end-stage
adjective
: being or occurring in the final stages of a terminal disease or condition
end-stage renal disease
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The young boy suffered liver damage at birth and has since been fighting ongoing health challenges, leading to his recent diagnosis that his liver is failing due to end-stage liver disease.
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Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 31 May 2024
Alcohol is the top reason people need a liver transplant in the U.S. As a result, researchers and biotech companies alike are trying to find ways to stop the liver inflammation and scarring that cause end-stage disease.
—Isabella Cueto, STAT, 22 May 2024
One of the most common causes of death in end-stage dementia is pneumonia, a lung infection people with severe dementia are more susceptible to.
—Jess Sims, Health, 10 May 2024
Fries died of end-stage dementia in 2021, at the age of eighty-three, and his broader prediction never seemed to come true.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
The procedure was carried out in Houston on March 25 as part of a clinical trial that will test the experimental treatment in 12 adults with end-stage liver disease.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 2 Apr. 2024
The only cure for end-stage liver disease is a transplant.
—Ben Tanen, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024
The patient is a Black man, and the procedure may have special significance for Black patients, who suffer high rates of end-stage kidney disease.
—Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
For example, someone with end-stage liver disease may always have pain in the upper right side of their abdomen.
—Jenny Sweigard, Verywell Health, 5 Mar. 2024
Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 31 May 2024
Alcohol is the top reason people need a liver transplant in the U.S. As a result, researchers and biotech companies alike are trying to find ways to stop the liver inflammation and scarring that cause end-stage disease.
—Isabella Cueto, STAT, 22 May 2024
One of the most common causes of death in end-stage dementia is pneumonia, a lung infection people with severe dementia are more susceptible to.
—Jess Sims, Health, 10 May 2024
Fries died of end-stage dementia in 2021, at the age of eighty-three, and his broader prediction never seemed to come true.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
The procedure was carried out in Houston on March 25 as part of a clinical trial that will test the experimental treatment in 12 adults with end-stage liver disease.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 2 Apr. 2024
The only cure for end-stage liver disease is a transplant.
—Ben Tanen, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024
The patient is a Black man, and the procedure may have special significance for Black patients, who suffer high rates of end-stage kidney disease.
—Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
For example, someone with end-stage liver disease may always have pain in the upper right side of their abdomen.
—Jenny Sweigard, Verywell Health, 5 Mar. 2024
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end-stage
adjective
: being or occurring in the final stages of a terminal disease or condition
end-stage liver failure
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