Living Well With Chronic Kidney Disease | World Kidney Day 2021 - Dr. Rakesh Nair, Nephrology

On the occasion of World Kidney Day, we are joined by Dr Rakesh Nair speaking of how the outlook towards patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) has changed over the years; from that of a lost cause other than a renal transplant to one that makes it possible to undertake measures to increase the quality of life and life participation of patients with CKD.

Learn about the A B Cs of improving the quality of life of a patient with chronic kidney disease, what to look out for and what to constantly check.


Chapters
Living Well with Kidney Disease
0:00 - 00:25 Introduction
00:26 - 01:19 Significance of World Kidney Day 2021 Theme
1:20 - 02:52 The 2 'A's- Access creation and Anemia
02:53 - 04:12 The 2 'B's- Bone Mineral Disease and Blood Pressure
04:13 - 04:57 'C'- Cardiac Health
04:58 - 05:57 The 2 'D's- Diuretic Use and Dry Weight targets
05:58 - 06:56 'E'- Electrolyte monitoring
06:57 - 07:38 The Big 'U'- Uremia
07:39 - 08:32 Dialyser, dialysate and adequacy of dialysis
08:33 - 09:36 Summary and conclusion

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