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Online results and info via Renal PatientView are available to Edinburgh patients. Click to access unit-specific documents

WELCOME to EdREN, the website of the Renal Unit at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Scotland, at www.edren.org Follow the links on the menu bar above to find information, or SEARCH for what you want.

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EdRenINFO is a source of information about kidney diseases for patients and non-specialist doctors and the most commonly read area of our site. New - eating out Italian

SEARCH this site from Google GP info referral, eGFR and management guidelines History of dialysis and transplantation
Renal Unit unit info and NEWS Handbook for hospital doctors and staff Local history - RRT in Edinburgh
Transplant Unit Edren Textbook How and why - about this website

We now also have a new educational website, www.edrep.org (Edinburgh renal education programme/pages) that includes the useful Edren textbook and more. You can donate if you really like us.

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This page was revised on Mon, Mar 30, 2009