Dialyzer reprocessing using heat. Scientific and technical considerations.

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：:To increase the efficiency of continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration (CAVH) in cases of severe catabolism, we used a modified CAVH treatment, called arteriovenous hemodiafiltration (AVHDF), in 4 patients. The transport of solutes was increased by providing the infusion of a counter current flow of urea-free solutions...

journal_title：Blood purification

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

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication in pediatric and neonatal intensive care units (ICU). Renal replacement therapy (RRT) is frequently needed in children in whom supportive therapy is not enough to satisfy their metabolic demands or to be able to provide adequate nutrition. The decision to begin dialys...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Bonilla-Félix M

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：AIMS:To assess whether kidney transplantation improves sleep-related breathing disorders associated with hemodialysis. METHODS:A prospective study was carried out using full-night polysomnography. Nine hemodialysis patients (7 men and 2 women, aged 42 +/- 16.2 years, BMI 26 +/- 3.7) who later received a successful kid...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Jurado-Gámez B,Martin-Malo A,Rodriguez-Benot A,Muñoz-Cabrera L,Cosano Povedano A,Aljama P

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:To test the safety and efficacy of the Aethlon Hemopurifier, a lectin affinity cartridge, in clearing hepatitis C virus (HCV) from the blood of HCV-positive end-stage renal disease patients undergoing dialysis. Viral RNA was measured using real-time quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain re...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Tullis RH,Duffin RP,Handley HH,Sodhi P,Menon J,Joyce JA,Kher V

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:N-Terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is a predictor of cardiac events and death in the general population and in chronic kidney disease. There is limited information on how natriuretic peptides vary in dialysis patients. The aim of this study was to analyze NT-proBNP variability, factors...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Snaedal S,Qureshi AR,Carrero JJ,Heimbürger O,Stenvinkel P,Bárány P

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The central dialysis fluid delivery system (CDDS) has been working exclusively in Japan since 1970, a fact which proves that CDDS is useful in the multi-patient treatment with in-center regular hemodialysis. It is a cost-effective, labor-saving and time-tested system with 40 years of experience. Microbial safety is im...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Koda Y,Mineshima M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the effect of the direction of the dialysate flow during continuous arteriovenous haemodialysis. Under similar conditions countercurrent flow was more efficient than concurrent flow in terms of both urea clearance (mean +/- SEM), 23.5 +/- 0.5 compared to 18.4 +/- 0.4 ml/min (p less than 0.001) and...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Davenport A,Will EJ,Davison AM

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Omni® (B. Braun, Germany) is a new-generation, continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) machine designed to improve user interface, minimize downtime and optimize renal dose delivery. It was never tested in humans. METHODS:We used Omni® to provide CRRT in 10 critically ill patients. We collected therapy ...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Schläpfer P,Durovray JD,Plouhinec V,Chiappa C,Bellomo R,Schneider A

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Peritonitis remains a significant problem for patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD). There is a certain amount of controversy as to whether peritoneal modality is itself a risk factor for peritonitis, with one modality higher than another. METHODS:A literature review was done (August 2009) searching und...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Piraino B,Sheth H

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dialysis patients have higher cardiovascular events rate than patients with normal renal function. Hyperhomocysteinemia, a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, is frequently detected in dialysis patients. Vitamin B supplementation lowers hyperhomocysteinemia, but it is unknown whether it reduces cardiovas...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Righetti M,Serbelloni P,Milani S,Ferrario G

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A strict control of secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is indicated to avoid serious complications linked to osteitis fibrosa and other parathyroid-hormone (PTH)-related bodily disturbances. However, such a control is often achieved only at the price of unacceptably high plasma...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Drüeke TB

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Psychological depression and physical disability are closely correlated in hemodialysis patients. A retrospective cohort study was conducted to examine the independent association of physical and psychological functioning with mortality in a hemodialysis cohort in Taiwan. METHODS:A total of 888 stable hemod...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Peng YS,Chiang CK,Hung KY,Chang CH,Lin CY,Yang CS,Chen TW,Hsia CC,Chen DL,Hsu WD,Chang CF,Wu KD,Lin RP,Tsai TJ,Chen WY

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional treatment of acute and chronic renal diseases has focused on solute removal. Novel strategies aim to treat the multifactorial disease states of acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease by mitigating inflammation. Cell-based technologies for the treatment of kidney dysfunction fall under two broad ca...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Pino CJ,Yevzlin AS,Tumlin J,Humes HD

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the clinical course of 29 patients with Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) treated with plasma exchange (PE) in Norway in the period from 1988 to 1999. Median follow-up was 41.5 months. The mean number of exchanges was 8.5 +/- 5.8 (range 2-32). Median serum creatinine concentration was 400 micromol/l (range 90-1,...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Aasarød K,Iversen BM,Hammerstrøm J,Bostad L,Jørstad S

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The low water permeability feature of original cellulosic membranes was considered an advantage in the absence of dialysis equipment that are capable of controlling water removal. The advent of ultrafiltration control systems led to the development and use of high-flux (HF) membranes that allowed improved middle molec...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Ronco C

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypertension affects almost all chronic kidney disease patients and is related to poor outcomes. Sodium intake is closely related to blood pressure (BP) levels in this population and decreasing its intake consistently improves the BP control particularly in short-term controlled trials. However, most patient...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Nerbass FB,Calice-Silva V,Pecoits-Filho R

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of geriatric patients on dialysis is increasing. This is due to demographic factors, a wider acceptance of elderly patients on dialysis, and an earlier start of dialysis in this patient group. Recent studies have questioned the effect of dialysis on quality of life in elderly patients with severe comorbidit...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Kooman JP,Cornelis T,van der Sande FM,Leunissen KM

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with multiple detrimental consequences to the cardiovascular and musculoskeletal systems. The effects of CKD are even more significant when they begin in childhood as they affect growth and (neuro-) development as well. The division into stages of CKD serves as a guideline fo...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Goilav B,Kaskel FJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective dialysis therapy is now understood to encompass both small and large solute removal, using approaches that minimize intradialytic symptoms and maximize patient safety. Achieving the goal of providing effective dialysis for an expanding population of patients with increasingly complex medical problems at a ti...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Ward RA,Ronco C

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Wilson's disease (WD) can present in a fulminant form with hepatocellular dysfunction, hemolysis and multiorgan failure (Wilson's crisis). We present a previously healthy young woman with severe WD whose WD severity score was 13. A score >11 indicates a poor chance of survival and liver transplantation will ...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Aagaard NK,Thomsen KL,Holland-Fischer P,Jørgensen SP,Ott P

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guidelines have been developed in nephrology and medicine developed to assist practitioners and patients in making decisions about healthcare for specific clinical circumstances. There has been a proliferation of guidelines over the last decade in all areas of medicine, including nephrology. Many of the nephrology gui...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Levin A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To identify factors of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of Chinese end-stage renal disease patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD). METHODS:In all, 315 HD patients were recruited from a tertiary hospital in Suzhou, -China. Each patient completed the Kidney Disease Quality of Life Short Form. It generate...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Pan CW,Wu Y,Zhou HJ,Xu BX,Wang P

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological processes governing vascular endothelial cell health are complex and highly redundant. The mechanisms involved in cell injury and repair remain an area of intense study. This paper attempts to review current knowledge regarding hormones such as vitamin D, erythropoietin and aldosterone within the contex...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Levin A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the main problems in low protein diet is patient's noncompliance and the risk of both depression and reduced quality of life. A pilot study investigated the life-style and the state of mood before and during low protein diet. The results show a deterioration in the life-style and the state of mood. Conclusions ...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Haeberle KN

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertension is present in most patients with end-stage renal disease and likely contributes to the premature cardiovascular disease in dialysis patients. Previous practice guidelines have recommended that, in patients on chronic dialysis, blood pressure (BP) should be reduced below 130/80 mm Hg. This is based on opin...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Redon J,Martinez F,Cheung AK

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic led to increased demand nationwide for dialysis equipment, including supplies and machines. To meet the demand in our institution, our surge plan included rapid mobilization of a novel continuous renal replacement treatment (CRRT) machine named SAMI. The SAM...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Yessayan LT,Heung M,Girard FA,Shaikhouni S,Szamosfalvi B

更新日期：2020-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Hemoadsorption may improve outcomes for sepsis by removing circulating cytokines. We tested a new sorbent used for hemoadsorption. METHODS:CTR sorbent beads were filled into columns of three sizes: CTR0.5 (0.5 ml), CTR1 (1.0 ml) and CTR2 (2.0 ml) and tested using IL-6 capture in vitro. Next, rats were ...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Zhang J,Peng Z,Maberry D,Volpe J,Kimmel JD,Federspiel WJ,Kellum JA

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Interleukin-10 (IL-10), a potent regulatory monokine produced by activated mononuclear cells, provides an efficient autocrine mechanism for controlling proinflammatory cytokine synthesis. We hypothesized that defective synthesis of IL-10 could contribute to the inflammatory state in hemodialysis (HD) patient...

journal_title：Blood purification

authors： Perianayagam MC,Jaber BL,Guo D,King AJ,Pereira BJ,Balakrishnan VS

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00