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Rogers said the two have been answering nonstop emergency calls, responding to patients in renal failure unable to get dialysis, to head injuries and cardiac arrests.
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Baxter makes dialyzers, used for people with end-stage renal disease to filter fluids and wastes through dialysis.
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Before the March 13 surgery, Stansel faced end-stage renal disease — the last leg before kidney disease leading to death.
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James Liggett, a son, said the cause of death was renal failure.
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The reason is that people are living longer with end-stage renal disease, said Anjay Rastogi, a professor of nephrology at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine.
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The cause was pneumonia and renal failure, said a daughter, Nancy Morawetz.
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Potassium phosphates — on the market since the 1980s and used for renal failure patients, preemies and patients undergoing chemotherapy — cost Medicaid an extra $1.8 million in 2016.
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The proposals closely resemble pending bills that have thrust for-profit dialysis centers, which treat more than 63,000 Californians with end-stage renal disease, into the legislative fray.
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Origin and Etymology of renal
French or Late Latin; French rénal, from Late Latin renalis, from Latin renes kidneys
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RENAL Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of renal for English Language Learners
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medical : relating to or involving the kidneys
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