Clinical features of patients undergoing hemodialysis with COVID-19.

abstract：:Dialysate leakage represents a major noninfectious complication of peritoneal dialysis (PD). An exit-site leak refers to the appearance of any moisture around the PD catheter identified as dialysate; however, the spectrum of dialysate leaks also includes any dialysate loss from the peritoneal cavity other than via the...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Leblanc M,Ouimet D,Pichette V

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While patients with sickle cell disease currently constitute a very small minority of the US dialysis population (0.1%), there is anticipated growth of this group as the life expectancy of those with sickle cell disease (SCD) increases. SCD patients suffer a high burden of morbidity, which is enhanced by the presence ...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Boyle SM,Jacobs B,Sayani FA,Hoffman B

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent experimental and clinical studies suggest the possible utility of niacin (nicotinic acid, vitamin B3) and its metabolite nicotinamide as a means of lowering phosphate levels in dialysis patients via direct inhibition of the Na-Pi-2b sodium-dependent phosphate co-transporter in the GI tract. While the possibilit...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Berns JS

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dialysis-related amyloidosis (DRA) is a serious complication in long-term dialysis patients, and presents with carpal tunnel syndrome, cystic bone lesions, destructive spondylarthropathy, diffuse arthritis and periarthritis, systemic organ involvement, and dialysis-related spinal canal stenosis (DSCS). Recently a new ...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Niwa T

更新日期：2001-03-01 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：:Although monitoring of vascular accesses by physical examination is nearly as sensitive as surveillance measurements by vascular access pressure when performed by examiners, the frequency of examinations is limited by time. We developed intravascular access pressure surveillance as a surrogate to physical examination....

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Zasuwa G,Frinak S,Besarab A,Peterson E,Yee J

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The decision to provide dialytic support and choosing the ideal moment to initiate therapy are common impasses for physicians treating patients with acute kidney injury (AKI). Although renal replacement therapy (RRT) has been extensively used in clinical practice for more than 30 years, there is a paucity of evidence ...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Macedo E,Mehta RL

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malnutrition is a frequent complication in hemodialysis patients and is associated with increased mortality and morbidity. Interventions such as oral or intravenous nutritional supplements have often failed to improve nutritional status. We report here the effect that daily dialysis, practiced in our center since 1997...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Galland R,Traeger J

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mounting evidence supports a strong association between fluid management and outcomes among individuals receiving maintenance hemodialysis. The speed of fluid removal during dialysis (ultrafiltration, UF) is a modifiable aspect of fluid management that has attracted recent attention as a potential performance measure ...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Flythe JE

更新日期：2016-11-01 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：: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：: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：:Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) is commonly used in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury. Many studies show that compared with intermittent hemodialysis, continuous therapy has superior hemodynamic stability, metabolic clearance, and volume control. Despite these benefits, no survival advantage...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Finkel KW,Podoll AS

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Presternally exiting peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheters have been described as advantageous compared to abdominally exiting catheters with regard to infection, wound healing, and other complications. Placement of such catheters has only been described with open surgical techniques and not by percutaneous means. In thi...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Sreenarasimhaiah VP,Margassery SK,Martin KJ,Bander SJ

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New advances in the pathogenesis of renal osteodystrophy (ROD) change the perspective from which many of its features and treatment are viewed. Calcium, phosphate, parathyroid hormone (PTH), and vitamin D have been shown to be important determinants of survival associated with kidney diseases. Now ROD dependent and in...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Hruska KA,Saab G,Mathew S,Lund R

更新日期：2007-07-01 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：: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：:Data derived from a large cohort of hemodialysis patients (12,896) undergoing dialysis access maintenance procedures being performed by interventional nephrologists were analyzed to determine the safety of sedation/analgesia (S/A) in a freestanding facility. Data collected included patient demographics, procedures per...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Beathard GA,Urbanes A,Litchfield T,Weinstein A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As suggested by its American brand name (Sensipar), the calcimimetic cinacalcet sensitizes the parathyroid cells to the extracellular calcium signal, suppressing parathyroid hormone (PTH) release and synthesis and preventing parathyroid cell proliferation. This primary PTH suppression decreases the release of calcium ...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Shahapuni I,Mansour J,Harbouche L,Maouad B,Benyahia M,Rahmouni K,Oprisiu R,Bonne JF,Monge M,El Esper N,Presne C,Moriniere P,Choukroun G,Fournier A

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombosis is the leading cause of arteriovenous (AV) access failure for hemodialysis patients requiring frequent interventions. We describe a novel approach to the lyse-and-wait technique in thrombosed AV access using nurse-administered thrombolytics in a hospital-based hemodialysis unit. All patients at a single-cen...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Umanath K,Morrison RS,Christopher Wilbeck J,Schulman G,Bream P,Dwyer JP

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial fibrillation, venous thromboembolism, and access malfunction are common clinical problems in dialysis patients that prompt consideration of warfarin therapy. Atrial fibrillation appears to be more common in people with low glomerular filtration rate (GFR) or on dialysis than in the general population, but the r...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Holden RM,Clase CM

更新日期：2009-09-01 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：:In addition to extracorporeal renal replacement strategies, which in chronic kidney disease (CKD) are largely reserved for the treatment of end-stage kidney failure, conservative measures can be taken to reduce concentration, effects, or both concentration and effects of uremic retention solutes. In this overview, we ...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Vanholder R,Argilés A,Beige J,Brunet P,Drüeke TB,Fliser D,Herget-Rosenthal S,Hörl WH,Jörres A,Perna A,Rodriguez-Portillo M,Spasovski G,Stegmayr B,Stenvinkel P,Wanner C,Wiecek A,Massy ZA

更新日期：2009-07-01 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 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：:For patients who require hemodialysis, beta blockers offer a simultaneous opportunity and challenge in the treatment of cardiovascular disease. Beta blockers are well supported by data from nondialysis populations and directly mitigate the sympathetic overactivity that links chronic kidney disease with cardiovascular ...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Weir MA,Herzog CA

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous peritoneal catheter insertion can be performed by trained nephrologists. The objective of this study was to compare the outcome of peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheters percutaneous inserted with the traditional surgical technique. One hundred twenty-one PD catheters were placed in 121 stage-5 Chronic kidney...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Chula DC,Campos RP,de Alcântara MT,Riella MC,do Nascimento MM

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the current understanding that atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disorder, markers of the associated systemic inflammatory response have been extensively studied as predictors of cardiovascular disease. Recently the use of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) has been proposed for risk assessment in indiv...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Rao M,Jaber BL,Balakrishnan VS

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increasing number of patients requiring renal replacement therapy poses a challenge to maintain quality of care in the setting of limited resources. The commonly used modalities include hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis, and using a "urea-centric" model to increase the clearance of small molecular weight uremic...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Thomas G,Jaber BL

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of pleural effusions in ESRD patients is a relatively common occurrence. Uremia, currently a rare cause of effusion, can lead to the development of hemorrhagic pleural fluid collections in patients who are underdialyzed. Uremic pleural effusions should be considered when common etiologies of effusions ...

journal_title：Seminars in dialysis

authors： Krishnan M,Choi M

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00