Sentence examples for dialysis pad from inspiring English sources

These factors include physical and psychological health, mobility, manual dexterity, visual acuity, nutrition, hypoalbuminemia, adequacy of dialysis, PAD, tissue oxygenation, neuropathy, anemia, leg edema, infection, and leg/foot support during dialysis.

The following factors were included in the analysis as possible predictors or confounders: sex, age, smoking, living in a nursing home, living alone, diabetes type, diabetes duration, insulin treatment (yes vs. no), neuropathy, Charcot foot syndrome, history of coronary heart disease, history of stroke, CRI, dialysis, PAD, minor amputation before inclusion, and first-ever foot lesion (yes vs. no).

Age, PAD, dialysis, and smoking were selected by stepwise and backward selection in Cox regression.

Among the no dialysis patients, DPN, PAD, past and current foot ulcers, and prior amputation did not vary by ethnicity (ANOVA).

The interaction between PAD and dialysis was not significant.

The discrepant results may be explained by two factors: 1) inclusion of U.K.- and U.S.-based dialysis-treated patients in our previous study; and 2) in the current study, the influence of dialysis therapy attenuating the impact of PAD on prevalent foot ulceration when the interrelated PAD and dialysis variables were included in the same model.

A recent study of patients on maintenance ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (PD) indicated the prevalence of PAD was 27.4% of all patients, and was 45% in patients older than 70 years [ 9].

We found that dialysis-treated patients had more peripheral neuropathy, PAD, and previous foot ulceration and amputations than no dialysis patients.

The strong association between prevalent foot ulceration and dialysis therapy remained significant after adjustment for potential confounders (neuropathy, PAD, ethnicity, known duration of diabetes, and use of footwear).

We did not systematically assess the site and severity of peripheral edema and the severity of PAD, which are potential confounders of the relationship between dialysis therapy and ulceration.

And, as a 2010 New York Times article points out, it's a no-frills experience: A maternity ward contains "padded benches with stir-ups" and MRIs and dialysis machines are practically nonexistent.