A medication called ferric citrate may
reduce dialysis patients» need to take multiple drugs that treat complications related to kidney disease.
Not exact matches
Better ways of preventing foot problems in
dialysis patients with diabetes could
reduce the 100 or so associated amputations that take place every week in the UK, according to Diabetes UK - funded research being presented this week at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Lisbon.
«Blood pressure medications
reduce stroke, heart attack in peritoneal
dialysis patients: New study finds a 16 percent reduction in cardiovascular events with the use of ACEIs and ARBs.»
«The majority of
patients with chronic kidney disease, particularly those in the more advanced stages who require
dialysis, exhibited some degree of loss of their sense of smell, which correlated with
reduced nutritional status,» says Teodor Paunescu, PhD, of the MGH Division of Nephrology, corresponding author of the study.
In
patients with chronic kidney disease who are not on
dialysis, ACEIs and ARBs slow the progression of diabetic nephropathy and
reduce cardiovascular risk.