Abu Dhabi: Kidneys are remarkable organs: with their thousands of capillaries, a pair of kidneys filter waste products from the blood. But lifestyle diseases have been a scourge for kidney health.
In the UAE, as in most of the world, diabetes and hypertension are the biggest risk factors for kidney disease. Nearly 80 per cent of kidney damage can be attributed to these two conditions, and ahead of World Kidney Day 2021 tomorrow (March 11), experts are calling upon residents to safeguard their kidneys.
Dr Nizar Attallah Across the world, about 850 million people suffer from kidney disease. “While exact statistics are not available, we believe that the rate of chronic kidney disease in the UAE is higher than the rate in Europe. The major cause for this is of course the prevalence of diabetes and hypertension, which are themselves brought on by obesity and unhealthy lifestyle choices,” said Dr Nizar Attallah, transplant nephrologist at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. About on
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Dr Nishi and several other women speak about the challenges they faced amid Covid-19.
An Indian virologist said she was in the midst of teaching a course at a Dubai institution when she was alerted to the first Covid-19 case in the UAE.
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Abu Dhabi: Newborn babies born with heart abnormalities in Abu Dhabi Emirate can now be safely monitored at home while they await corrective procedures.
The Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (Seha), the emirate’s public health provider, launched its Interstage Monitoring Programme, to monitor babies born with severe abnormalities, including hypoplastic left heart syndrome as well as other conditions in which only one side of the heart is functioning.
Multiple surgeries
Babies with these conditions normally have to undergo an initial open-heart surgery in their first few days of life, followed by a second surgery six months later. In between the two procedures the interstage period patients are discharged, and the new monitoring programme will make this fraught period safer.
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Abu Dhabi: Home monitoring for babies with heart problems
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New programme helps monitor infants while they are at home waiting for their next cardiac surgery.
Medics in Abu Dhabi can now track the wellbeing of newborns with heart problems as they remain at home. The new monitoring programme keeps them safe and healthy as they wait for their second open-heart surgery.
The Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (Seha) on Sunday announced that it has introduced the Interstage Monitoring Programme (IMP) for newborns with heart abnormalities that require multiple surgeries.
Implemented by a dedicated and highly specialised group of physicians, nurses and administrative staff for the first time in the UAE, the programme helps monitor infants while they are at home waiting for their next cardiac surgery.