End-stage kidney disease: option and problems

End-stage kidney disease: option and problems [1]

Submitted by admin on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 11:04

While fewer people with Type 1 diabetes are developing end-stage kidney disease (end-stage diabetic nephropathy, ESDN), the number of people with Type 2 diabetes reaching ESDN is growing rapidly. In this article, Eberhard Ritz answers some key questions about the issues around care for people with diabetes who suffer ESDN.

Issue:

Volume 48 | Special Issue [2]

Author:

Ritz Eberhard [3]

Attachment:

article_50_en.pdf [4]

Keywords:

Kidney, Nephropathy, End-stage kidney disease, End-stage diabetic nephropathy, ESDN, Haemodialysis, Transplantation, Pancreas

Section:

Health Delivery [5]

Theme:

Complications > Kidney [6]

Diabetes treatment > Latest advances [7]