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
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The types of medical conditions that patients have include end-stage cancer, advanced dementia, heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
    Katia Hetter, CNN, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Patients who get the device are often out of options to treat their end-stage heart failure, said Larry Allen, a cardiologist with the University of Colorado and member of a multidisciplinary medical team that cares for heart failure patients.
    Daniel Chang, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Reata’s partner in developing bardoxolone, Kyowa Kirin Co., reported Wednesday that there was no separation in end-stage renal disease among about 1,000 patients being treated for three years with either the drug or a placebo.
    Paul O'Donnell, Dallas News, 12 May 2023
  • Proportionally, people with type 1 diabetes are more likely to develop end-stage kidney disease compared to people with type 2 diabetes.
    Kashif J. Piracha, Verywell Health, 23 July 2024
  • Patients with chronic kidney disease, including end-stage renal disease, can’t properly excrete potassium from their bodies and excess potassium levels in the blood, known as hyperkalemia, can lead to cardiac arrhythmias and sudden heart failure.
    Nicholas Florko, STAT, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The patient, Lawrence Faucette, reportedly had end-stage heart disease and was deemed ineligible for a traditional transplant with a human heart due to his pre-existing peripheral vascular disease and complications with internal bleeding.
    Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2023

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