Kidney Failure, Chronic
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Challenges in developing evidence-based drug dosing guidelines for adults and children receiving renal replacement therapy.

30 Oct 2009 The challenges of appropriate drug dosing in patients with renal failure requiring renal replacement therapy (RRT) have been exacerbated by recent trends in both RRT technology and practices. Nearly all these changes have resulted in augmented drug ... Read more...

Cardiovascular and noncardiovascular mortality among patients starting dialysis.

26 Oct 2009 CONTEXT: Cardiovascular mortality is considered the main cause of death in patients receiving dialysis and is 10 to 20 times higher in such patients than in the general population. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate if high overall mortality in patients ... Read more...

Strict blood-pressure control and progression of renal failure in children.

20 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Although inhibition of the renin-angiotensin system delays the progression of renal failure in adults with chronic kidney disease, the blood-pressure target for optimal renal protection is controversial. We assessed the long-term ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Kidney Failure, Chronic'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Doctors without metaphors. 30 Oct 2009
• Challenges in developing evidence-based drug dosing guidelines for adults and children receiving renal replacement therapy. 30 Oct 2009
• Green urine, but no infection. 29 Oct 2009
• Cardiovascular and noncardiovascular mortality among patients starting dialysis. 26 Oct 2009
• ALLHAT findings revisited in the context of subsequent analyses, other trials, and meta-analyses. 24 Oct 2009
• Multimorbidity: another key issue for cardiovascular medicine. 22 Oct 2009
• Strict blood-pressure control and progression of renal failure in children. 20 Oct 2009
• Loss of independence in patients starting dialysis at 80 years of age or older. 13 Oct 2009
• Dialysis in frail elders--a role for palliative care. 13 Oct 2009
• Functional status of elderly adults before and after initiation of dialysis. 13 Oct 2009
• Atypical clinical presentation of H1N1 influenza in a dialysis patient. 8 Oct 2009
• Swine H1N1 influenza in a post liver transplant patient. 7 Oct 2009
• Indigenous Australians and living kidney donation. 6 Oct 2009
• The intersection of risk and benefit: is warfarin anticoagulation suitable for atrial fibrillation in patients on hemodialysis? 29 Sep 2009
• Commentary on Swallow V (2008) An exploration of mothers' and fathers' views of their identities in chronic-kidney-disease management: parents as students? Journal of Clinical Nursing 17, 3177-3186. 29 Sep 2009
• Prasugrel pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in subjects with moderate renal impairment and end-stage renal disease. 29 Sep 2009
• Estimates of risk, empirical treatment observations, and unexpected laboratory findings reveal the complexity of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis. 29 Sep 2009
• UV-A1 therapy for nephrogenic systemic fibrosis. 29 Sep 2009
• Detection of clonal T cells in the circulation of patients with nephrogenic systemic fibrosis. 29 Sep 2009
• Effect of the HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor rosuvastatin on early chronic kidney injury in obese zucker rats fed with an atherogenic diet. 29 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Kidney Failure, Chronic'

Definition: The end-stage of CHRONIC RENAL INSUFFICIENCY. It is characterized by the severe irreversible kidney damage (as measured by the level of PROTEINURIA) and the reduction in GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE to less than 15 ml per min (Kidney Foundation: Kidney Disease Outcome Quality Initiative, 2002). These patients generally require HEMODIALYSIS or KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION.

Descriptor UI: D007676

Alternative terms: Kidney Failure, Chronic; End-Stage Kidney Disease; Disease, End-Stage Kidney; End Stage Kidney Disease; Kidney Disease, End-Stage; Chronic Kidney Failure; End-Stage Renal Disease; Disease, End-Stage Renal; End Stage Renal Disease; Renal Disease, End-Stage; Renal Disease, End Stage; Renal Failure, End-Stage; End-Stage Renal Failure; Renal Failure, End Stage; Renal Failure, Chronic; Chronic Renal Failure; ESRD;

Related Mesh Headings: Renal Dialysis; Uremia;

Allowable Qualifiers: diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology; blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital;

Tree Number: C12.777.419.780.500.602; C12.777.419.780.750.500; C13.351.968.419.780.500.602; C13.351.968.419.780.750.500;

History Note: 67(66)

Technical Notes: RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC is also available