The Drumbeat of Renal Failure: Symbiosis of Prevention and Renal Replacement Therapy

Vol. 22, No. 1, 2004

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Advances in End-Stage Renal Diseases 2004
International Conference on Dialysis VI, January 28-30, 2004, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Editors: Claudio Ronco, Vicenza; Nathan W. Levin, New York, N.Y.

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The Drumbeat of Renal Failure: Symbiosis of Prevention and Renal Replacement Therapy
John H. Dirks

Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto, Chair, International Society of Nephrology, Commission for the Global Advancement of Nephrology, Toronto, Canada

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Blood Purif 2004;22:6-8 (DOI: 10.1159/000074917)

Key Words

Diabetes
Cardiovascular disease
Chronic kidney disease, prevention
Kidney disease, progression
Renin angiotensin blockade

Abstract

The global population of patients with end-stage renal disease is rising rapidly, especially in developing countries. The possibility and economic burden of renal replacement therapy will be greatly challenged in the next decade as the prevalence of diabetes and hypertension rises. The establishment of effective prevention and intervention measures creates a means by which the increasing burden of renal replacement therapy can be reduced.

Author Contacts

John H. Dirks
Massey College, 4 Devonshire Place
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ont. M5S 2E1 (Canada)
E-Mail john.dirks@utoronto.ca

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