Clinical waste generation from renal units: implications and solutions.

abstract：:Adequate sympathetic nervous system activation is essential for the compensatory mechanisms of blood pressure maintenance during the hemodialysis (HD) procedure. Chronic sympathetic nervous system overactivity, however, may lead to the development of hypertension and cardiovascular disease in HD patients. The present ...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Rubinger D,Backenroth R,Sapoznikov D

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of chronically ill patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) receiving dialysis therapies has advanced greatly over the years and accomplished many successes in prolonging the life of patients with ESRD, yet has had considerable failures due to the inability to compensate for all functions of the kidn...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Maddux FW

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are numerous patient, provider, and health system barriers to accessing kidney transplantation. Patient barriers such as sociocultural and clinical characteristics and provider factors such as provider knowledge and awareness of transplantation play important roles in facilitating transplant. Health system facto...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Patzer RE,Pastan SO

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been substantial growth in the variety of available antidiabetic agents during the last decade and a half. The role of these newer agents in patients with diabetes and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) population, and their relative benefits and risks in this population compared to patients without ESRD are not...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Boyle SM,Simon B,Kobrin SM

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Withdrawal from dialysis is an appropriate decision for situations in which the burdens of treatment outweigh the benefits. Alternately, it can be viewed as a public health problem and suicide equivalent that contributes to the high mortality of end-stage renal disease (ESRD). More than one in five deaths of patients ...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Cohen LM,Germain MJ

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews the pharmacokinetic characteristics of calcitriol, paricalcitol, and doxercalciferol, and provides an overview of the metabolism of vitamin D. Calcitriol and paricalcitol have similar pharmacokinetic profiles, with terminal half-lives ranging from 5 to 10 hours in healthy subjects to 15-30 hours i...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Bailie GR,Johnson CA

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arteriovenous grafts (AVGs) suffer from high thrombosis rates. It is not known whether placement of stent grafts at the venous anastomosis (VA) of thrombosed AVGs would impact future thrombosis. This is a retrospective study evaluating a group of AVGs that underwent endovascular thrombectomy with placement of a stent ...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Nassar GM,Suki D,Rhee E,Khan AJ,Nguyen B,Achkar K

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Managing an end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patient is complex and presents many ethical challenges for the physician. Ownership of dialysis facilities has shifted over the past decade from largely nonprofit organizations to large companies whose shareholders are primarily interested in the profitability of their inves...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Bennett WM

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurements of the concentration of parathyroid hormone (PTH) in serum or plasma are used widely for the initial diagnostic assessment of patients with renal bone disease, to monitor disease progression, and to gauge responses to treatment. Several analytical methods are used to measure plasma PTH levels, and a varie...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Goodman WG

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anabolic steroids have been used for the treatment of the anemia of chronic renal failure for more than 25 years. Due to concerns over adverse effects, their use historically has been limited to nandrolone decanoate given to men, usually over age 50, who have intact kidneys. The introduction of epoetin alfa in 1989 ha...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Johnson CA

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The specialty of Nephrology, by virtue of its relationship with the dialysis procedure, is highly vulnerable to litigation. As is the case with all nephrologists, a dialysis unit medical director is not immune to medical malpractice suits, and can be held liable for any act of perceived or potential harm to any dialys...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Vaqar S,Murray B,Panesar M

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemodialysis patients have multiple risk factors for small vessel cerebrovascular disease and cognitive dysfunction. Hemodialysis itself may cause clinically significant neurological injury through repetitive cerebral ischemia. However, supporting evidence to date consists of epidemiological associations, expert opini...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： MacEwen C,Watkinson P,Tarassenko L,Pugh C

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of stents has been steadily increasing in the management of dialysis access dysfunction. The purpose of this report was to review the use of covered stents in failed forearm fistulas and describe a case of the use of a small caliber forearm covered stent in a early failed forearm fistula that allowed dialysis ...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Ross JL

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laughter and humor therapy have been used in health care to achieve physiological and psychological health-related benefits. The application of these therapies to the dialysis context remains unclear. This paper reviews the evidence related to laughter and humor therapy as a medical therapy relevant to the dialysis pa...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Bennett PN,Parsons T,Ben-Moshe R,Weinberg M,Neal M,Gilbert K,Rawson H,Ockerby C,Finlay P,Hutchinson A

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients on hemodialysis are physically inactive. Less than 50% of hemodialysis patients undertake exercise once a week and such patients have increased mortality compared to patients who undertake regular exercise. The reasons for physical inactivity and reduced functional capacity are complex and inter-related, with...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Graham-Brown MPM,Jardine MJ,Burton JO

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Home hemodialysis is not a new therapy; rather it is a therapy in which interest has been rekindled due to both the continually growing end-stage renal disease population and concern about poor outcomes in patients on conventional thrice-weekly in-center dialysis. The practical issues to be considered when starting a ...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Moran J,Kraus M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article we deal with three aspects of acidosis in patients with chronic renal insufficiency: clinical characteristics, pathophysiology, and therapeutic approach. ...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Uribarri J

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Almost 30% of prevalent hemodialysis patients use catheters for vascular access although outcomes are superior with the use of either an arteriovenous fistula or a synthetic graft. Catheter complications are a major cause of morbidity and mortality for hemodialysis patients and increase the burden on the health care s...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Dwyer A

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been clearly established that critically ill patients with sepsis require prompt fluid resuscitation. The optimal amount of fluid and when to taper this resuscitation is less clear. There is a growing evidence that fluid overload leads to acute kidney injury, and increased morbidity and mortality. A clinician's...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Colbert GB,Szerlip HM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been a dramatic, worldwide expansion in life expectancy across the last century. This has resulted in a progressively more elderly and comorbid population. It is increasingly recognized that healthcare in this group needs to move to the concept of "adding life to years". Recognition and assessment of frailty...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Corbett RW,Brown EA

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depression has been documented as the most frequently encountered psychological problem in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients and has been correlated with both mortality and morbidity in these patients. Previous work by our group has shown that clinical depression is treatable with psychotropic medications in the...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Wuerth D,Finkelstein SH,Kliger AS,Finkelstein FO

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intradialytic hypotension (IDH) is a common complication of hemodialysis and is associated with numerous adverse outcomes including cardiovascular events, inadequate dialysis, loss of vascular access, and death. It is estimated that approximately 20%-30% of all dialysis sessions are affected by IDH. In seeking ways to...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Chang TI

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elderly individuals comprise an ever-increasing proportion of patients on renal replacement therapy (RRT). As in younger patients, cardiovascular events are the major cause of death in the elderly on RRT, although the relative proportion succumbing to cardiovascular events is similar to that in young patients. An impo...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Dikow R,Zeier M,Ritz E

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dialysis remains the predominant form of renal replacement therapy in the United States, but the optimal timing for the initiation of dialysis remains poorly defined. Not only clinical factors such as signs/symptoms of uremia, co-existing cardiovascular disease, and presence of diabetes but also key demographic charac...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Streja E,Nicholas SB,Norris KC

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growing evidence has been gathered over the last 15 years regarding the role of nontraditional or uremia-related risk factors in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis in subjects with renal failure. Among those factors, dyslipidemia, inflammation, hyperhomocysteinemia, and oxidant stress have been extensively studied. H...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Madore F

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperphosphatemia is an independent risk factor for mortality in patients on maintenance dialysis. Since phosphorus clearance by standard three times-weekly dialysis is insufficient to balance ongoing dietary phosphorus intake, strategies to prevent absorption of dietary phosphorus are essential for attenuating increa...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Gutiérrez OM,Wolf M

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over 60% of patients initiating chronic hemodialysis in the United States have a chronic central venous catheter (CVC) as their first blood access device. Although it would be better if these patients started dialysis with fistulas, the CVC is used because it is a reliable and relatively safe method for obtaining bloo...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Ash SR

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tunneled dialysis catheters (TDC) become dysfunctional because of placement problems, infection, thrombosis, and fibrin sheath formation. Occasional patients who are catheter dependant develop frequent catheter dysfunction because of thrombosis or thrombosis associated with fibrin sheath formation. This article attemp...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Rasmussen RL

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catheter malfunction due to poor flow is a common problem. When it occurs early, the cause is generally technical. Late occurrences are most often related to thrombus formation. Several types of thrombus may be seen, differing by location and supposed mechanism of formation. The most common offender, however, is the f...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Beathard GA

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:United States standards for the microbiologic quality of dialysate are not very stringent and have remained unchanged for more than 20 years, despite significant changes in the patient population and in the technology of hemodialysis. Numerous studies have demonstrated that bacterial products can cross dialysis membra...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Ward RA

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00