… MD, a clinical assistant professor at the Texas A&M College of Medicine and a nephrologist at Baylor Scott & White Health Central Texas, said, ” Not only did the acidosis of the fruits and vegetables group get better, but they also started having …
Category: Nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury in Asia.
… More efforts should be made to increase public awareness, establish preventive approaches in communities, educate health-care practitioner entities to achieve better recognition, and form specialist renal teams to improve the treatment of AKI. The …
Intravenous fluids: balancing solutions.
The topic of intravenous fluids may be regarded as “reverse nephrology”, because nephrologists usually treat to remove fluids rather than to infuse them. However, because nephrology is deeply rooted in fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balance, IV fluids belong in the realm of our specialty.
Prevention of contrast-induced acute kidney injury in patients…
To insert individual citation into a bibliography in a word-processor, select your preferred citation style below and drag-and-drop it into the document. Interventional diagnostic and therapeutic procedures requiring intravascular iodinated contrast steadily increase patient exposure to the risks of contrast-induced acute kidney injury , which is associated with death, nonfatal cardiovascular events, and prolonged hospitalization.
Increasing kidney failures lead to upsurge in dialysis centers
… that can run between $1,500 and $2,000 weekly, said Dr. Sergio Infante, a nephrologist at Loma Linda University Health. End-stage kidney disease is the last stage the ailment, when the organs can no longer remove waste and excess water from the …
Nephrology and Urology Devices Industry – Detailed Analysis and Forecast by 2018
Nephrology and urology are the branches of medical science that deal with the study of kidney and urinary system, diseases and complications associated with it, their diagnosis and types of treatment used to treat these complications. Nephrology, in particular, deals with kidney and urology deals with entire urinary system.
Past Kidney Damage Linked to Pregnancy Problems
“We believe that this study highlights an important finding that will be useful for medical providers caring for reproductive-age women,” said study author Dr. Jessica Sheehan Tangren, a nephrologist from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The researchers reviewed data from almost 25,000 women who gave birth at Massachusetts General Hospital between 1998 and 2007.
Nordic walking sticks can alleviate back, hip and knee pain
Nordic walking sticks, which are known for helping walkers burn more calories than ordinary walking, have been proven by an Israeli research team to alleviate widespread chronic pain in the hips, knees and lower back of older people. The study, whose lead author was Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center retired internal medicine and nephrology specialist Dr. Donald Silverberg, was recently published in the open-access International Journal of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation.