the purpose of this study was to investigate the possible association between pregnancy weight gain and child weight at the 12 th and 24 th months of age in damavand city, north-east tehran, iran. materials and methods: in a cross-sectional study, using existing data collected by the urban health centers, records of 266 women who attended urban health centers for prenatal care and delivered bet...

Low dialysate sodium concentrations have been associated with intradialytic symptoms such as muscle cramps and hypotensive episodes. High dialysate sodium concentrations lead to sodium loading, thirst and subsequent increase in interdialytic weight gain and hypertension. The optimal dialysate sodium concentration for an individual depends on the serum sodium concentration. The difference betwee...

BACKGROUND Dialysate [Na+] is often overlooked as a contributor to hypertension in patients on haemodialysis (HD). We report observational experience with a facility level decrease in dialysate [Na+] from 141 mmol/l to 138 mmol/l, in the absence of concurrent change with respect to dietary sodium regulation. METHODS The sample comprised all patients (n=52) dialysing at a single HD facility ov...

Hypertension in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have a prevalence of up to 85%. Fluid overload is predictor mortality and significant relationship between volume status blood pressure (BP) has been reported. The approach the bioelectrical impedance spectroscopy (BIS) determination phase angle (PhA) gains strength nephrology. So far, no reference cut-off point determine PhA hydric or ...

BACKGROUND Although hemoglobin (Hb) levels are affected by a change in the body fluid status, the relationship between Hb levels and mortality while taking interdialytic weight gain (IDWG) at blood sampling into account has not yet been examined in hemodialysis patients. STUDY DESIGN Cohort study. SETTING, PARTICIPANTS Data from the Miyazaki Dialysis cohort study, including 1375 prevalent h...

BACKGROUND Shorter delivered dialysis times are associated with increased all-cause mortality. Whether shorter delivered dialysis times also associate with an increase in blood pressure (BP) and reduce the ability of probing dry weight to lower BP is unclear. METHODS Among patients participating in the Dry-Weight Reduction in Hypertensive Hemodialysis Patients (DRIP) trial, interdialytic ambu...

AIMS This study was aimed at comparing the incidence of arterial hypertension and blood pressure (BP) variance in hospital and out-of-hospital hemodialysis (HD) patients during HD sessions. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted for 1 week at all the HD centers in Dalmatia, Croatia. The pre-, intra-, and post-dialysis BP values were collected for 3 consecutive HD sessions per patient. ...

OBJECTIVE To examine the feasibility and efficacy of a staff-delivered motivational interviewing technique on treatment, diet, medication, and fluid adherence in adult patients receiving outpatient hemodialysis. DESIGN A pre-post design was used for this pilot study. SAMPLE/SETTING Twenty-nine participants were recruited from a non-profit, free-standing hemodialysis clinic in the central Un...