1. Forum Of ESRD Networks Information about this national organization as well endstage renal disease data.Category Health Conditions and Diseases end-stage renal disease......Forum of End Stage Renal Disease Networks. ESRD Networks Defined ESRD NetworksDefined. Network Annual Report Summaries Network Annual Report Summaries. http://www.esrdnetworks.org/

Forum of End Stage Renal Disease Networks ESRD Networks Defined Network Annual Report Summaries Forum Activities Quality Improvement ESRD Data Articles Board of Directors SIMS USA Dialysis Units Renal Community Calendar 2003 CMS/Forum Annual Meeting Registration Materials 2003 CMS/Forum Annual Meeting Call for Abstracts Contact Us Network 1 Network 2 Network 3 Network 4 ... Network 18 The Forum of ESRD Networks is a nonprofit organization that advocates on behalf of its membership and coordinates projects and activities of mutual interests to ESRD Networks. All 18 ESRD Networks are members of the Forum which facilitates the flow of information and advances a national quality agenda with CMS (the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) and other renal organizations. The mission of the Forum is to support the ESRD Networks in promoting and improving the quality of care to patients with renal disease, thorough education and the collection, analysis, and dissemination of data and information. 1527 Huguenot Road, Midlothian Virginia 23113

2. End-Stage Renal Disease: Choosing A Treatment That's Right For You Read this comprehensive fact sheet on treatment options for patients with endstage renal disease. This condition is called end-stage renal disease (ESRD). http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/kidney/pubs/esrd/esrd.htm

When Your Kidneys Fail Treatment Choices: Hemodialysis Peritoneal Dialysis Kidney Transplantation Conclusion ... Additional Reading This e-text is for people whose kidneys fail to work. This condition is called end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Today, there are new and better treatments for ESRD that replace the work of healthy kidneys. By learning about your treatment choices, you can work with your doctor to pick the one that's best for you. No matter which type of treatment you choose, there will be some changes in your life. But with the help of your health care team, family, and friends, you may be able to lead a full, active life. This e-text describes the choices for treatment: hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and kidney transplantation. It gives the pros and cons of each. It also discusses diet and paying for treatment. It gives tips for working with your doctor, nurses, and others who make up your health care team. It provides a list of groups that offer information and services to kidney patients. It also lists magazines, books, and brochures that you can read for more information about treatment. You and your doctor will work together to choose a treatment that's best for you. This e-text can help you make that choice.

3. End Stage Renal Disease Workgroup endstage renal disease. What causes end-stage renal disease? http://www.mywhatever.com/cifwriter/content/41/pe1210.html

Promoting Excellence Workgroups : End Stage Renal Disease Workgroup Membership Listing Workgroup Products Mission Statement: To improve supportive care and quality of life for ESRD patients and their families. The End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Workgroup worked to improve supportive care and quality of life for dialysis patients from Spring 2000 – Spring 2002. Chaired by Alvin Moss, MD (Director of the West Virginia University Center for Health Ethics and Law), this workgroup consisted of 23 members including nurses, social workers, nephrologists, and kidney transplant recipients. To accomplish its goals, the workgroup divided into three subgroups Education, Quality of Life, and Quality of Dying. The ESRD Workgroup made considerable progress in bringing palliative care issues to the attention of the nephrology community, including an invitation from the Chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine Subspecialty Board on Nephrology to submit questions on end-of-life care for the board certification examination. In addition, the Renal Physicians Association (RPA) and the American Society of Nephrology's (ASN) joint Quality Patient Care Committee meeting revised their position statement on Quality Care at the End-of-Life to incorporate workgroup findings in the Fall of 2001. This revised position statement has been widely circulated. The ESRD Workgroup completed its work with the support of the Robert Wood Johnson Promoting Excellence Program in the winter of 2002, with finalization of a

4. ESRD Treatment Choices A discussion about hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis and kidney transplantation in the treatment of endstage renal disease. http://cnpd.com/choices.htm

Today, there are new and better treatments for ESRD that replace the work of healthy kidneys. By learning about your treatment choices, you can work with your doctor to pick the one that's best for you and with the help of your health care team, family, and friends, you may be able to lead a full, active life. The following describes the choices for treatment: Hemodialysis Peritoneal Dialysis Kidney Transplantation Dialysis There are two forms of dialysis. They are Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis. Hemodialysis is a procedure that cleans and filters your blood. It rids your body of harmful wastes and extra salt and fluids. It also controls blood pressure and helps your body keep the proper balance of chemicals such as p otassium, sodium, and chloride. Hemodialysis Dialysis Hemodialysis uses a dialyzer, or special filter, to clean your blood. The dialyzer connects to a machine. During treatment, your blood travels through tubes into the dialyzer. The dialyzer filters out wastes and extra fluids. Then the newly cleaned blood flows through another set of tubes and back into your body. Before your first treatment, an access to your bloodstream must be made. The access provides a way for blood to be carried from your body to the dialysis machine and then back into your body. The access can be internal (inside the body usually under your skin) or external (outside the body).

5. MEDLINEplus Medical Encyclopedia: End-stage Renal Disease endstage renal disease. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000500.htm

Skip navigation Medical Encyclopedia Other encyclopedia topics: A-Ag Ah-Ap Aq-Az B-Bk ... Z End-stage renal disease Contents of this page: Illustrations Alternative names Definition Causes, incidence, and risk factors ... Prevention Illustrations Kidney anatomy Alternative names Return to top Renal failure - end stage; Kidney failure - end stage; ESRD Definition Return to top A complete or near complete failure of the kidneys to function to excrete wastes, concentrate urine, and regulate electrolytes Causes, incidence, and risk factors Return to top End-stage renal disease (ESRD) occurs when the kidneys are no longer able to function at a level that is necessary for day to day life. It usually occurs as chronic renal failure progresses to the point where kidney function is less than 10% of baseline. At this point, the kidney function is so low that without dialysis or kidney transplantation, complications are multiple and severe, and death will occur from accumulation of fluids and waste products in the body. In the United States, nearly 300,000 people are on

6. USRDS A national data system which collects, analyzes, and distributes information about endstage renal disease in the United States. http://www.usrds.org

Search for: USRDS The Coordinating Center (CC) of the USRDS is operated under a contract with the Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation. The USRDS also includes four Special Study Centers (SSCs): the Economic SSC is headed by Lawrence Hunsicker and John Brooks at the University of Iowa, the Nutrition SSC by Glen Chertow and George Kaysen at the University of California at San Francisco, the Rehabilitation and Quality of Life SSC by Nancy Kutner and Donna Brogan at Emory University, and the Cardiovascular SSC by Charles Herzog and Blanche Chavers at the University of Minnesota and the Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation. Products page. News 2002 Researcher's Guide Medicare Only Tables Slides are now available . Popular Links 2002 ADR Atlas Reference Tables Slides ... Data Request USRDS Coordinating Center 914 South 8th Street Suite D-206 Minneapolis, MN 55404

7. Renal Pathology This etext is for people whose kidneys fail to work. This condition is called end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Today, there are new and better treatments for ESRD that replace the work of healthy kidneys. http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/RENAHTML/RENAL014.html

The end result of many renal diseaseswhether they are renal vascular diseases, glomerulonephritis, or chronic pyelonephritisis end stage renal disease. In end stage renal disease, the kidneys are small bilaterally, as shown here. This condition is associated with chronic renal failure, and the patient's BUN and creatinine are elevated. Chronic renal failure can be treated by dialysis or by transplantation, as shown here.

8. End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Network 13 - Serving Arkansas, Louisiana And Okla Provides support and information on ESRD to the Arkansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma renal communities.Category Health Conditions and Diseases endstage renal disease......End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Network 13. End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)Network 13. Welcome to End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Network 13. http://www.network13.org/

End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Network 13 Serving Arkansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma Renal Communities About Us Grievance Policy Links Privacy Policy ... home page Prepared by ESRD Network 13 Welcome to End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Network 13 The primary focus of this site is to serve the Arkansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) communities. This site will provide useful information on ESRD to the general public as well as professional caregivers and ESRD patients. ESRD Network 13 provides patient services and outreach programs for people with End Stage Renal Disease. Some of the functions of these services include resolving patient grievances and providing educational and informational materials to assist patients in improving their outcomes. Many useful informational documents are being made printer friendly for your convenience. End Stage Renal Disease Network 13 cares about your opinion so, if you would like to see any particular features on this Web site, please contact us with your suggestions. Contact Us: webmaster@nw13.esrd.net

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10. Welcome To HealthGate Data Corp. Contains indepth reports, articles, medical information and resources about end-stage renal disease. http://www3.healthgate.com/default.asp?docid=/hic/kidney_disease/esrd/index

11. Urology Disorders - End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) - Methodist Health Care Syste endstage renal disease (ESRD). What is end-stage renal disease (ESRD)? End-stagerenal disease is when the kidneys permanently fail to work. http://www.methodisthealth.com/urogen/endstage.htm

Urology Disorders Home La Urologia - Los Trastornos Genitourinarios (en español) La Salud de la Próstata (en español) Clinical Services Urology Institute at The Methodist Hospital Methodist Diagnostic Hospital Methodist Sugar Land Hospital ... Newsletters! End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) What is renal failure? Renal failure refers to temporary or permanent damage to the kidneys that results in loss of normal kidney function. There are two different types of renal failure - acute and chronic. Acute renal failure has an abrupt onset and is potentially reversible. Chronic failure progresses slowly over at least three months and can lead to permanent renal failure. The causes, symptoms, treatments, and outcomes of acute and chronic are different. Conditions that may lead to acute or chronic renal failure may include, but are not limited to, the following: Acute Renal Failure Chronic Renal Failure Myocardial infarction - a heart attack may lead to temporary kidney failure.

12. End-Stage Renal Disease: Choosing A Treatment That's Right For You endstage renal disease Choosing a treatment that is right for you. Ari Kostadaras,MD. CONTENTS. This condition is called end-stage renal disease (ESRD). http://www.kidneydoctor.com/esrd.htm

End-Stage Renal Disease: Choosing a treatment that is right for you Ari Kostadaras, M.D. CONTENTS Introduction When Your Kidneys Fail Treatment Choices Hemodialysis Peritoneal Dialysis Kidney Transplantation Conclusion Paying for Treatment Other Sources of Information Introduction This etext is for people whose kidneys fail to work. This condition is called end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Today, there are new and better treatments for ESRD that replace the work of healthy kidneys. By learning about your treatment choices, you can work with your doctor to pick the one that's best for you. No matter which type of treatment you choose, there will be some changes in your life. But with the help of your health care team, family, and friends, you may be able to lead a full, active life. This etext describes the choices for treatment: hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and kidney transplantation. It gives the pros and cons of each. It also discusses diet and paying for treatment. It gives tips for working with your doctor, nurses, and others who make up your health care team. It provides a list of groups that offer information and services to kidney patients. It also lists magazines, books, and brochures that you can read for more information about treatment. You and your doctor will work together to choose a treatment that's best for you. This etext can help you make that choice.

13. Bone Disease In End Stage Renal Disease(Renal Osteodystrophy) The distribution of bone disease is different in diabetes mellitus fromthat seen in nondiabetic patients with endstage renal disease. http://www.kidneydoctor.com/bone/bone.htm

Pathogenesis of renal osteodystrophy Ari Kostadaras, M.D. Changes in mineral metabolism and bone structure are an almost universal concomitant of progressive renal failure. There are two classic types of renal bone disease, with many patients showing evidence of both disorders (called mixed osteodystrophy): Osteitis fibrosa, in which bone turnover is increased due to secondary hyperparathyroidism. Osteomalacia, in which bone turnover is reduced with an increased volume of unmineralized bone (osteoid); this problem is in most, but not all patients due primarily to aluminum deposition in bone. Symptoms due to these disorders, such as fractures and bone pain with osteomalacia or bone pain in osteitis fibrosa, generally do not occur until the patient is already on maintenance dialysis. However, subclinical disease begins early, particularly with osteitis fibrosa. SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM AND OSTEITIS FIBROSA ­ A tendency to phosphate retention, beginning early in the disease as the fall in glomerular filtration rate (GFR) decreases the filtered phosphate load, plays a central role in the development of secondary hyperparathyroidism . Over the long-term, however, the hyperparathyroidism is maladaptive, producing bone disease and contributing to dysfunction in other organs. Furthermore, there is a changing effect of PTH on phosphate balance in advanced renal failure.

14. End-Stage Renal Disease Search our database by Health Topic or enter your own keywords. ENDSTAGERENAL DISEASE. What causes end-stage renal disease? Diabetes http://www.4woman.gov/faq/esrd.htm

Search our database by Health Topic or enter your own keywords END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE What causes End-Stage Renal Disease? Is there a cure or treatment for ESRD? Who is most at risk for ESRD? See also... Kidney Disease Diabetes Each year in the United States, more than 50,000 people are diagnosed with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), a serious condition in which the kidneys fail to rid the body of wastes. ESRD is the final stage of a slow deterioration of the kidneys, a process known as nephropathy. What causes End-Stage Renal Disease? Diabetes is the most common cause of ESRD, resulting in about one-third of new ESRD cases. Even when drugs and diet are able to control diabetes, the disease can lead to nephropathy and ESRD. Most people with diabetes do not develop nephropathy that is severe enough to cause ESRD. About 15 million people in the United States have diabetes, and about 50,000 people have ESRD as a result of diabetes. Other causes include: Interstitial Nephritis - 2.9 percent Polycystic Kidney Disease - 2.9 percent

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1Up Health End-stage renal disease Alternative Medicine Clinical Trials ... Health Topics A-Z Search 1Up Health End-stage renal disease Information End-stage renal disease Causes, Incidence, and Risk Factors Alternative names : ESRD, Kidney failure - end stage, Renal failure - end stage Definition : A complete or near complete failure of the kidneys to function to excrete wastes, concentrate urine, and regulate electrolytes Causes, Incidence, and Risk Factors End-stage renal disease (ESRD) occurs when the kidneys are no longer able to function at a level that is necessary for day to day life. It usually occurs as chronic renal failure progresses to the point where kidney function is less than 10% of baseline. At this point, the kidney function is so low that without dialysis or kidney transplantation, complications are multiple and severe, and death will occur from accumulation of fluids and waste products in the body. In the United States, nearly 300,000 people are on chronic dialysis and more than 20,000 have a functioning transplanted kidney. The most common cause of ESRD in the US is diabetes mellitus . ESRD almost always follows chronic kidney failure , which may exist for 10 to 20 years or more before progression to ESRD.

16. End Stage Renal Disease A definition of end stage renal disease, a look at the causes and who is at risk.Category Health Conditions and Diseases end-stage renal disease...... FEEDBACK. Home Library Health Concerns endstage renal disease End-StageRenal Disease. end-stage renal disease. Q. What causes end-stage renal disease? http://www.health4her.com/library/concerns/end_stage_renal_disease.cfm

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17. ThirdAge - Adam - End-stage Renal Disease endstage renal disease. end-stage renal disease (ESRD) occurs when the kidneys areno longer able to function at a level that is necessary for day to day life. http://www.thirdage.com/health/adam/ency/article/000500.htm

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18. RENALNET Features United States Renal Data System (USRDS) is a national data system which collects,analyzes, and distributes information about endstage renal disease (ESRD) in http://www.renalnet.org/renalnet/esrd/esrd1.cfm

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19. InteliHealth: End-stage Renal Disease Health A to Z, Reviewed by the Faculty of HarvardMedical School endstage renal disease http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/9339/23929.html

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20. End Stage Renal Disease Services endstage renal disease Facilities. Certification. Services. There are 5 typesof end-stage renal disease facilities that are subject to certification http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/hf/static/esrd.htm

End-Stage Renal Disease Facilities View a list of End-Stage Renal Disease Facilities (search by city or county) Get detailed End-Stage Renal Disease Facility Profiles (search by city or county) State Regulations State Licensure and Federal Certification End-Stage Renal Disease is a stage of renal impairment that appears irreversible and permanent, and requires a regular course of dialysis or a kidney transplant to maintain life. Certification Services . There are 5 types of End-Stage Renal Disease facilities that are subject to certification: Renal Transplantation Center - a hospital unit which provides transplantation and other medical/surgical specialty services associated with transplantation, including inpatient dialysis. A transplantation center may also be a renal dialysis center. Renal Dialysis Center - a hospital unit which provides the full spectrum of diagnostic, therapeutic, and rehabilitative services to care for dialysis patients, including inpatient and outpatient dialysis. Renal Dialysis Facility - a unit which provides dialysis services directly (i.e., not through contracted providers).

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