1. [A clinic for prevention of progression of kidney failure].
- Author
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Brousseau A
- Subjects
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Albuminuria diagnosis, Albuminuria prevention & control, Body Mass Index, Canada epidemiology, Disease Progression, Exercise, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Glomerular Filtration Rate, Humans, Hypertension epidemiology, Hypertension prevention & control, Kidney Failure, Chronic diagnosis, Kidney Failure, Chronic epidemiology, Kidney Failure, Chronic therapy, Male, Middle Aged, Patient Care Team, Patient Education as Topic, Peritoneal Dialysis, Primary Prevention, Quebec, Renal Dialysis, Smoking Cessation, Time Factors, Kidney Failure, Chronic prevention & control, Outpatient Clinics, Hospital
- Abstract
Prevention in nephrology is only possible with the cooperation of patients and their families. The nurse plays a considerable role in working with patients and is a major player in the team, responsible for follow-up of the patient, where the earliest interventions can help delay and sometimes avoid dialysis. The hypertension clinic is the beginning of a continuum until dialysis. This paper describes three clinics that are managed in the renal service and indicates how they contribute to offering optimal care to a renal population.
- Published
- 2006
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