Adrenal glands are small glands that sit on top of the kidneys.
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Aldosterone is a hormone produced by your adrenal glands, which sit on top of your kidneys. It's kind of like a chemical messenger that helps regulate the amount of water and salt in your body.
Arteriovenous fistula (AVF): irregular connection between an artery and a vein
This contains the electrolytes commonly found in our bodies. It has extra minerals like potassium and magnesium that are important to help keep our bodies healthy.
Cardiovascular disease refers to diseases that affect the heart and blood vessels. This includes problems like heart attacks, strokes, and heart failure. Diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and being overweight can damage the blood vessels and cause cardiovascular disease.
Delayed graft function happens when a transplanted kidney does not start working right away and needs additional support with dialysis to help remove excess fluid and waste from the blood, Delayed graft function can be linked to several problems, including the need for ongoing dialysis until the kidney works well enough, longer hospital stays, a higher risk of kidney failure, and death.
Efficacy refers to how well a medication or treatment works in achieving its intended effect.
Hemodiafiltration, is combining this process with direct fluid removal by adding many tiny holes, also called pores, to the membrane. These pores allow fluid and waste to be passed through more easily, including larger wastes that might not otherwise be removed through dialysis. As this process involves much more fluid being removed, some replacement waste-free fluid is added to the filtered blood before it returns to the body. It is unclear if this approach improves heart health and survival.
In hemodialysis, wastes are removed from the blood by travelling through a barrier (called a membrane) in the filter of the dialysis machine, which allows wastes to pass through but aims to keep important parts of the blood, like blood cells and protein, in the bloodstream. One challenge of this approach is that some larger wastes (called middle-molecular-weight molecules), do not pass through the barrier very well. The build-up of these wastes may increase the risk of health problems, including for heart health.
Strength exercises where a person tenses their muscles without moving their joints. (For example, pushing palms together).
It contains primarily salty water. It is commonly used during and early after the transplant surgery; and
refers to an event over time that is measured to monitor the impact of a treatment in a given population.
A healthcare professional who helps people improve their movement and manage pain through exercises and hands-on care.
A person's overall sense of well-being, including how they feel physically and emotionally, and how they are able to manage daily activities and enjoy their life.
Random assignment (or randomisation) is a way of putting people into different groups in a study by chance, like flipping a coin. This helps make sure the groups are similar at the start of the study, so researchers can better tell if a treatment is really working.
Semaglutide is a medication used to treat type 2 diabetes and help with weight loss. It works by mimicking a hormone (called GLP-1) in the body that helps control blood sugar and appetite. It's usually given as an injection.
refers to the best way to take care of patients