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Healthcare technicians or HCT are also known as Patient Care Technician (PCT) or Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA). HCTs' objectives are to provide basic nursing care, use communication skills to assist patients in adapting to common health problems, provide continuity of care, demonstrate acceptance of responsibility for learning purposes, and ...
Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA is a German healthcare company which provides kidney dialysis services through a network of 4,171 outpatient dialysis centers, serving 345,425 patients. [3] The company primarily treats end-stage renal disease (ESRD), which requires patients to undergo dialysis 3 times per week for the rest of their lives.
In February 2019, Fresenius Medical Care acquired NxStage, a US-based maker of in-home dialysis devices, for $2 billion. [24] [non-primary source needed] [25] Fresenius Kabi is a supplier of 0.9% sodium chloride Injection USP diluent for use with the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. [26]
Germany's Fresenius Medical Care said that use of Ozempic and other diabetes and weight-loss drugs of the same class would have an overall neutral effect on how many patients would require the ...
PCT reduces antibiotic exposure without adverse outcomes in the surgical ICU [44] [45] Severe sepsis/Shock RCT 0.25-0.5; 80-90% ↓ PCT reduces antibiotic exposure without adverse outcomes in the ICU [46] [47] Upper respiratory tract infections: RCT 0.1-0.25 PCT reduces antibiotic exposure without adverse outcomes in primary care [48]
NxStage Medical, Inc. (/ ˈ n ɛ k ˌ s t eɪ dʒ / NEK-stayj [2]) is an American company that develops, manufactures, and markets systems for the treatment of chronic kidney disease, acute kidney injury, and hypervolemia. It is a subsidiary of Fresenius Medical Care. System One, a portable hemodialysis system, is the company's primary product. [1]
Nine months pregnant with her first child in January 2024, Marissa Sweitzer was slathering herself in body butter to prevent stretch marks when she felt a lump in her left breast. “I was ...
Vifor Fresenius Medical Care Renal Pharma (VFMCRP), the joint company with Fresenius Medical Care since 2010, gives CSL Vifor access to a network of dialysis centers. [23] It is active in the treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD), [ 31 ] chronic kidney disease-associated pruritus , [ 32 ] renal anemia [ 33 ] and hyperphosphatemia .