Question

For Medicare coverage, people of any age with permanent ______ failure are eligible.

a) Renal
b) Cardiac
c) Pulmonary
d) Hepatic

Answer 1

Eligibility for Medicare coverage extends to people of any age with permanent renal failure, which is the loss of kidney function.

Step-by-step explanation:

For Medicare coverage, people of any age with permanent renal failure are eligible. The correct answer is a) Renal. Renal failure refers to the condition where there is a loss of the ability of nephrons in the kidney to function fully due to a progressive kidney disease such as diabetic nephropathy or polycystic kidney disease. This condition can be acute or chronic, with chronic kidney disease often leading to symptoms like anemia and reduced kidney size. Renal failure can occur in a patient with poor renal perfusion who is treated with an ACE inhibitor.