Sentences with phrase «term dialysis»

Those with reduced kidney function who must receive long term dialysis are exposed to the metal through the dialysate fluid or other medical sources.

Researchers in Taiwan examined the association between ACEI / ARB use and the risk of long - term dialysis and death in a nationwide group of 28,497 patients in a study by Ta - Wei Hsu, M.D., of the National Yang - Ming University Hospital, and colleagues.

During a median follow - up of seven months, 20,152 patients (70.7 percent) required long - term dialysis and 5,696 (20 percent) died before progressing to ESRD (end - stage renal disease).

Researchers back then found that exposure to aluminum caused rabbits» brains to develop nerve cell damage — thought to be a precursor to Alzheimer's at the time — and long - term dialysis patients with high levels of the metal developed dementia.

Not exact matches

Kidney dialysis is often used as a treatment, but the best long - term solution is transplant, usually from a recently - deceased donor.

Based on this review, they suggest a «probable» association between vitamin D levels and birth weight, dental caries in children, maternal vitamin D levels at term and parathyroid hormone levels in chronic kidney disease patients requiring dialysis, but «further studies and better designed trials are needed to draw further conclusions.»

«If maintained long - term, this could reduce risk of progression to end - stage kidney disease — where dialysis or transplant is required to survive — by 30 %.»

Informing the doctors did not change behavior, and it did not change outcomes in terms of dialysis or death.»

Research has shown that kidney transplantation results in longer survival, better quality of life, and long - term cost savings compared with dialysis for patient with kidney failure.

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

Advanced life support therapies — long term mechanical ventilation, peritoneal dialysis, hemodialysis

Have you, within the past 12 months, been advised by a medical professional to have a diagnostic test (excludes HIV or AIDS related tests), surgery, dialysis, home health care, nursing home, hospice or long - term care facility confinement or hospitalization which has not yet been started, completed or for which results are not known?

Who anticipate that they will no longer need to receive dialysis in the near future, it may be «theoretically» possible that they will one day be able to qualify for a traditional term or whole life insurance policy.

Because most (if not all) life insurance companies are going to deny coverage to anyone who is applying for a traditional term or whole life insurance policy while currently receiving dialysis, it becomes necessary to take a look at some «alternative» life insurance products that won't require one to «medically» qualify should they wish to be able to qualify for coverage.

When it comes to being able to qualify for a traditional term or whole life insurance policy after being placed on peritoneal dialysis, what you're generally going to find is that most (if not all) life insurance companies are going to automatically decline your life insurance application until which time, your health improves to the point that you no longer need to be on peritoneal dialysis.