137,549 views
Often, we see cases where it could have been prevented if they had been transferred to a nephrologist early. Since 20 years ago, the medical society has campaigned for early transfer of patients with kidney disease to a nephrologist due to statistics showing that when transferred to a nephrologist early, the patient's survival rate increases by 2-3 times and the patient's condition improves. However, there are still unfortunate cases where patients come to us only when they are about to need dialysis in the final stages, so we are broadcasting this. In addition, medical school education, which is accustomed to short-answer exams, has made short-answer treatment, such as giving Y medicine for X symptom, common. As a result, the focus is on symptom relief treatment rather than finding the cause of the patient's illness, and eventually, the patient may lose his or her health or life because the cause is not resolved. Today's lecture is a bit long, but I will explain a slightly difficult situation in order to give medical students or doctors a chance to think about it again, so I ask for the understanding of the general viewers. [Cho Dong-hyeok, Department of Internal Medicine/Nephrology]