How to Use end-stage in a Sentence

end-stage

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• The cause was end-stage renal disease, said his wife, Sally McLain.
  — Emily Langer, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
• The only cure for end-stage liver disease is a transplant.
  — Ben Tanen, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024
• The death certificate lists Bonin’s cause of death as end-stage renal disease.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Nov. 2023
• 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
• Valdez had been battling end-stage kidney failure and died at home, his son, Steve Valdez, told the station on Friday.
  — Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 May 2023
• The team plans to begin a clinical trial next year to test the idea in people with end-stage liver disease.
  — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2024
• Mom had end-stage Alzheimer’s disease and could no longer communicate.
  — Lydia Denworth, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
• What was once an obscure drug to treat pain in end-stage cancer patients has become the leading cause of death for American adults under the age of 50.
  — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 2 July 2023
• Many people with IgAN never reach end-stage kidney disease.
  — Mark Gurarie, Health, 25 Sep. 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
• Paying Attention To Process One of the most vexing problems in assessing student work is that one sees only the end-stage result rather than the process of its production.
  — Ray Ravaglia, Forbes, 18 Sep. 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
• At 65, Dickens now suffers from congestive heart failure and end-stage renal disease.
  — Anna Schecter, NBC News, 18 Sep. 2023
• The agency wanted to see if financial incentives and penalties would improve care for people with end-stage kidney disease.
  — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 30 June 2024
• The ensuing rise in blood pressure can cause cardiomyopathy (stiffening of the heart muscle), contributing to end-stage heart failure.
  — James Myhre & Dennis Sifris, Md, Verywell Health, 24 Sep. 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
• Also known as end-stage kidney disease, this may require either a kidney transplant or dialysis.
  — Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
• With medical care for end-stage organ disease improving, more people are living long enough to make the transplant list, creating demand for more organs.
  — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
• 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
• They can be found in combination with other diseases, such as end-stage kidney disease on dialysis or in people with a blockage of a major heart valve (aortic stenosis).
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 22 Apr. 2023
• 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
• 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.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 31 May 2024
• Medicare primarily insures people older than 65, the disabled, and people with end-stage renal disease.
  — Abraham Nussbaum and Renee Y. Hsia, STAT, 2 Nov. 2023
• Ezra suffered liver damage at birth and has been fighting ongoing health challenges, leading to his recent diagnosis of end-stage liver disease.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2024
• Tonya received disability benefits up until 2015 because of back pain and kidney problems from end-stage renal disease.
  — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 10 Sep. 2023
• For Medicare, which also covers younger people with disabilities or individuals with end-stage renal disease, sign-ups begin Oct. 15 and end Dec. 7.
  — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023
• Kidney failure, also called end-stage renal disease (ESRD), is a condition where your kidneys are not functioning properly.
  — Suchandrima Bhowmik, Health, 2 Oct. 2024
• And also Medicare, which provides health care for Americans 65 and older and is also available for younger people with disabilities or individuals with end-stage renal disease.
  — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
• The driving factor behind functional impairment and low quality of life is fatigue, which is generally worse than that experienced by those who have end-stage kidney disease or both cancer and anemia.
  — Byerin Prater, Fortune Well, 9 June 2023
• There’s one positive finding in the paper, which is that trans people with end-stage liver disease appear to have similar rates of transplantation and five-year survival probabilities after transplant.
  — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 22 July 2024

Last Updated: 14 Feb 2025