Choosing the Most Appropriate Treatment Option in Elderly Patients With ESRD Once an elderly patient receives a diagnosis of CKD, physicians are asked to make choices about the future management ...
End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is defined as severe irreversible kidney damage, measured by the level of proteinuria and a reduction in the glomerular filtration rate to ˂15 ml/min/1.73 m2 ...
and the prevalence of end-stage renal disease in the elderly will remain high in forthcoming years. Since older patients typically suffer from several comorbidities, the above issue poses a hefty ...
The risk of depression is three to four times higher in people with CKD than in the broader population. Your risk may be even higher if you receive dialysis for your CKD. A 2024 review found that ...
Following the continous increase on the number of people with chronic kidney disease ( CKD) a dialysis unit (renal centre) has been established at David Umahi F ...