be used to slow or limit the spread of pandemics in the developing world.

Medicare spending for patients with chronic kidney disease aged 65 and older exceeded $ 50 billion in 2013 and represented 20 percent of all Medicare spending in that age group.

University of Michigan researchers have identified an accessible, non-invasive way to identify patients at risk for progression of kidney disease.

Richard J. McManus, F.R.C.G.P., of the University of Oxford, and colleagues randomly assigned 552 patients with hypertension and a history of stroke, coronary heart disease, diabetes, or chronic kidney disease to self - monitoring of blood pressure combined with an individualized self - titration algorithm or a control group (patients received usual care consisting of seeing their health care clinician for routine blood pressure measurement and adjustment of medication if necessary).

«Warfarin for a-fib does not worsen outcomes for patients with kidney disease.»

Although some research has suggested that the use of the anticoagulant warfarin for atrial fibrillation among patients with chronic kidney disease would increase the risk of death or stroke, a study that included more than 24,000 patients found a lower l - year risk of the combined outcomes of death, heart attack or stroke without a higher risk of bleeding, according to a study in the March 5 issue of JAMA.

Because individuals with kidney dysfunction must maintain diets low in phosphorus and potassium, it's unclear if sodium - reduced foods are safe for patients with kidney disease.

«Patients with chronic kidney disease need to be aware of the potential for higher potassium content in sodium - reduced foods, as they are educated to follow a low sodium diet and may inadvertently choose sodium - reduced foods without realizing the risk of an increased potassium load from additives,» she said.

«Potassium additives may make low - sodium meats unsafe for patients with kidney disease.»

Patients with levels above 3000 picogram per milliliter carry a much higher risk for kidney disease in the general population.

For this study, the researchers used data from a population of patients with both diabetes and chronic kidney disease (stage 3 and 4) enrolled in follow up studies conducted by Dr. Krolewski and his team at the Joslin Diabetes Center and followed for four to 15 yeaFor this study, the researchers used data from a population of patients with both diabetes and chronic kidney disease (stage 3 and 4) enrolled in follow up studies conducted by Dr. Krolewski and his team at the Joslin Diabetes Center and followed for four to 15 yeafor four to 15 years.

«Blood pressure targets for individuals with kidney disease should consider patients» age.»

Hypertension is the most important treatable risk factor for cardiovascular disease, and while it is especially common in the elderly and in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), these are the least studied groups in randomized controlled trials examining the health effects of lowering blood pressure.

The researchers» analysis included 22 pregnancies in the Toronto Pregnancy and Kidney Disease Clinic and Registry (2000 - 2013) with 70 pregnancies in the American Registry for Pregnancy in Dialysis Patients (1990 - 2011).

To investigate, Csaba Kovesdy, MD (Memphis VA Medical Center and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center) and his colleagues examined information from the national VA research database and looked for associations between blood pressure and various clinical outcomes — coronary heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, and death — in more than 300,000 patients with CKD.

For example, the authors suggest that hepatitis C - positive kidneys should be offered to uninfected patients who have a high risk of health deterioration if they continue dialysis — including elderly patients or those with serious co-existing conditions, such as cardiovascular disease — disadvantageous blood types or other conditions that would mean many years of waiting for an appropriate hepatitis C - negative kidney to become availabFor example, the authors suggest that hepatitis C - positive kidneys should be offered to uninfected patients who have a high risk of health deterioration if they continue dialysis — including elderly patients or those with serious co-existing conditions, such as cardiovascular disease — disadvantageous blood types or other conditions that would mean many years of waiting for an appropriate hepatitis C - negative kidney to become availabfor an appropriate hepatitis C - negative kidney to become available.

Results of the study published in Hepatology, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, show that incidents of kidney disease, stroke, and heart attack were lower in patients treated with pegylated interferon and ribavirin compared to HCV patients not treated with antivirals or diabetic patients not infected with the virus.

For patients with chronic kidney disease, diets with a high acid content may increase their risk of developing kidney failure.

«This in effect means it may delay the need for a kidney transplant or dialysis in patients with this disease.»

«Many patients who suffer from untreatable chronic diseases, including heart and kidney diseases, are in waiting lists for limited organ transplantation.

A drug called atrasentan provides health benefits for patients who have both diabetes and kidney disease, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN).

The team also investigated the risk of infection while taking into account the duration of current or former statin use, 90 - day cumulative dose, and specific sub-groups of patients who were prescribed statins for different chronic conditions like previous myocardial infarction, peripheral arterial disease, chronic heart failure, chronic kidney disease, and diabetes.

«If a company has a new medicine for kidney disease they would want to test for suPAR, because it will tell you which patients are most vulnerable to the disease.»

Thus far, patients with previous diseases such as irreversible kidney disorder were ineligible for a heart transplant or destination therapy.

We continuously evaluate new technologies for treating heart, liver, lung, and kidney disease in order to provide the highest level of care for patients who need transplants, and we're investigating novel ways to increase the number of healthy donor organs so that we can help more people.

The optical probe would be expected to result in far fewer complications, although Shih and Mohan caution that more research is needed before it can replace the kidney biopsy for patients with renal disease.

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Autosomal dominant medullary cystic kidney disease 1 (MCKD1) is a rare hereditary renal disease that ultimately requires dialysis or kidney transplantation for patients.

Also, if you have patients with kidney disease and you determine that they possess two APOL1 renal - risk variants, they may be at increased risk for developing progressive renal failure.

Results from the study showed that non-dialysis chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients that carried out combined and aerobic exercise 3 times a week for 12 weeks were found to be significantly stronger, had bigger leg muscles, and better cardiorespiratory fitness.

«The development of a functional human kidney glomerulus chip opens up an entirely new experimental path to investigate kidney biology, carry out highly personalized modeling of kidney diseases and drug toxicities, and the stem cell - derived kidney podocytes we developed could even offer a new injectable cell therapy approach for regenerative medicine in patients with life - threatening glomerulopathies in the future,» said Ingber.

In fact, theres now evidence that a prediabetic patients risks for eye, kidney, and nerve damage, as well as heart disease, are nearly as great as a diabetics, says Alan J. Garber, MD, chairman of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) task force thats currently writing new guidelines for managing prediabetes.

Limited research exists on the impact of exercise in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), and which exercise is more beneficial for CKD patients is unclear.

Copper deficiency may occur in preterm infants, infants fed with cow's milk formula, chronic alcoholics, individuals with cystic fibrosis, Crohn's or celiac disease or other small intestinal disorder affecting absorption of copper, gastric bypass (bariatric surgery for weight loss)[3], kidney patients on hemodialysis, those who take zinc supplements or a metal binder penicillamine and in individuals with hereditary disorders of copper metabolism [1].

Ketones diet is usually not suitable for persons with existing medical conditions like heart disease, kidney disease and diabetes can prove fatal to some patients if keto diet plan is not incorporated under proper guidance.

For the patients I met with type - 2 diabetes, they could get their blood sugars under control and reverse their symptoms, instead of having the disease progress to loss of kidney function, eyesight, or even a limb.

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Salt is usually bad for cardiac patients, patients with kidney disease.

Kidney problems A study of elderly patients in Rotterdam in the Netherlands found that having weak kidneys, even without full - blown kidney disease, can put you at a significantly higher risk for heart aKidney problems A study of elderly patients in Rotterdam in the Netherlands found that having weak kidneys, even without full - blown kidney disease, can put you at a significantly higher risk for heart akidney disease, can put you at a significantly higher risk for heart attack.

Because we are committed to providing the highest standard of care to all patients who come to Emerald City Animal Hospital, we immediately adopted SDMA screening as part of our routine wellness checks and for kidney disease monitoring.

I use it for ANY patient with a chronic illness such as diabetes, hip dysplasia, kidney disease, liver disease, chronic urinary problems, chronic ear infections and on and on.

A low protein diet for cats is most commonly prescribed for patients that have been diagnosed with kidney disease.

A low protein diet for dogs is also prescribed to manage kidney disease in canine patients.

(It is removed unchanged by the kidneys and thus does not pose a problem for patients with pre-existing liver diseases.)

This includes preventive health care (examinations and vaccines), management of patients with chronic diseases such as diabetes and kidney failure, and appointments for pets requiring care for urgent conditions.

Dr. Fiocchi's research focused on the management of patients with chronic kidney disease for which she received the resident research award in nephrology and urology at the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Forum in June 2016.