| Theme |
The Upbringing of the Dialysis Team |
| Title |
The development of a dialysis physician |
| Author |
Noritomo Itami |
Kidney Center, Nikko Memorial Hospital |
| Author |
Seiji Ohira |
Kidney Center, Nikko Memorial Hospital |
| [ Summary ] |
The role of the dialysis physician is not limited to seeing those patients who will undergo dialysis treatment, but is changing, requiring a physician with the knowledge and experience to care for the patient before the initiation of dialysis up until the time of a kidney transplant. In the case of acute renal failure, it has become necessary to work together with the intensive care physician to oversee a continuous purification method. With the increasing number of elderly and diabetic patients requiring dialysis and the increase in difficulties in maintaining blood access necessary for hemodialysis, the active involvement of the dialysis physician has become a necessity. I would like to communicate to the younger physicians that the dialysis physician is at the center of a dynamic medical field dedicated to fulfilling and enlarging all medicine related to dialysis. |