scholarly journals Palliative Care for a Mentally Incompetent End Stage Renal Failure Patient: Why Is It Important?

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Kwok-Ying Chan ◽  
Terence Yip ◽  
Mau-Kwong Sham ◽  
Benjamin Hon-Wai Cheng ◽  
Cho-Wing Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Renal Failure ◽  
Multidisciplinary Approach ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Palliative Care Service ◽  
Renal Failure Patient ◽  
End Stage Renal Failure ◽  
Disadvantaged Groups ◽  
People With Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
End Stage

People with intellectual disabilities are among the most disadvantaged groups in society. Here we report a mentally incompetent end stage renal failure (ESRF) patient with frequent emergency visits who made a significant improvement in symptoms control and reduction in casualty visits after introduction of renal palliative care service. Multidisciplinary approach would be useful in this case.

Dengue Fever in End-Stage Renal Failure Patient

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 310-314
Author(s):  
Xue Meng Lim ◽  
Christopher Thiam Seong Lim
Keyword(s):  
Renal Failure ◽  
Dengue Fever ◽  
Renal Failure Patient ◽  
End Stage Renal Failure ◽  
End Stage

Renal failure

2019 ◽  
pp. 547-560
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Renal Failure ◽  
Renal Replacement Therapy ◽  
Renal Disease ◽  
Replacement Therapy ◽  
Symptom Management ◽  
End Stage Renal Failure ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Palliative Care Services ◽  
End Stage

This chapter describes the issues associated with providing palliative care to patients with renal failure, and covers initiation of renal replacement therapy, conservative treatment, symptom management for patients with advanced renal disease, and issues surrounding stopping renal replacement therapy. As obesity and diabetes increase, so does the incidence of chronic renal disease and end-stage renal failure. Determining the exact number of patients dying of renal failure is challenging. Often the cause of death will be ascribed to an associated contributing factor, e.g. diabetes mellitus, or the final acute event resulting in death, e.g. myocardial infarction. However, we know that renal failure is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease and is associated with a high all-cause mortality.1 In addition, patients with end-stage renal failure have a significant symptom burden and therefore it is important that patients have access to palliative care services to assist with symptom management, advanced care planning, and, where appropriate, decisions around dialysis and transplantation.

scholarly journals Successful Introduction of Peritoneal Dialysis in an End-stage Renal Failure Patient with Idiopathic Aplastic Anemia

2020 ◽  
Vol 59 (5) ◽  
pp. 683-687 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasuhiro Suzuki ◽  
Masashi Mizuno ◽  
Fumiko Sakata ◽  
Hiroshi Kojima ◽  
Yuka Sato ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Renal Failure ◽  
Peritoneal Dialysis ◽  
Aplastic Anemia ◽  
Renal Failure Patient ◽  
End Stage Renal Failure ◽  
End Stage
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