Extracellular water/intracellular water is a strong predictor of patient survival in incident peritoneal dialysis patients.

abstract：:Endothelial dysfunction of the optic microcirculation is considered to be the main pathogenetic mechanism in nonarteritic ischemic optic neuropathy. The aim of the present work was to assess whether a clinical improvement is correlated with a reduction in the endothelial activation markers by means of LDL apheresis (L...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Ramunni A,Ranieri G,Giancipoli G,Guerriero S,Ria R,Saliani MT,Sborgia L,Ranieri P,Coratelli P

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:'Net ultrafiltration' in peritoneal dialysis refers to the difference between the osmotically induced ultrafiltration into the peritoneal cavity and the fluid loss from the cavity during dialysis. Recent research has demonstrated that, during a 3- to 4-hour experimental dialysis, 5-25% of the total fluid loss is via l...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Flessner MF

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The principles and use of plasmapheresis are often little understood by intensivists. We propose to review the principles, the main indications, and the methods of using this technique. ...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Redant S,De Bels D,Ismaili K,Honoré PM

更新日期：2020-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Recent advances in nanotechnology have made it possible to mass-produce ultrathin silicon membranes with pore sizes in the range of nanometers. In this study, we investigate the possibility of employing ultrathin nanoporous silicon membranes with pore diameters of 5 and 20 nm for dialysis of human whole...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Ahmadi M,Gorbet M,Yeow JT

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:We aimed to examine the association between daily protein intake (DPI) and outcomes in patients from the Randomized Evaluation of Normal versus Augmented Level (RENAL) trial. METHODS:We analyzed the association between DPI and clinical outcomes using multivariable logistic regression, Cox proportio...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Bellomo R,Cass A,Cole L,Finfer S,Gallagher M,Lee J,Lo S,McArthur C,McGuinness S,Norton R,Myburgh J,Sheinkestel C,RENAL Study Investigators.

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dialysate fluid connection to the membrane in continuous dialysis may affect solute clearance. Although circuit connections are routinely made counter-current to blood flow in intermittent dialysis, no study has assessed the effect of this dialysate fluid flow direction on removal of small solutes creatinine...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Baldwin I,Baldwin M,Fealy N,Neri M,Garzotto F,Kim JC,Giuliani A,Basso F,Nalesso F,Brendolan A,Ronco C

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review is given of the conditions associated with peritoneal membrane failure, and the possible causes. Ultrafiltration failure is the most important manifestation. It is mostly associated with high transport rates of low molecular weight solutes suggesting the presence of a large vascular surface area. Enlargement ...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Krediet RT,Van Esch S,Smit W,Michels WM,Zweers MM,Ho-Dac-Pannekeet MM,Struijk DG

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To study incidence, clinical features, and outcome of critically ill patients with end-stage renal failure (ESRF) requiring renal replacement therapy (RRT) in the intensive care unit (ICU) and to test the validity of severity scoring systems for these patients. METHODS:Data for ESRF patients treated with RRT were...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Uchino S,Morimatsu H,Bellomo R,Silvester W,Cole L

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE:Calcium loading has been associated with cardiovascular risk in hemodialysis (HD) patients. However, it remains to be elucidated whether alterations of intradialytic calcium buffering add to the increased cardiovascular disease burden in this high-risk population. METHODS:Intradialytic calcium kin...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Pirklbauer M,Fuchs L,Heiss R,Ratschiller T,Mayer G

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) in neonates and small infants is a treatment method at the forefront that may become a potentially life-saving procedure in a wide array of severe conditions. Indications for TPE in the pediatric population have been mainly derived from adult literature, with neonatal hyperbilirubinem...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Vidal E,Garzotto F,Parolin M,Manenti C,Zanin A,Bellettato M,Remuzzi G,Goldstein SL,Murer L,Ronco C

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence that protein restriction retards the progression of chronic renal failure in man is mostly derived from anecdotic data and retrospective studies with inappropriate controls and inferior methodology for evaluating renal function. Data from a prospective randomized study in Stockholm demonstrate that more frequ...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Bergström J,Alvestrand A,Bucht H,Gutierrez A

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent recognition that hyperphosphatemia is a strong predictor of survival on dialysis has rekindled interest in the regulation and control of serum phosphate. In incipient renal failure hyperphosphatemia is prevented by increased fractional renal phosphate excretion mediated via an increase in parathyroid hormon...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Ritz E,Gross ML

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Renal medullary hypoxia precedes the development of acute kidney injury in experimental sepsis and can now be assessed by continuous measurement of urinary oxygen tension (PuO2). OBJECTIVES:We aimed to test if PuO2 measurements in patients with septic shock would be similar to those shown in experimental se...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Osawa EA,Cutuli SL,Bitker L,Canet E,Cioccari L,Iguchi N,Lankadeva YR,Eastwood GM,Evans RG,May CN,Bellomo R

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-four patients with end-stage renal disease requiring hemodialysis developed over the course of 7 years (1987-1994) severe ischemia in the extremity carrying the angioaccess secondary to arterial 'steal'. Seven of these patients were treated with access ligation, 4 with banding reducing the flow through the acce...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Haimov M,Schanzer H,Skladani M

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The second law of thermodynamics applies with local exceptions to patient history and therapy interventions. Living things preserve their low level of entropy throughout time because they receive energy from their surroundings in the form of food. They gain their order at the expense of disordering the nutrients they ...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Ronco C

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemodialysis is associated with increased oxidant stress. This appears to be due to (1) an increased production of free radicals during haemodialysis, (2) a net reduction of many antioxidants and (3) factors intrinsic to the uremic state. These alterations can lead to cardiovascular disease and many of the pathologie...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Wratten ML,Navino C,Tetta C,Verzetti G

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) is a promising technique to evaluate dry weight. We compared the dry weight calculated by the three BIA equations Carlo Basile (CB) , Yanna Dou (YD) and the body composition spectroscopy (BCS) with clinical evaluation in maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients. METHODS...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Jian Y,Li X,Cheng X,Chen Y,Liu L,Tao Z,Zuo L

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several strategies have been proposed to increase dialysis efficiency in order to reduce dialysis treatment time. Paired filtration dialysis (two-chamber technique) is a new technique combining the advantages of highly permeable membranes and convective transport with the high depurative efficacy of diffusion. The sys...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Ronco C,Feriani M,Brendolan A,Chiaramonte S,Milan M,Dell'Aquila R,Scabardi M,Bragantini L,Conz P,La Greca G

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To study calcium homeostasis during citrate-based compared to nadroparin-based CVVH in critically-ill patients with acute renal failure. METHODS:11 patients were observed during citrate anticoagulation, 9 with nadroparin and 10 controls. Citrate was chosen for patients with active or at risk for bleeding. ...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： van der Voort PH,Postma SR,Kingma WP,Boerma EC,de Heide LJ,Bakker AJ

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the major cause of morbidity and mortality in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. As traditional risk factors cannot alone explain the unacceptable high prevalence and incidence of CVD in this population, inflammation (a common phenomenon in ESRD), and other non-traditional ri...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Stenvinkel P,Lindholm B

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and periodontitis (PD) are serious public-health concerns. Vitamin D is a fat-soluble steroid hormone that interacts with its nuclear receptor (VDR) to regulate a variety of biological processes, such as bone metabolism, immune response modulation and transcription of severa...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： de Souza CM,Braosi AP,Luczyszyn SM,Avila AR,de Brito RB Jr,Ignácio SA,Probst CM,Riella MC,Sotomaior VS,Mira MT,Pecoits-Filho R,Trevilatto PC

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Erythropoiesis-stimulating agent (ESA) resistance remains incompletely understood among hemodialysis (HD) patients. METHOD:A retrospective, multicenter study was designed to analyze data from 1,934 patients followed for up to two years. The outcome measure was the erythropoietin resistance index (ERI), defi...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Mallick S,Rafiroiu A,Kanthety R,Iqbal S,Malik R,Rahman M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The present study aimed to determine the variables that are associated with a longer dialysis recovery time (DRT) and to define the relationship that exists between DRT and the ultrafiltration rate (UFR) in prevalent chronic hemodialysis (CHD) patients. METHODS:We studied 210 prevalent CHD of 5 hemodialys...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Bossola M,Di Stasio E,Monteburini T,Parodi E,Ippoliti F,Cenerelli S,Santarelli S,Nebiolo PE,Sirolli V,Bonomini M,Antocicco M,Zuccalà G,Laudisio A

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimal iron level in hemodialysis patients remains a subject of debate. The reticulocyte hemoglobin content (CHr) is believed to reflect the concentration of iron required in the most recent hematopoiesis in the bone marrow. CHr is not influenced by any factors that measure direct hemoglobin (Hb) of reticulocytes and...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Ogawa C,Tsuchiya K,Nitta K,Maeda K

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 50-year-old man with the rare McLeod syndrome, associated with glomerular lesion to the end stage of chronic renal failure and death, is reported. McLeod syndrome is an X-linked recessive disorder on the basis of abnormal expression of the Kell blood group antigens and absence of erythrocyte surface Kx antigen. Most...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Jeren-Strujić B,Jeren T,Thaller N,Zivković Z,Raos V

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glucose absorbed from conventional peritoneal dialysis (PD) solutions contributes to unfavorable metabolic effects. Its replacement with a glucose-free osmotic agent such as icodextrin (ID) or amino acids (AA) may have some benefit on glucose and lipid metabolism. METHODS:Serum lipids, insulin sensitivity a...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Martikainen T,Teppo AM,Gronhagen-Riska C,Ekstrand A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypomagnesaemia is a cardiovascular (CV) risk factor in the general population. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between pre-dialysis magnesium (Mg) and CV risk markers, [including pulse pressure (PP), left ventricular mass index (LVMI) and vascular calcifications (VC)], and mortality i...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： João Matias P,Azevedo A,Laranjinha I,Navarro D,Mendes M,Ferreira C,Amaral T,Jorge C,Aires I,Gil C,Ferreira A

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (K/DOQI) classification of chronic kidney disease (CKD) includes transplant recipients. Although there are important differences between kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) and patients with native kidney disease, the inclusion of KTRs along with other CKD patients...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Gill JS,Pereira BJ

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relationship between predialysis blood pressure (BP) and hemodialysis (HD) patient outcomes is controversial. We report the evolution of predialysis BP in incident patients treated with the dry weight method and its relationship with patients' outcomes. METHODS:Between January 2000 and 2009, 308 patient...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Chazot C,Vo-Van C,Deleaval P,Lorriaux C,Hurot JM,Mayor B,Jean G

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anemia is a major complication of end-stage renal disease. Hemodialysis itself is regarded as a stimulus activating inflammation. Pro-inflammatory cytokines are able to suppress erythropoiesis. In this pilot study, we analyzed the changes in methylation status of promoters of immune response genes in cell-fr...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Korabecna M,Pazourkova E,Horinek A,Mokrejsova M,Tesar V

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00