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Editorial
. 2013 Jun;61(6):865-8.
doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2013.03.017.

Hurricane Sandy as a kidney failure disaster

Kenneth D Lempert, Jeffrey B Kopp
Editorial

Hurricane Sandy as a kidney failure disaster

Kenneth D Lempert et al. Am J Kidney Dis. 2013 Jun.
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Figure 1
Kidney failure in disasters. Individuals who require dialysis after a disaster may have acute kidney injury or chronic kidney disease. The majority is likely composed of individuals with end-stage renal disease already enrolled in maintenance dialysis programs.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Hurricane Sandy at the time of landfall in the United States. The image depicts the surface winds along the northeast coast of the United States at midnight October 29, 2012. Data were acquired with a radar scatterometer on board the Indian Space Research Organization’s OceanSat-2 satellite. Colors indicate wind speed and arrows indicate wind direction. Figure reproduced from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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