A new study uncovers high rates of dementia in older adults after they begin hemodialysis, a treatment purifying the blood of a patient whose kidneys are not functioning normally.
The findings, published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN), also show that dementia in dialysis patients is tied to a greater risk of early death.
Older patients on hemodialysis often experience a significant decline in cognitive function while undergoing the treatment, which...
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