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How to Protect Your Vascular Access 如何保護您的洗腎血管通路
2024/1/2Prohibit measuring blood pressure, drawing blood, or receiving intravenous fluid of wrist with vascular access.
Choices of Treatments for End-stage Renal Disease (ESRD) 如何選擇末期腎衰竭的治療方式
2024/1/2When renal function declined to below 10% of that of a normal person, the kidney can’t handle metabolic wastes and water efficiently. Then uremic symptoms, such as edema, nausea, vomiting, fatigue and dyspnea would appear. In addition to diet modification and medical treatment, renal replacement therapies are eventually mandatory for maintenance of homeostasis.
Introduction to Home Pertioneal Dialysis 認識居家腹膜透析
2024/1/2Home peritoneal dialysis is the modality of dialysis that you can operate by yourself. Home peritoneal dialysis is different from hemodialysis which needs to regularly visit the hospital three times a week. If the condition is stable, you only need to visit the hospital once a month.
Pre- ESRD Care: Diet control 未透析前腎衰竭病人的飲食控制
2024/1/2In pre-dialysis patients, low dietary protein intake can reduce the production of nitrogen-containing waste products. In addition, it prevents the deterioration of renal function.
What is hydronephrosis? 何謂水腎?
2024/1/2Hydronephrosis means abnormal dilatation of the collecting system of the kidney (renal pelvis). It can be classified according to its severity.
Hematuria 什麼是血尿?
2024/1/2Hematuria is red blood cells in the urine which might be gross hematuria and microscopic hematuria. Gross hematuria means the hematuria (red urine) can be seen by naked eyes clearly.
Introduction to Renal Biopsy 腎臟穿刺切片檢查說明
2024/1/2Renal biopsy is that a small piece of renal tissue is cut by a specially designed puncture needle through your back under ultrasound scan. You must maintain a prone position during the procedure.
Renal ultrasound 腎臟超音波檢查說明
2024/1/2It is a non-invasive procedure without exposing to radiation. During the examination, the examinee will lie on a table in supine, lateral or prone position. The physician will apply gel on inspected areas and roll the probe to see the structures of kidney shown on the screen. The whole process will take about 10-15 minutes.
An Introduction to Living Donor Kidney Transplant 認識活體腎臟移植
2024/1/2Kidney transplant ( also known as renal transplant ) is the transplant of a donor’s kidney into the pelvic of the donee while the original kidney will not be excised (with the exception of tumor or stone issue).