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#192 Dialysis for the Internist with Joel Topf MD

The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

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The Rough Age Cut Off for Transplantation

The barriers to getting a kidney transplant really start to pile up after age 70. The biggest cause of death when you're on dialysis is cardiovascular disease. There's a belief that may be a lot of arrhythmias though there was a landmark trial published this year that looked at putting ICDs into dialysis patients and it did not help.

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