RT Book, Section
A1 Hernandez, German T.
A1 Rodriguez, Rudolph A.
A2 LaDou, Joseph
A2 Harrison, Robert J.
SR Print(0)
ID 1104104391
T1 Renal Toxicology
T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment:  Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 5e
YR 2013
FD 2013
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071808156
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1104104391
RD 2024/04/24
AB In  the  United  States,  594,374  patients  were  treated  for  end-stage  renal  disease  (ESRD)  in  the  year  2010  at  a  yearly  cost  of  well  over  $47  billion.  Both  the  number  of  patients  and  the  associated  costs  continue  to  grow  annually.  The  etiology  of  the  kidney  injury  in  a  significant  percentage  of  these  patients  is  never  fully  elucidated,  and  the  diagnosis  of  renal  disease  of  occupational  origin  is  rarely  considered.  The  true  incidence  of  chronic  kidney  disease  secondary  to  occupational  and  environmental  exposures  in  the  United  States  is  unknown.  However,  these  exposures  represent  potentially  preventable  causes  of  chronic  kidney  disease.  Even  if  occupational  and  environmental  exposures  account  for  only  a  small  percentage  of  the  causes  of  ESRD  in  the  United  States,  the  significant  morbidity,  mortality,  and  costs  associated  with  renal  replacement  therapy  potentially  could  be  prevented.