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Global Considerations in Kidney Disease: The Pacific Islands and Islands of the Caribbean

May 3, 2026 by drzezo in NEPHROLOGY Comments Off on Global Considerations in Kidney Disease: The Pacific Islands and Islands of the Caribbean

Key points • The burden of chronic kidney disease is increasing in the small island developing states, largely driven by growth in noncommunicable chronic illnesses such as diabetes mellitus. •…

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Health Disparities in Nephrology

May 3, 2026 by drzezo in NEPHROLOGY Comments Off on Health Disparities in Nephrology

DISPARITY The term “health disparity” refers to a suboptimal health process or health outcome experienced by demographically defined groups that occurs in the context of social, economic, and/or environmental inequality….

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Kidney Replacement Therapy (Dialysis and Transplantation) in Children

May 3, 2026 by drzezo in NEPHROLOGY Comments Off on Kidney Replacement Therapy (Dialysis and Transplantation) in Children

Key Points • End-stage kidney failure (ESKF) in children has multiple and far-reaching clinical consequences, including a major impact on growth and development. • The most common causes of ESKF…

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Global Considerations in Kidney Disease: Near and Middle East

May 3, 2026 by drzezo in NEPHROLOGY Comments Off on Global Considerations in Kidney Disease: Near and Middle East

Key Points • Health care disparities do exist among countries of the Middle East (ME). • Global climate warming and recent disasters in ME countries mandate comprehensive strategies to upgrade…

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Global Considerations in Kidney Disease: Africa

May 3, 2026 by drzezo in NEPHROLOGY Comments Off on Global Considerations in Kidney Disease: Africa

Key points • The growing burden of kidney disease in Africa is driven by high rates of infectious disease, noncommunicable disease, pregnancy-related disease, and injuries. • In most African countries,…

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Global Considerations in Kidney Disease: The Far East

May 3, 2026 by drzezo in NEPHROLOGY Comments Off on Global Considerations in Kidney Disease: The Far East

Key points • Along with rapid economic development, diabetic nephropathy is fast becoming the leading cause of chronic kidney disease and end-stage kidney disease in many Asian countries. Data from…

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Ethical Dilemmas Facing Nephrology

May 3, 2026 by drzezo in NEPHROLOGY Comments Off on Ethical Dilemmas Facing Nephrology

Key Points • Ethical issues facing nephrology played a fundamental role in early development of the field of bioethics. Because dialysis and kidney transplantation predated many other types of life-sustaining…

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Global Considerations in Kidney Disease: Indian Subcontinent

May 3, 2026 by drzezo in NEPHROLOGY Comments Off on Global Considerations in Kidney Disease: Indian Subcontinent

Key points • Community-acquired acute kidney injury (AKI) secondary to tropical infections, use of indigenous drugs, toxic envenomation, and obstetric factors are some of the common causes of AKI in…

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Global Considerations in Kidney Disease: Latin America

May 3, 2026 by drzezo in NEPHROLOGY Comments Off on Global Considerations in Kidney Disease: Latin America

Key Points • The lack of national and regional registries limits understanding the true burden of kidney diseases in Latin America (LA). • LA is one of the regions with…

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Stem Cells, Kidney Regeneration, and Gene and Cell Therapy in Nephrology

May 3, 2026 by drzezo in NEPHROLOGY Comments Off on Stem Cells, Kidney Regeneration, and Gene and Cell Therapy in Nephrology

Key Points • Effective approaches to arrest and reverse progressive chronic kidney disease are limited to several specific etiologies, and restoration of loss nephron function remains to be reliably achieved….

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