E nd-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients are at high risk for mortality. The annual death rate for prevalent US dialysis patients in 2004 was 230 deaths per 1000 patient-years (1). Cardiac disease is the largest single cause of death for both hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients, accounting for 43% of all-cause mortality (1). In the United States Renal Data System (USRDS) database, arr...

Number of patients with End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) is growing worldwide. Hemodialysis remains the main modality of renal replacement therapy for ESRD patients. A patent hemodialysis access (arteriovenous fistula or arteriovenous graft) plays a key role in successful delivery of hemodialysis. Common vascular access issues encountered by patients and nephrologists are thrombosis and infection...

Erythropoietin stimulating agents had a long haul in Lithuania--we had no epoetin till 1994 and there was no intravenous iron in 2001-2004. The aim of this study was to assess the changes of renal anemia control in hemodialysis patients from early independence of Lithuania till nowadays and to evaluate the link of anemia with hospitalization rates and survival and hemoglobin variability in asso...

BACKGROUND Asia is a huge and populous continent with diverse economies where the status of renal replacement therapy varies among different countries. SUMMARY The penetration of dialysis is poor among low income countries like India and China. A lack of trained nephrologists and limited numbers of dialysis facilities plague South Asian countries. Most of the hemodialysis centers are in the p...

BACKGROUND Both diabetes and hemodialysis can seriously impair patients' health related quality of life (HRQOL). This study seeks to obtain data which will help to address the factors associated with impaired HRQOL in hemodialysis patients with diabetes in Palestine. METHODS A cross-sectional study was performed in multiple centers in the period from November 2016 to June 2017. We utilized th...

INTRODUCTION Underreporting of energy intake is not much studied in hemodialysis population. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the underreporting of energy intake and associated factors in hemodialysis patients. METHODS A cross-sectional study, with 344 patients stable adults, of ten hemodialysis centers in Goiânia-GO. Energy intake was assessed by six 24-hour dietary recalls and basal metabolic rate (...

BACKGROUND Sleep disorders and depression, accompanied by reduced quality of life and increased mortality are the most common psychological problems in dialysis patients. This study was conducted with the aim to investigate depression and sleep quality and their association with some demographic and clinical factors in hemodialysis patients. METHOD This descriptive-correlative study was condu...

Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: Intelligent information systems can create an excellent opportunity to nephrologists for appropriate prescriptions, hemodialysis adequacy monitoring, drug prescription, anemia management, blood pressure control and patient education. Indeed, these technologies make sure patient safety and reduce medical errors through identifyin...

To determine the prevalence of and indications for vancomycin administration among hospitalized chronic hemodialysis patients, we performed a 3-month prospective cohort study at a tertiary care center. Modified guidelines for vancomycin use from the Hospital Infections Control Practices Advisory Committee of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were used. Vancomycin was administered d...