Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Dialysis Therapy

  • KAWASHIMA Akira
    Department of Medicine and Blood Purification, Kidney Center, Tokyo Women's Medical University

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  • 透析医療における補完・代替医療
  • トウセキ イリョウ ニ オケル ホカン ダイタイ イリョウ

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Abstract

Dialysis therapy is the most common therapeutic modality in the treatment of end-stage renal failure. Over 200, 000 patients were maintained under dialysis therapy. An important goal in clinical nephrology is to control complications associated with long-term dialysis. Recently, complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) usehave increased dramatically in the world. This article demonstrates the efficacy of CAM including acupuncture for dialysis patients suffering from refractory complications.

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