32 Treatments  for End Stage Kidney Disease

7 Tests 1 Surgical Procedures 14 Prescribed Medications 3 Over the Counter Medications

3 Self Care 4 Medical Procedures

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Tests for End Stage Kidney Disease

1. Serum Creatinine Test Creatinine is a breakdown product of creatine, which is an important part of muscle. This article discusses the laboratory test to measure the amount of creatinine ...  More

2. Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) Test BUN stands for blood urea nitrogen. Urea nitrogen is what forms when protein breaks down. A test can be done to measure the amount of urea nitrogen in the blood.  More

3. Glomerular Filtration Rate Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is a test used to check how well the kidneys are working. Specifically, it estimates how much blood passes through the tiny filters...  More

4. History and Physical Exam During a physical examination, a health care provider studies a patient's body to determine the presence or absence of physical problems. A typical physical ex...  More

5. Urine Microalbumin Test The microalbuminuria test looks for small quantities of a protein called albumin in a urine sample. See also: Urine albumin  More

6. Urine Urea Nitrogen Test Urine urea nitrogen is a measure of protein breakdown in the body. A test can be done to measure the amount of urea in the urine.  More

7. Kidney Biopsy A renal biopsy is the removal of a small piece of kidney tissue for laboratory examination.  More

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Surgical Procedures for End Stage Kidney Disease

1. Continuous Cycling Peritoneal Dialysis

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Prescribed Medications for End Stage Kidney Disease

1. sevelamer(Renagel , Renvela) SEVELAMER (se VEL a mer) is a polymer. It binds phosphates in the stomach and prevents them from being absorbed into the body. This medicine is used in patients wit...  More

2. paricalcitol(Zemplar ) PARICALCITOL (par i KAL si trole) is a man made form of vitamin D. It is used in patients with chronic renal failure. It helps your body keep the right amount of ca...  More

3. epoetin alfa(Procrit , Epogen) EPOETIN ALFA (e POE e tin AL fa) helps your body make more red blood cells. This medicine is used to treat anemia caused by chronic kidney failure, cancer chemother...  More

4. lanthanum carbonate(Fosrenol ) LANTHANUM CARBONATE (LAN tha num KAR bon ate) is a binding agent. This medicine is used to decrease the amount of phosphate in your blood that may build up due to k...  More

5. darbepoetin alfa(Aranesp , others...) DARBEPOETIN ALFA (dar be POE e tin AL fa) helps your body make more red blood cells. It is used to treat anemia caused by chronic kidney failure and chemotherapy.  More

6. ferrous sulfate(MyKidz Iron 10 ) IRON (AHY ern) replaces iron that is essential to healthy red blood cells. Iron is used to treat iron deficiency anemia. Anemia may cause problems like tiredness, s...  More

7. calcium carbonate(Maalox Quick Dissolve , others...) CALCIUM CARBONATE (KAL see um KAR bon ate) is a calcium salt. It is used as an antacid to relieve the symptoms of indigestion and heartburn. It is also used to prev...  More

8. calcium acetate CALCIUM ACETATE (KAL see um ASa tate) is a calcium salt. It works to bind phosphate in the digestive tract. This medicine is used to treat high levels of phosphate ...  More

9. calcitriol(Rocaltrol ) CALCITRIOL (kal si TRYE ole) is a man made form of vitamin D. It helps your body keep the proper levels of calcium and phosphorus and maintain healthy bones and tee...  More

10. cinacalcet(Sensipar ) CINACALCET (sin a CAL set) is used to treat patients with chronic kidney disease who are on dialysis. It is also used to treat patients with cancer of the parathyro...  More

11. doxercalciferol(Hectorol ) DOXERCALCIFEROL (docks er kal SIF e role) is a man-made form of vitamin D. It helps the body have the right amount of calcium and phosphorus. This vitamin is needed...  More

12. iron sucrose(Venofer ) IRON SUCROSE (AHY ern SOO krohs) is an iron complex. Iron is used to make healthy red blood cells, which carry oxygen and nutrients throughout the body. This medici...  More

13. iron dextran(Infed , DexFerrum) IRON DEXTRAN (AHY ern DEX tran) is an iron complex. Iron is used to make healthy red blood cells, which carry oxygen and nutrients through the body. This medicine i...  More

14. sodium ferric gluconate complex(Ferrlecit ) SODIUM FERRIC GLUCONATE COMPLEX (SOE dee um FER ik GLOO koe nate KOM pleks) is an iron replacement. It is used with epoetin therapy to treat low iron levels in pati...  More

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Over the Counter Medications for End Stage Kidney Disease

1. ferrous sulfate(Feosol , others...) IRON (AHY ern) replaces iron that is essential to healthy red blood cells. Iron is used to treat iron deficiency anemia. Anemia may cause problems like tiredness, s...  More

2. calcium carbonate(Tums , others...) CALCIUM CARBONATE (KAL see um KAR bon ate) is a calcium salt. It is used as an antacid to relieve the symptoms of indigestion and heartburn. It is also used to prev...  More

3. calcium acetate(PhosLo , others...) CALCIUM ACETATE (KAL see um ASa tate) is a calcium salt. It works to bind phosphate in the digestive tract. This medicine is used to treat high levels of phosphate ...  More

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Self Care for End Stage Kidney Disease

1. Fluid Restriction One of the most important ways of managing moderate to severe heart failure is to control fluid and the salt content in your diet. Tune in to find out how.  More

2. Dietary Restriction

3. High Carbohydrate Diet The carbohydrate loading diet, also known as carbo loading, is a week-long eating and exercise plan, which is said to boost the performance of endurance athletes by...  More

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Medical Procedures for End Stage Kidney Disease

1. Dialysis Dialysis is a method of removing toxic substances (impurities or wastes) from the blood when the kidneys are unable to remove these substances.  More

2. Hemodialysis Dialysis is a method of removing toxic substances (impurities or wastes) from the blood when the kidneys are unable to remove these substances.  More

3. Peritoneal Dialysis Dialysis is a method of removing toxic substances (impurities or wastes) from the blood when the kidneys are unable to remove these substances.  More

4. Peritoneal Dialysis- Continuous Ambulatory

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