Patient Education: What is the best form of dialysis.This question is asked more times than can be counted. A patient is informed that they have stage 4 kidney disease and they need to make a choice as to what modality of dialysis they prefer while they await transplantation.
The patient is usually confused and unsure, already overwhelmed with dealing with the reality of having [...]
Warfarin may cause increased risk of stroke in hemodialysis.
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Published: August 28, 2009
Previously aspirin and clopidogrel were found to having an increase risk of mortality in patients on haemodialysis. However warfarin is known to have a survival advantage in patients with atrial fibrillation as the drug prevents clot formation in the poorly contracting left atrium of the heart. Any reduction in clot formation results in a reduction [...]
