DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GERIATRIC POPULATION WITH END-STAGE KIDNEY DISEASE Incidence and Prevalence of End-Stage Kidney Disease in the Elderly When the Medicare end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) program was funded…
Some of the factors that contribute to the high prevalence of CAD in patients with ESKD include advancing age and diabetes. The average age of dialysis patients has increased steadily…
BUSINESS AS USUAL The majority of physicians have little to no formal training in business or business principles. As mentioned earlier, this was not necessary or relevant to running a…
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PROTEIN-ENERGY WASTING IN MAINTENANCE DIALYSIS PATIENTS Causes and Treatment of Protein-Energy Wasting Protein-energy wasting (PEW) refers to the loss or reduced amounts of protein, fat, and/or carbohydrates in the body…
A second type of dialysis-related hypotension is a chronic, persistent form of hypotension that occurs in approximately 5% of dialysis patients (1). This second form of hypotension is usually observed…
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EPIDEMIOLOGY The diagnosis of hypertension is complicated in the hemodialysis (HD) patient due to the episodic nature of HD and the wide fluctuations in blood pressure (BP) that result, with…
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HEPATITIS B VIRUS, HEPATITIS C VIRUS, AND HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTIONS IN HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS National surveillance of dialysis-associated diseases in the United States in 2002 demonstrated the prevalence…
ANEMIA AND END-STAGE KIDNEY DISEASE: THE MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM Anemia, or reduced erythrocyte mass, is one of the most clinically significant complications of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and is…
