Year: 2025
Type: dataset
Abstract: Chronic kidney disease affects 850 million worldwide, with hemodialysis (HD) treating 1.5 million patients.Despite its life-sustaining benefits, HD poses significant environmental (generate 1-2.5 million tonnes CO2 and consume 1 trillion litre of water annually), economic, and clinical burdens.Aim:-To identify sustainable HD practices reducing carbon footprint and water usage.• Assessed sustainable kidney care practices through targeted literature review of Centre for Sustainable health care, KI Report, ISN, NKF, Peer-reviewed articles.• Focused on a single hemodialysis session, evaluated key criteria: Water usage, Energy consumption, Waste generation, Cost effectiveness, Patient outcomes.• Identified the Principles of Sustainable Healthcare as a key strategy to reduce environmental and economic impacts.Guided by the Model for Improvement framework.
Author: Mo Arquam
Institution: Aligarh Muslim University
Language: English
Subfield: Nephrology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W4410778447