Background: Chronic kidney disease has an overall prevalence of 10?%. It can progress to a condition called end-stage renal disease. Therapies such as hemodialysis are necessary at this stage. Our study aims measure the quality life patients on hemodialysis. Methods: We conducted observational, cross-sectional with 81 patients. Data was collected using survey that included sociodemographic vari...

Overhydration is an independent predictor of mortality in hemodialysis (HD) patients. More than 30% of HD patients are overhydrated, motivating the development of new methods for assessing hydration status. This study surveyed clinical praxis and local guidelines for dry weight (DW) assessment in Swedish and Danish HD units, and examined if differences in routines and utilization of bioimpedanc...

Introduction: Caring for patients receiving hemodialysis places a burden on caregivers. Objectives: To examine caregiving and depression in the family caregivers of associated factors. Methods: A cross-sectional design was used. Participants were 204 adult hemodialysis. Questionnaires included sociodemographic characteristics, Oberst Caregiving Burden Scale-Difficulty (OCBS-D) subscale, Bakas O...

abstract background: hemodialysis is the most common renal replacement therapy in the world, and hemodialysis adequacy is an important and influencial factor in the reduction of various complications experienced by these patients. multiple factors influence hemodialysis adequacy. this study was conducted to determine hemodialysis adequacy and its relationship with individual and personal factor...

AIM To obtain a causal relationship between changes in plasma sodium levels and increased extracellular fluid volume between post-hemodialysis and pre-hemodialysis on the following day or plasma sodium serves as a predictor of extracellular fluid volume. METHODS The study was conducted on 40 subjects randomly selected from the 247 chronic hemodialysis patients in Hemodialysis Unit of Nephrolo...

BACKGROUND Little is known about acute hemodialysis in the US. Here we describe predictors of receipt of acute hemodialysis in one state and estimate the marginal impact of acute hemodialysis on survival after accounting for confounding due to illness severity. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a retrospective cohort study of acute-care hospitalizations in Pennsylvania from October 2005 to Decemb...

BACKGROUND Hemoglobin levels measured after hemodialysis, as compared to hemoglobin levels measured before hemodialysis, are suggested to be a more accurate reflection of the hemoglobin levels between hemodialysis sessions, and to be a better reference point for adjusting erythropoietin dosing. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to compare the hemoglobin levels before and after hemodialysis...

BACKGROUND Patients starting dialysis often have substantial residual kidney function. Incremental hemodialysis provides a hemodialysis prescription that supplements patients' residual kidney function while maintaining total (residual + dialysis) urea clearance (standard Kt/Vurea) targets. We describe our experience with incremental hemodialysis in patients using NxStage System One for home hem...