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 gold standard treatment for end-stage kidney disease is a transplant from a living donor, which can last its recipient up to twice as long as one from a deceased source.
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Ruby Rorty, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025
But hospice is far more routinely offered for cancer, end-stage COPD, or heart failure, while dementia — despite being just as terminal — is left out.
—Dr. Sabooh Mubbashar, Hartford Courant, 27 Apr. 2025
Pacheco was diagnosed with end-stage renal disease not long after arriving in Chicago seeking asylum in July 2022.
—Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
Pacheco, 37, sought treatment at a local hospital and was diagnosed with end-stage renal disease, or kidney failure, Siegel said.
—Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2025
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Ruby Rorty, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025
But hospice is far more routinely offered for cancer, end-stage COPD, or heart failure, while dementia — despite being just as terminal — is left out.
—Dr. Sabooh Mubbashar, Hartford Courant, 27 Apr. 2025
Pacheco was diagnosed with end-stage renal disease not long after arriving in Chicago seeking asylum in July 2022.
—Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
Pacheco, 37, sought treatment at a local hospital and was diagnosed with end-stage renal disease, or kidney failure, Siegel said.
—Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2025
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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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