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MP Douglas Carswell angry over Clacton dialysis unit delay - Gazette |
Gazette
AN MP is calling for urgent action after kidney patients were told they could have to wait another year for Clacton's dialysis unit to open. The delay has sparked anger among patients who are forced to travel as far as London three
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A year after a kidney transplant, Susan Jacks looks to the future - Vancouver Sun |
Vancouver Sun
So much so that doctors told her she had two options: a transplant or lifelong dialysis. Told that the wait for a donor kidney was up to 10 years, she began looking at the various dialysis options. But her family had others plans, and her six brothers
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Renalguard peri-operative fluid replacement system reduces incidence of contrast nephropathy |
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MedGadget: In a recent study, the REMEDIAL II trial, the RenalGuard system (maintaining high urine flow + N-AC + low-dose Lasix) was compared to N-AC + Sodium Bicarbonate. The RenalGroup had an 11% rate of kidney injury compared to 20.5% in the other group. See the link to the full presentation for complete data.
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Mayo Clinic study suggests chronic allograft nephropathy less common than previously. |
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EurekAlert: The study, involving 797 patients transplanted between 1998 and 2004 and followed for at least five years, shows that 87 percent of patients have mild or no signs of progressive scar damage to the transplanted organ when biopsied at one year after transplant. This number decreases only slightly at the five-year mark (83 percent). In contrast, studies of patients transplanted in the early 1990s suggested that a majority of transplanted kidneys were affected by progressive scarring that ultimately led to failure of the transplant.
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Accountable Kidney Care Collaborative to host webinar on April 26th detailing nephrology-based accountable care organizations. |
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Accountable Kidney Care: ACO Proposed Rule – Expert Commentary and Implications for the Kidney Care Community. Tuesday, April 26th at 5:00pm PST / 8:00pm EST
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