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  1. PDF The Role of Dietary Patterns in Chronic Kidney Disease Incidence and

    disease prevention and management. Thesis Readers Casey M. Rebholz, PhD, MS, MNSP, MPH (Adviser) Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology ... Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a burdensome disease that affects patients, their families, and the healthcare system (1). Potential strategies for preventing CKD include sodium

  2. Chronic kidney disease and its health-related factors: a case-control

    Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a non-communicable disease that includes a range of different physiological disorders that are associated with abnormal renal function and progressive decline in glomerular filtration rate (GFR). ... This paper is part of a thesis conducted by Mousa Ghelichi-Ghojogh, Ph.D. student of epidemiology, and a research ...

  3. Improving the Education Gap for Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

    believed that an evidence-based structured CKD education class, known as the Kidney Smart. ClassSM (DaVita, 2013), could improve the gap in education and perceived knowledge of the. disease for improved understanding and management. The definition for CKD used in this study is a condition characterized by the gradual.

  4. The Effects of Social Determinants on Renal Care Among ESKD Patients in

    End-stage kidney disease (ESKD), also commonly known as end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is a renowned medical diagnosis resulting from a variety of causes across the lifespan. ... thesis will consist of a review of the current research literature, and a proposal for future study to

  5. (PDF) Chronic Kidney Disease

    Chronic kidney disease is defined as a glomerular filtration rate (GFR) < 60 ml/min/1.73m(2) and/or markers of kidney damage for at least three months. In clinical practice, the most common tests ...

  6. PDF Enhancing Self-management Support for Adults with Chronic Kidney

    a self-management eHealth tool for patients with chronic kidney disease: A patient-oriented consensus workshop using personas. CMAJ Open. In press. A few select excerpts from the following manuscripts are also part of this thesis. While these are not deemed as one of the three manuscripts required for a manuscript-based thesis, they

  7. Patient's perceptions of chronic kidney disease and their association

    Introduction. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide and is associated with a number of adverse comorbidities and a wide range of debilitating symptoms [].The preservation of renal function, as well as the treatment and prevention of comorbidities is the ultimate aim of CKD clinical management, which includes blood pressure and glycaemic control ...

  8. PDF Consequences of Kidney Dysfunction in The Community. Health Care-based

    POPULAR SCIENCE SUMMARY OF THE THESIS Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a global health problem that is becoming more common in all parts of the world. CKD often does not give rise to symptoms, and might therefore pass undetected by the individual, but increases the risk of several other serious health concerns, such as cardiovascular disease.

  9. PDF Infections in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: Patterns, Outcomes

    Infections in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: Patterns, Outcomes and the Role of Vitamin D for Future Prevention THESIS FOR DOCTORAL DEGREE (Ph.D.) By Guobin Su Principal Supervisor: Professor Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg Karolinska Institutet Department of Public Health Sciences Global Health - Health Systems and Policy:

  10. PDF Cardiovascular Disease in Chronic Kidney Disease

    I am also grateful to the members of my thesis committee, Dr. Finnian McCausland, Dr. Susan Cheng and Dr. Kate Madden, ... In addition to CVD, chronic kidney disease (CKD) is major public health problem. Affecting over 14% of the US population, including 17% of adults with stable coronary artery disease,

  11. PDF Plasma Endothelin in Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease on Hemodialysis

    the pathogenesis of hypertension, congestive heart failure, and inflammation, all of which are key pathophysiologic features of end-stage renal disease (ESRD). In hemodialysis patients, ET-1 increases strikingly but the association of ET-1 with adverse outcomes in individuals with end stage renal disease on hemodialysis is unclear.

  12. Lived Experiences of Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease Receiving

    Chronic kidney disease with hemodialysis patients aged 18 years and above were included in this study. Twelve CKD patients with hemodialysis were purposively selected for an in-depth interview (IDI) that included both males and females. A purposive sampling technique was used to select the study participants. The criteria for recruiting reflect ...

  13. PDF Renal Function Decline and Optimized Planning for Kidney Replacement

    POPULAR SCIENCE SUMMARY OF THE THESIS. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a common, but silent condition that increases with age. My thesis studies the kidney progression rate, its influence on prognosis, planning for Kidney Replacement Therapy (KRT), dialysis accesses and survival. KRT include transplantation, dialysis or conservative care.

  14. PDF ducation for chronic renal failure patients undergoing ...

    The purpose of this thesis is to describe the content of patient education for chronic renal ... Chronic kidney failure is characterized by gradual and often permanent deterioration of kidney function. In end stage renal disease most of the regular kidney function has been

  15. PDF University of Cape Coast Lived Experinces of People With Chronic Kidney

    that, progressive renal disease, more often than not, leads to End Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD). The cost for renal replacement services for ESKD is enormous. It is claimed that in the United Kingdom (UK) and Italy, the population of ESKD clients accounts for an estimated 0.7%-1.8% of the health service budget (Xue,

  16. PDF Rethinking Chronic Kidney Disease in the Aging Population

    CKD is a progressive chronic disease, leading to end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) in 1-2% of cases [3,4]. The Global Burden of Disease Study, an epidemiological study con-ducted in 195 countries, showed that kidney disease was responsible in 2015 for disability and reduced life expectancy by a cumulative 18 and 19 million years, respectively. The

  17. Effects of Semaglutide on Chronic Kidney Disease in Patients with Type

    We randomly assigned patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease (defined by an estimated glomerular filtration rate [eGFR] of 50 to 75 ml per minute per 1.73 m 2 of body-surface area ...

  18. PDF Adequacy of Hemodialysis among End Stage Renal Disease Patients at Al

    1.10.4.3 Temporary venous dialysis catheter. A catheter used for hemodialysis is a tube that has a needle at one end and two accessible ports at the other with Y shape. The needle end inserted through the skin into a vein in the neck (internal jugular vein), chest (subclavian vein), or thigh (femoral vein).

  19. PDF Influence of Chronic Kidney Disease on Presentation, Treatment and

    INFLUENCE OF CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE ON PRESENTATION, TREATM ENT AND OUTCOME IN PATIENTS WITH CORONA RY ARTERY DISEASE THESIS FOR DOCTORAL DEGREE (P h.D.) AKADEMISK AVHANDLING som f r avl ggande av medicine doktorsexamen vid Karolinska Institutet offentligen f rsvaras i f rel sningssal Birke aulan F 52, Karolinska Un iversitetssjukhuset i

  20. New thesis about infections in patients with chronic kidney disease and

    "My thesis is about the heavy clinical and economic burden that infections put on patients with chronic kidney disease and its implication for public health, as well as strategies to reduce the risk of infections in this population. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is characterized of progressively impaired kidney structure and/or kidney function.

  21. PDF Metabolic Regulation in Diabetic Kidney Disease

    Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is the leading cause of end-stage renal disease in the US and developed countries. Metabolomics studies have demonstrated that significant renal metabolic reprogramming occurs in DKD and potentially contributes to disease pathogenesis and progression. In this thesis, I explored the regulatory

  22. PDF Welcome to Enlighten: Theses

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  23. Impact of hemodialysis on the wellbeing of chronic kidney diseases

    Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is defined as a progressive and irreversible loss of kidney function. As per glomerular filtration rate (GFR), an adult reports 60 ml/min/1.73 m 2 or less than that indicates a loss of half or more of normal kidney functioning. According to GFR there are five stages of CKD.

  24. Dissertation or Thesis

    Patients with ANCA vasculitis had an upregulation of gene networks involved in kidney disease, autophagy signaling, lysosomal biogenesis, and cAMP signaling pathways. We also found a significant number of DEGs between male and female patients and healthy controls.

  25. PDF Chronic Kidney Disease

    The thesis will be defended in public at Von Behring, Alfred Nobels Allé 8 plan 9, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, May 18th, 2021 at 09:00 ... Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are characterized by an accelerated aging process, including multiple cardiovascular complications, muscle wasting, osteoporosis and frailty

  26. Shodhganga@INFLIBNET: Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in agency

    Chronic Kidney Disease may be regarded as one of the clinical model newlineof accelerated vascular disease and premature ageing and the risk-factor profile changes newlineduring the progression from mild moderate CKD to End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). newlineChronic kidney disease (CKD) has become a worldwide public health crisis, both for the ...

  27. Predicting kidney function recovery with dialysis-dependent AKI

    AKI is a major contributor to end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). About a third of patients with ESKD due to AKI recover kidney function. Their findings, published in the Clinical Kidney Journal, predict kidney recovery within 90 days and 12 months after the start of dialysis for kidney failure patients due to AKI. The study looked at the health ...