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Palliation with Dual Burden of Heart and Kidney Failure: An Underutilized Strategy

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Cardio-renal disease as a disease entity carries with it high morbidity and mortality. This entity is only now being defined and studied, and much of the treatment of these patients is guided by what is known of patient populations with heart failure or kidney failure. There are few disease specific treatments available for CRS and much of the care is focused on symptom management, and is characterized by very high morbidity and mortality burden. Palliative care as a specialty was recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties in 2006. Given the high symptom burden and complexity of outcomes with the overlap of heart and kidney disease, palliative care is integral to the multi-disciplinary effort required in achieving optimal outcomes in these patients.

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  1. Internal Medicine/Palliative Medicine, Duke University Health System, 2424 Erwin Road, 7206, Durham, NC, 27710, USA

    Robin Turner

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    Hesham Shaban

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    Janani Rangaswami

  2. Department of Medicine, Section of Nephrology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Edgar V. Lerma

  3. Department of Nephrology Dialysis and Transplantation, International Renal Research Institute, San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy

    Claudio Ronco

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Turner, R., Shaban, H. (2017). Palliation with Dual Burden of Heart and Kidney Failure: An Underutilized Strategy. In: Rangaswami, J., Lerma, E., Ronco, C. (eds) Cardio-Nephrology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56042-7_19

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