Functional problems in the foot are common, and the examination of the feet of an older person is an especially important part of a geriatric evaluation. Because the feet are the most distant body parts from the heart and central nervous system, early clues of cardiovascular and neurologic illness may initially appear there. Neglected feet [...]
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Charles Chazot, MD Guillaume Jean, MD Nat Clin Pract Nephrol ():, 2009. © 2009 Nature Publishing Group The duration and frequency of hemodialysis was determined empirically when this therapy first came into use, and treatment was commonly three 8 h sessions per week by the end of the 1960s. Subsequently, however, the growing number of [...]
Francesco Locatelli; Allen R. Nissenson; Brendan J. Barrett; Rowan G. Walker; David C. Wheeler; Kai U. Eckardt; Norbert H. Lameire; Garabed Eknoyan Kidney Int. 2008;74(10):1237-1240. ©2008 Nature Publishing Group Posted 11/24/2008 Abstract and Introduction Abstract The development of clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of anemia in chronic kidney disease has been instrumental in identifying [...]
Painful medical procedures for children begin with heel sticks and injections at birth and continue throughout childhood. By the time a child a reaches the age of 6, he or she should have received 36 immunizations via intramuscular injection,[1] with the number of vaccination injections increasing exponentially by the year 2020.[2] In addition to routine [...]
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