BACKGROUND/AIMS A systematic review was undertaken in order to critically appraise the current knowledge base of sodium profiling in hemodialysis. Between 15%-80% of patients on hemodialysis experience symptoms of dialysis intolerance every dialysis session. The purpose of this review was to identify whether sodium profiling is an effective intervention in removing or reducing these untoward ef...

Technique survival in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) depends mostly on clearances in relation to body size and residual renal function (RRF). Our clinical impression has been that when RRF fails, larger patients leave CAPD sooner than smaller patients do. Peritoneal equilibration tests (PETs) and 24-hour adequacy evaluations performed in 277 patients in a single center from 19...

pruritus is a common and bothersome problem among uremic patients which negatively affects life quality and prognosis of the patient. various factors are known to be involved in the development of pruritus. the aim of this study was to assess the frequency and the factors which may have relationship with uremic pruritus, especially bone mineral metabolism indicators. current cross-sectional stu...

Serum erythropoietin (EPO) concentration was measured by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in 31 cases of chronic renal failure (CRF), including 20 hemodialysis (HD) patients, and compared with that of 31 healthy normal controls. Each patient served as a self-control comparing his or her pretreatment level with post-treatment values. There was a significant negative correlation ...