Policies to promote timely referral for kidney transplantation.

abstract：:Chronic unexplained inflammation remains a prevalent and clinically significant problem for patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), especially in the dialysis population. The causes of persistent inflammation are likely to be multifactorial, but the underlying mechanisms remain to be elucidated. Endotoxins are ...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Wong J,Vilar E,Farrington K

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In performing percutaneous renal biopsy (PRB) of native kidneys, an increasing use of 16-gauge automated biopsy needles has been observed. We compare the adequacy and safety of PRBs in adults performed with a 14-gauge (n = 82) vs. 16-gauge (n = 55) automated needle using real-time ultrasound (US) from 1/2010 to 12/201...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Chunduri S,Whittier WL,Korbet SM

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) makes extensive use of presterilized disposable items which, after use, are contaminated by blood. The preferred route of disposal of such items is by incineration. Disposal costs have risen and this increase in costs has not been matched by waste management programs in ...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Hoenich NA,Levin R,Pearce C

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a simple, safe, gentle, and efficient renal replacement therapy (RRT) method. It is able to correct acute kidney injury (AKI)-induced metabolic, electrolytic, and acid-base disorders and volume overload both in and out the intensive care unit setting. Some PD modalities, such as high-volume...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Burdmann EA,Chakravarthi R

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients are hypertensive. Drug therapy for hypertension in hemodialysis (HD) patients includes all classes of antihypertensive drugs, with the sole exception of diuretics. Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers may decrease mo...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Hörl MP,Hörl WH

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe hypothermia is defined as a core body temperature <28°C and is associated with in-hospital mortality rates of 50% or higher. Delays in rewarming and slower rates of rewarming are the most important prognostic factors associated with increased mortality. Arrhythmias are the most common cause of mortality in pati...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Singh T,Hallows KR

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer and kidney disease are linked by causality and comorbidities. Observational data show an increased risk of malignancy as renal function declines. Erythropoietin stimulating agents (ESAs), which are the cornerstone therapy for anemia patients with chronic kidney disease and cancer, are associated with increased ...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Latcha S

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing the use of arteriovenous fistulae in dialysis patients requires a specific strategy. In order to properly select patients for an arteriovenous fistula (AVF), it is essential that the nephrologist become knowledgeable about the subject and that an organized approach be followed. Both the arterial and venous ...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Beathard GA

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parathyroidectomy (PTX) remains an important intervention for dialysis patients with poorly controlled secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT), though there are only retrospective and observational data that show a mortality benefit to this procedure. Potential consequences that we seek to avoid after PTX include persist...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Kakani E,Sloan D,Sawaya BP,El-Husseini A,Malluche HH,Rao M

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemodialysis patient outcomes are often suboptimal, with one-sixth of patients receiving an inadequate dialysis dose, one-fourth using catheters for vascular access, and more than one-half being malnourished. This review describes a four-step approach for improving dialysis patient outcomes. First, select an outcome t...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Sehgal AR

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：:We describe the use of directional atherectomy (DA) to restore patency of a thrombosed polytetrafluoroethylene arteriovenous graft with an in-stent restenosis at the venous anastomosis. Technically, the procedure described is not an atherectomy per se, but rather the removal of fibrosis and intimal hyperplasia with sh...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Yevzlin AS,Guttormsen B,Chan MR,Gimelli G

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central vein catheters for dialysis have become an integral and unavoidable access modality for providing hemodialysis therapy despite all their major drawbacks. We report a clinical decision dilemma that every nephrologist will encounter while considering an ideal dialysis access for the steadily aging dialysis popul...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Vachharajani TJ,Moossavi S,Kaufman T,Rocco M

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysfunction of arteriovenous fistulas (AVF) and arteriovenous grafts (AVG) contribute significantly to morbidity and hospitalization in the dialysis population. Despite advances in endovascular techniques, the incidence of vascular access stenosis remains problematic. Currently, the role of endovascular stent placemen...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Fu N,Joachim E,Yevzlin AS,Shin JI,Astor BC,Chan MR

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adequate dialysis is difficult to define because we have not identified the toxic solutes that contribute most to uremic illness. Dialysis prescriptions therefore cannot be adjusted to control the levels of these solutes. The current solution to this problem is to define an adequate dose of dialysis on the basis of fr...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Meyer TW,Sirich TL,Hostetter TH

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author reports a case of a successful retrieval of a stent-graft in a young patient with a femoral dialysis graft. The stent-graft was used to treat a resistant occluded segment of the arterial limb of the graft. However, the stent-graft was inadvertently deployed partially into the superficial femoral artery. The...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Alomari AI

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dialysis industry is one of the most highly concentrated healthcare sectors in the United States. Despite decades of growth in the number of patients with end-stage renal disease and in the size of dialysis markets, two large dialysis organizations currently care for more than two-thirds of the dialysis population...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Saeed MK,Ho V,Erickson KF

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to describe the range and extent of current procedural practices of Nephrologists and trainees in Australia and New Zealand with a specific focus on renal biopsy. A web-based survey was constructed based on a 2009 pilot survey conducted by the authors. The survey was distributed by email. A t...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Ritchie AG,Saunders J,Baer R,May S,Australian and New Zealand Special Interest Group in Interventional Nephrology Research Collaboration.

更新日期：2013-11-01 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：: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：:The prevalence of arrhythmia has increased in hemodialysis (HD) patients and the most frequent is atrial fibrillation (AF). It was reported that the amount of epicardial fat tissue (EFT) in the population without renal disease is closely related to AF. In the present study of ours, the relation between EFT thickness a...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Guzel FB,Altunoren O,Gunes H,Seyithanoglu M,Kerkutluoglu M,Sezal DT,Gungor O

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association of high body mass index (BMI) with better survival in chronic kidney disease (CKD) is considered a "risk factor paradox" or "reverse epidemiology." Since malnutrition is a powerful predictor of death and cardiovascular disease is its leading cause, it has been suggested that malnutrition and atheroscle...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Beddhu S

更新日期：2004-05-01 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：:Arteriovenous fistula (AVF) failure is mainly due to venous stenosis characterized by significant amount of intima-media thickening (IMT), probably in the presence of negative (inward) remodeling. Our hypothesis is that the longitudinal changes in wall shear stress (WSS) within different configurations of AVF can infl...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Rajabi-Jagahrgh E,Krishnamoorthy MK,Wang Y,Choe A,Roy-Chaudhury P,Banerjee RK

更新日期：2013-07-01 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：:Measurement of small molecule clearance remains important in the clinical care of patients requiring long-term dialysis. Many patients maintain a significant degree of residual native kidney function and may have nontraditional schedules with or without combined dialysis modalities. In this review, we examine and outl...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Chin AI,Depner TA,Daugirdas JT

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dialysis vascular access associated coronary-subclavian steal or hypoperfusion syndrome is an uncommon but potentially life threatening condition. Awareness of this syndrome is important in the management of vascular access in hemodialysis patients. We report a case of dialysis vascular access associated coronary-subc...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Tan CS,Fintelmann F,Joe J,Ganguli S,Wu S

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperkalemia contributes significantly to high mortality among ESRD patients. Excess intake and inadequate removal are the most common etiologies in HD patients. Although dialysis is the definitive treatment, classical medical therapy must be employed as a temporizing measure to acutely lower serum potassium. Reducing...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Pani A,Floris M,Rosner MH,Ronco C

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concern over the inherent inefficiency of solute removal by conventional peritoneal dialysis (PD) has led to renewed interest in continuous flow PD (CFPD). We present clinical data from two experiences with CFPD. In the first, two catheters were used to recirculate a fixed intraperitoneal volume through an external ci...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Amerling R,DeSimone L,Inciong-Reyes R,Pangilinan A,Folden T,Ronco C,Gotch FA,Levin N

更新日期：2001-09-01 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