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by Gloria Gamat on December 27, 2007
Type 1 diabetes patients who develop the most advanced form of kidney disease - end-stage renal disease (ESRD) - can die (have poor outlook).
Such were the confirmation by a new study that examined the epidemiology and long-term survival of patients with ESRD by diabetic status in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ).
As reported in the medical journal Diabetes Care:
Diabetes is the most important cause of ESRD - a condition wherein the kidneys lose their ability to filter waste products from the blood and excrete them in the urine and that people with ESRD need kidney dialysis or a kidney transplant to stay alive.
Find more details from Reuters Health.
[Photo Credit: aurorahealthcare.org]
Such were the confirmation by a new study that examined the epidemiology and long-term survival of patients with ESRD by diabetic status in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ).
As reported in the medical journal Diabetes Care:
"End stage renal disease remains a dreadful complication in patients with type 1 diabetes, and great effort to prevent kidney disease in these young patients is needed.
Compared with non-diabetic patients, the risk of death after the first renal replacement therapy was 64 percent higher in those with type 1 diabetes and 13 percent higher in those with type 2 diabetes.
Despite high access to renal transplants, type 1 diabetic patients had a poor prognosis after starting renal replacement therapy."
Diabetes is the most important cause of ESRD - a condition wherein the kidneys lose their ability to filter waste products from the blood and excrete them in the urine and that people with ESRD need kidney dialysis or a kidney transplant to stay alive.
Find more details from Reuters Health.
[Photo Credit: aurorahealthcare.org]
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An FDA advisory panel just recommended yesterday that the warning label for Covidien’s Optimark and GE’s Omnisca—drugs in the family of medications known as gadolinium-based contrast agents (DBCAs)—be updated to restrict their use in patients with severe kidney disease because of the potential for an increased risk of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF). NSF causes thickening of the skin and organs. GBCAs carry a strong “black box” warning. This site has good information on this issue: http://www.gadolinium-mri.com/index.html
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thanks -michelle-