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Rizvi anticipates the needs of his patients and responds accordingly. To make dialysis accessible, he conceptualized a network of satellite centers in various parts of Pakistan to save patients the trouble of commuting from far-flung areas of Sindh, southern parts of Punjab and Baluchistan to go for this procedure twice a week as far as Karachi.
Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute and Research Center (Urdu: پاکستان امراض ِجگروگُردہ مرکزِتحقیق وعلم) is a tertiary referral hospital in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. [1] [2] The project was completed in August 2017 and has 800 beds with a total cost of Rs. 16 billion (US$55 million). [3] [4] [5]
The severity of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is described by six stages; the most severe three are defined by the MDRD-eGFR value, and first three also depend on whether there is other evidence of kidney disease (e.g., proteinuria): 0) Normal kidney function – GFR above 90 (mL/min)/(1.73 m 2) and no proteinuria
List of hospitals in Pakistan shows the hospitals in Pakistan by administrative region and city with links to articles in WikiPedia on notable hospitals. According to 2016 statistics, Pakistan has more than 1200 public hospitals and 700 private hospitals. [ 1 ]
AKI - the other main type of kidney disease - can be caused by dehydration, blood loss, urinary tract obstructions such as kidney stones or blood clots, low blood pressure, or heart disease. It ...
The patient, Hajira Bibi, claimed the hospital failed to diagnose her real disease and accused them of maltreatment and misdiagnosis. After being diagnosed with leprosy at a different hospital, she sought a refund and compensation totaling Rs15.5 million from Shifa under Islamabad consumer law.
Nephrology (from Ancient Greek nephros 'kidney' and -logy 'the study of') is a specialty for both adult internal medicine and pediatric medicine that concerns the study of the kidneys, specifically normal kidney function (renal physiology) and kidney disease (renal pathophysiology), the preservation of kidney health, and the treatment of kidney disease, from diet and medication to renal ...
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 .