Can We Improve Quality of Life of Patients on Dialysis?

[摘要] The idea of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is not new. In 1946, the constitution of the World Health Organization defined health as “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity” (1). Today, the HRQOL concept addresses the effects of individual health (including the effects of both disease and its treatment) on physical, cognitive, and social functioning in day-to-day life. Patients with ESRD who are treated with dialysis experience many threats to HRQOL, both from the myriad symptoms of ESRD itself and from the physical and mental burden of dialysis treatment. For these patients, the careful assessment of HRQOL can help guide provision of medical management to optimize their health experience (2).

[学科分类] 泌尿医学

[关键词] Bone marrow necrosis;Sickle cell disease;Hyperhemolysis syndrome