How to Use end-stage in a Sentence

end-stage

adjective
  • The death certificate lists Bonin’s cause of death as end-stage renal disease.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The end-stage is known as a rocker-bottom foot due to the shape of the feet appearing like a rocking chair.
    — Isabel Casimiro, Verywell Health, 22 May 2025
  • Mom had end-stage Alzheimer’s disease and could no longer communicate.
    — Lydia Denworth, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
  • The cause was end-stage renal disease, said his wife, Sally McLain.
    — Emily Langer, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The team plans to begin a clinical trial next year to test the idea in people with end-stage liver disease.
    — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2024
  • Andrews had spent the better part of two years on dialysis because of end-stage kidney disease.
    — Nadia Kounang, CNN, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Pacheco was diagnosed with end-stage kidney failure earlier this year.
    — Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
  • For example, someone with end-stage liver disease may always have pain in the upper right side of their abdomen.
    — Jenny Sweigard, Verywell Health, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The condition damages the kidney's glomeruli, which can lead to end-stage renal failure if untreated.
    — David Hampton, Verywell Health, 27 Aug. 2025
  • But only the sickest of the sick are listed; just 1 in 8 patients with end-stage renal disease are on the waitlist.
    — Nadia Kounang, CNN Money, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The feat could open the door to more transplants for people living with HIV who have end-stage organ disease.
    — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 19 June 2026
  • Also known as end-stage kidney disease, this may require either a kidney transplant or dialysis.
    — Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Many of these individuals are battling end-stage liver, kidney, or heart disease, hoping for a call that will change—or save—their lives.
    — Dr. Hiroshi Sogawa, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Valdez had been battling end-stage kidney failure and died at home, his son, Steve Valdez, told the station on Friday.
    — Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 May 2023
  • Fries died of end-stage dementia in 2021, at the age of eighty-three, and his broader prediction never seemed to come true.
    — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
  • The report did not include a cause of death but noted the deceased had a history of hypertension and end-stage liver disease.
    — Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
  • All participants will be 55 to 70 years old, have end-stage kidney disease and have been on dialysis for at least six months.
    — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2025
  • The agency wanted to see if financial incentives and penalties would improve care for people with end-stage kidney disease.
    — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 30 June 2024
  • At 65, Dickens now suffers from congestive heart failure and end-stage renal disease.
    — Anna Schecter, NBC News, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The gold standard treatment for end-stage kidney disease is a transplant from a living donor, which can last its recipient up to twice as long as one from a deceased source.
    — Steven Levitt, Boston Herald, 6 May 2025
  • The centers, where patients come to have their blood filtered offer the only available remedy for most suffering from end-stage kidney disease.
    — Sheena Samu, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
  • What was once an obscure drug to treat pain in end-stage cancer patients has become the leading cause of death for American adults under the age of 50.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 2 July 2023
  • The hepatitis B virus causes more than a million deaths worldwide each year from end-stage liver failure, cirrhosis, and liver cancer.
    — Emilie G.c. Thompson, STAT, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The ensuing rise in blood pressure can cause cardiomyopathy (stiffening of the heart muscle), contributing to end-stage heart failure.
    — James Myhre & Dennis Sifris, Md, Verywell Health, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Troy was ultimately diagnosed with end-stage kidney disease due to hypertension.
    — Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
  • With medical care for end-stage organ disease improving, more people are living long enough to make the transplant list, creating demand for more organs.
    — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Those who have reached this point, known as end-stage liver disease, may experience confusion, weight loss and yellow discoloration in the skin and eyes, among other symptoms.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Dialysis can keep a person with end-stage kidney disease alive, but the process can be hard on the body and can typically sustain someone for only about five years, on average.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Someone with a history of chronic kidney disease or end-stage renal disease may need to be cautious when consuming watermelon.
    — Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, Health, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Nilsson battled end-stage kidney disease for more than four years and received dialysis three days a week, according to a family post on his Facebook page.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 3 July 2026

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