Hemodialyzed patients with increased risk of bleeding can be dialyzed according to a method of limited anticoagulant use including saline flush technique, regional citrate anticoagulation, regional heparinization or use of membranes with low thrombogenic properties. Methods that limit anticoagulation use are not completely effective, increase work load for the dialysis team and create a risk of...

There is a widespread interest in developing methods to recover homogeneous catalysts, particularly chiral catalysts, from a reaction mixture. The impetus to recover and reuse homogeneous catalysts stems not only from an economic standpoint but also from the need to eliminate contamination of the transition metal catalyst in the product and in the waste streams. The challenge is to recover the ...

Following intravenous administration, vancomycin is poorly metabolized and is mainly excreted unchanged in urine. Total body clearance is thus dependent on the kidney, and is correlated with glomerular filtration rate and creatinine clearance. Accumulation of vancomycin in patients with renal insufficiency may therefore occur, and this may lead to toxic side effects if dosage is not modified ac...

Background: Inadequacy of dialysis is one of the main causes of death in hemodialysis patients. Some studies have suggested that highflux membrane improves removal of moderatemolecules while other studies no significant on them. Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the dialysis adequacy of low-flux versus high-flux membranes in Hemodialysis Patients. Patients and Methods: Forty ...

Abstract Hemodiafiltration (HDF) therapy has become standard treatment in Japan and Europe, but evidence from Europe is not directly applicable to HDF because differs greatly the two regions. Japanese dialysis membranes vary widely, including use of protein-leaking non-leaking membranes, molecular weight solutes that can be removed generally larger than Europe. Given characteristics pre-dilutio...