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Aldo Rodrigo Jimenez Vega

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The Paradox of Hypertonic Saline Use in Heart Failure

April 3, 2019

The general notion is that edematous states like acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) respond to the combination of sodium restriction and diuretic therapy. In fact, non-adherence to sodium restriction is believed to be a primary cause of failure…

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What are Survival Rates for Patients on Dialysis?

September 19, 2018

To determine if a patient receiving hemodialysis newly diagnosed with a malignancy might benefit from aggressive cancer treatment, an oncologist colleague posed the following question to me: “What is the typical survival rate for end-stage kidney disease (ESKD)…

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