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Chronic Kidney Disease Symptoms - Articles
Chronic kidney disease
by
Kel H.
Posted
Wed 08 Oct 2008 12:12am
(Today another guest post by Dr Andrew Weissenberger. Read more about Dr Weissenberger here )
Chronic kidney disease (CKD), commonly also known as chronic renal disease... of kidney disease
The most prevalent causes of chronic kidney disease are diabetic nephropathy, hypertension and glomerulonephritis. These make up for 75% of all adult cases
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Chronic kidney disease may raise ...
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Dr. Rubens D.
Posted
Fri 15 May 2009 10:35pm
Chronic kidney disease may raise cancer risk
NEW YORK, 16 may 2009 – Older men with moderately reduced kidney function appear to be at increased risk for cancers of the lung and the urinary tract, Australian researchers report.
"Given that chronic kidney disease of this severity affects 20% of the male population, our finding suggests
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Preventing amputations in patients with diabetes and chronic kidney disease
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savinglimbs
Posted
Thu 18 Mar 2010 12:00am
). Patients with diabetes and chronic renal disease frequently present with a combination of the devastations of diabetes including: nephropathy, retinopathy, and vasculopathy. Diabetic...
Foot lesions are the single most frequently mismanaged problem of patients with diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease (CKD). Foot problems are often viewed
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bedtime reading: Age affects outcomes in chronic kidney disease
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Dr. Donal O'Donoghue
Posted
Thu 28 May 2009 12:22am
JASN, October 2007 Vol 18 No 10
Age Affects Outcomes in Chronic Kidney Disease
Ann M O'Hare, Andy I Choi, Daniel Berenthal, Peter Bacchetti, Amit X Garg, James S Kaufman, Louise C Walter, Kala M Mehta, Michael A Steinman, Michael Allon, William M McClellan, C Seth Landefeld
Concludes that age is a major modifier of outcome in people with Stage 3-5
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Chronic Kidney Disease Predicts ...
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Dr. Rubens D.
Posted
Fri 06 Mar 2009 2:41pm
Chronic Kidney Disease Predicts Risk for Thromboembolism in Patients with Afib
Chronic kidney disease is an independent predictor of incident thromboembolism among... with nonvalvular afib and no previous kidney transplant. During roughly 33,000 person-years of follow-up, nearly 700 thromboembolic events occurred while patients were off anticoagulation
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