Abstract
Dialysis impact on quality of life of patients with chronic kidney disease in Guatemala. A pilot study
Highlights
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) was the 18th leading cause of death in 2010 and over 2 million people require dialysis worldwide
Program/Project Purpose: Disaster medicine is at the crossroads of emergency medicine and global health
The Department of Emergency Medicine at The University of Toledo Medical Center with local community physicians responded with a self-sustained mission relief team within one week of the disaster
Summary
Annals of Global Health, VOL. 82, NO. 3, 2016 M a y eJ u n e 2 0 1 6 : 3 9 7 – 4 3 6 head. Program/Project Purpose: Disaster medicine is at the crossroads of emergency medicine and global health. This is all too evident in the most recent earthquake disaster in Nepal in late April 2015. The Department of Emergency Medicine at The University of Toledo Medical Center with local community physicians responded with a self-sustained mission relief team within one week of the disaster. Our ability to manage independently without local support, other than interpreters, was critical to the success of this mission effort This allowed us to set up our operation at a distant area that would not have received any healthcare. MO, USA, 2Cardiovascular Unit of Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala, 3National Center for Chronic Kidney Disease Treatment, Guatemala City, Guatemala
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