Renal pathophysiology in cardiovascular diseases
1.0 Background
Renal pathophysiology refers to the study of diseases and conditions that affect the kidneys. As such, it combines pathology which is the normal functioning procedure of the kidney and physiology which concerns the impact of kidney-related conditions on the body. Renal or kidney function is a major part of the body which can easily be affected by physical abnormalities, genetic or acquired conditions or even injury. Further, kidney problems could be also associated with other health problems such as cardiovascular diseases. The American Society of Nephrology discovered that kidney disease is both a cause and a consequence of cardiovascular disease. Having chronic kidney disease amplifies the risk of death from cardiovascular disease whether or not other risk factors for heart disease are present. The mortality connection is clear hence the necessity to learn how to prevent premature death as a result of these conditions.
Facts remain that cardiovascular disease accounts for more than half of all deaths among people with kidney failure. Even early or mild kidney disease puts a person at higher risk of heart ailments and even heart disease-related deaths. Death from cardiovascular diseases is 10 to 30 times more likely in kidney dialysis than in general population. Also, the development of chronic kidney disease in persons with hypertension further increases the risk of developing cardiovascular disease while also severe hypertension often leads to rapidly progressive damages to the kidney. Worse is the fact that medications can only slow the rate of kidney damage by 50%.
New discoveries, further, show that kidney diseases accelerate heart diseases even before the kidneys are damaged to the point of needing dialysis or transplantation. With this said, there is the necessity to explore more on how kidney diseases can cause cardiovascular diseases and vice versa. In this study, how renal pathophysiology in cardiovascular diseases could curb the increasing level of morbidity and mortality will be investigated. Likewise, the medications and drugs available to treat kidney diseases with associated cardiovascular diseases will be also studied. It is the aim of this study to determine the how the medical community diagnoses and treats renal and associated cardiovascular diseases.
2.0 Importance
It is of my best belief that the study could lead to significant improvements in the health care sector especially when it comes to devising policies and strategies relating to sustaining the quality of life of patients with kidney and heart diseases. As such, studying renal pathophysiology in cardiovascular diseases could lead to the development of a systematic understanding of the association between the two diseases. Given that studies about the topic are very limited, the findings of this study will be very important in developing evidence-based healthcare service. This research will be significant for practitioners and service managers as well as policymakers and medical community. Such study will be also important area of study to the academia towards proper education of healthcare professionals regarding the issue. Likewise, this research will serve as a supplement to the limited study about the topic and it is hope that the findings will contribute important inputs.
3.0 Methodology
The research strategy that the study will utilize is the descriptive method. A descriptive research intends to present facts concerning the nature and status of a situation, as it exists at the time of the study. It is also concerned with relationships and practices that exist, beliefs and processes that are ongoing, effects that are being felt, or trends that are developing. In addition, such approach tries to describe present conditions, events or systems based on the impressions or reactions of the respondents of the research. This research is also cross-sectional because of limited time. This research is a study of a particular phenomenon (or phenomena) at a particular time. Accordingly, cross-sectional studies often employ the survey strategy, and they may be seeking to describe the incidence of renal-heart conditions.
In this study, primary and secondary research will be both incorporated. The reason for this is to be able to provide adequate discussion for the readers that will help them understand more about the issue and the different variables that involve with it. The primary data for the study will be represented by the survey results that will be acquired from the respondents. The respondents of the study are patients with both chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular disease. On the other hand, the literature reviews to be presented in the second chapter of the study will represent the secondary data of the study. The secondary sources of data will come from published articles from medical journals and books.
4.0 Possible Outcome
The associations between kidney diseases and cardiovascular diseases could be established more and with evidences to back it. However, there is the high possibility that pharmacology could only concentrate on one condition hence one would be sacrificed. Cardiovascular conditions, when it comes to medication, would be more prioritized than renal conditions. Common risk factors could be also a neglected area but is of significance. It would be difficult to examine symptoms of kidney diseases and heart diseases for the reason that both could be symptoms that can contribute to an increased risk of the other. Reduction of functions of both organs could be also considered in diagnosis.
5.0 Future Perspective
The implications of the findings is how the medical community could address the fact that people with kidney diseases are more likely to have heart diseases as well especially since it will increase the levels of both kidney- and heart-related deaths in the future. Separate risks factors among patients with kidney and heart failures and how it will likely to affect people’s functioning is also an area that will be affected by the findings. Treatment will be most affected thus the medical community should address the challenge of these health problems today.
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