BACKGROUND The incidence of chronic renal replacement therapy (RRT) varies markedly between Danish nephrology centres. The aim of the present study was to establish if there is regional and social variation in the incidence of chronic RRT in Denmark when analysed according to patient residence. The importance of diabetic nephropathy and patients aged 70 years or older was also studied. METHOD...

BACKGROUND Renal replacement therapy (RRT) is important to support critically ill patients with acute kidney injury (AKI). This study, a part of a nation-wide survey for AKI conducted by the ISN AKF 0 by 25 China Consortium, aims to study the current RRT practical situation and problems in China. METHODS The current study is a part of a nation-wide survey for AKI conducted by ISN AKF 0 by 25 ...

obtained 16–48 h after the discontinuation of RRT. The levels of serum osteopontin (sOPN), interleukin-6 (IL-6), IL-18, neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin and cystatin C were measured by sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay or immunoturbidimetric assay. Patients were followed up for 90-day survival. Eleven (26.2%) patients died during follow-up. The mean levels of all biomarkers w...

Aiming at the problem of low efficiency and large memory consumption in mobile robot path planning, this paper proposes an improved version RRT*Fixed Nodes( RRT*FN )algorithm based on adaptive threshold, named A-RRT*FN. The algorithm constructs a sampling tree two directions starting point, target point adaptively sets threshold according to environment both sides improve environmental adaptabi...

Epidemiology of renal replacement therapy: International comparisons of renal replacement therapy. Renal replacement therapy (RRT) remains the most important tool for all patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in the world. Patients are usually listed in the national renal registries which report demographic data, incidence, prevalence and outcome. Differences in acceptance of the RRT, pa...

PURPOSE Preclinical data indicate anti-invasive activity of APG101, a CD95 ligand (CD95L)-binding fusion protein, in glioblastoma. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Patients (N = 91) with glioblastoma at first or second progression were randomized 1:2 between second radiotherapy (rRT; 36 Gy; five times 2 Gy per week) or rRT+APG101 (400 mg weekly i.v.). Patient characteristics [N = 84 (26 patients rRT, 58 p...

OBJECTIVE Risks of end-stage renal disease and premature death in patients with type 1 diabetes have declined over the past decades. Data on the survival of patients receiving renal replacement therapy (RRT) are, however, limited. We investigated whether survival of patients with type 1 diabetes receiving RRT has improved over time and whether improvement can be attributable to progress in dial...

BACKGROUND Renal replacement therapy (RRT) for acute renal failure (ARF) may be provided in many settings within the hospital. Such patients require a high level of care and often have a poor prognosis. No prospective studies have accurately defined this population, making the prediction of necessary resources and the planning of services difficult. AIM To ascertain the incidence, causes and ...

Various modalities of renal replacement therapy (RRT) are available for the management of acute kidney injury (AKI) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD). While developed countries mainly use hemodialysis as a form of RRT, peritoneal dialysis (PD) has been increasingly utilized in developing countries. Chronic PD offers various benefits including lower cost, home-based therapy, single access, less...

BACKGROUND Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common clinical complication of cardiac surgery and increases mortality and hospitalization. We aimed to explore and perform an updated meta-analysis of qualitative and quantitative evaluations of the relationship between early renal replacement therapy (RRT) and mortality. METHODS We searched the Chinese Biomedical Database, the Cochrane Library, EMB...