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2. Kidney failure - Wikipedia

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   Acute kidney injuries can be present on top of chronic kidney disease, a condition called acute-on-chronic kidney failure (AoCRF). The acute part of AoCRF may be reversible, and the goal of treatment, as with AKI, is to return the person to baseline kidney function, typically measured by serum creatinine .

3. Kidney dialysis - Wikipedia

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   Even though it is not a cure for kidney failure, dialysis is a very effective treatment. [21] Survival rates of kidney failure are generally longer with dialysis than without (having only conservative kidney management). However, from the age of 80 and in elderly patients with comorbidities there is no difference in survival between the two groups.

4. Renal replacement therapy - Wikipedia

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   It is used when the kidneys are not working well, which is called kidney failure and includes acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease. Renal replacement therapy includes dialysis (hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis), hemofiltration, and hemodiafiltration, which are various ways of filtration of blood with or without machines.

5. For people with disabilities, telemedicine's decline may ...

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   After that, telehealth appointments will only be covered in specific circumstances, including those receiving at-home dialysis treatments for kidney failure, virtual stroke diagnoses and treatment ...

6. ‘I Almost Died of Kidney Failure at 46—These Are the First ...

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   After a kidney disease battle that included weight loss, a new kidney and a whole lot of self-reflection, Atkinson hopes to raise awareness about the kidney disease signs and lifestyle risk ...

7. Kidney disease - Wikipedia

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   Kidney failure is known as the end-stage of kidney disease, where dialysis or a kidney transplant is the only treatment option. Chronic kidney disease is defined as prolonged kidney abnormalities (functional and/or structural in nature) that last for more than three months. [1] Acute kidney disease is now termed acute kidney injury and is ...

8. Chronic kidney disease - Wikipedia

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   The term "non-dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease" (NDD-CKD) is a designation used to encompass the status of those persons with an established CKD who do not yet require the life-supporting treatments for kidney failure known as kidney replacement therapy (RRT, including maintenance dialysis or kidney transplantation).

9. In a first, surgeons successfully transplant a pig kidney ...

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   Slayman had previously received a kidney transplant from a deceased human donor in 2018 after having been on dialysis for seven years. The transplant, however, showed signs of failure last year ...