end-stage disease

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end-stage disease

Etymology: AS, ende + OFr, estage + L, dis + Fr, aise, ease

a disease condition that is essentially terminal because of irreversible damage to vital tissues or organs. Kidney or renal end-stage disease is defined as a point at which the kidney is so badly damaged or scarred that dialysis or transplantation is required for patient survival.

end-stage disease,

n See disease, end-stage.

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Sweet taste receptors remain intact through the end stage; therefore, residents with end-stage disease usually favor sweets and can be enticed to eat by adding sweet thickeners to their foods.

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If action is not taken now, the health costs in 20 years as these people reach end-stage disease "will be stupendous," he warns.

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Studies have shown that disability occurs quickly, radiographic progression with erosions and bone loss can be rapid and continues to progress over decades, and mortality rates in severe end-stage disease are comparable to three-vessel coronary artery disease or stage IV Hodgkin's lymphoma.

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