Emergency dialysis for undocumented immigrants tied to more deaths

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December 20, 2017 / 5:16 PM / 3 days ago
Emergency dialysis for undocumented immigrants tied to more deaths
Lisa Rapaport
 

(Reuters Health) - - Undocumented immigrants with kidney failure who can only get emergency dialysis have worse survival odds than patients who get routine dialysis three times a week, a U.S. study suggests. 

About 6,500 undocumented immigrants in the U.S. have end-stage renal disease (ESRD), when the kidneys stop working well enough for patients to survive without dialysis or a transplant.


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