introduction: the most important consequence of nephrogenic disease is the chronic renal failure and unfortunately, there is no significant program to improve the life quality of these patients. although they need mental support as well as physical rehabilitation but all current endeavors focused on increasing their physical ability not the mental aspect. the aim of this study was to evaluate t...

Abstract Background and Aims The relation between inflammation cardiovascular disease is well established. Dialysis patients are at a higher risk of death, mostly attributed to disease. This study evaluated the potential benefits citrate (CD) vs. acetate dialysate (AD) regarding patients’ inflammatory status. Method Single-center, cross-over, prospective study, with follow-up total 24 dialysis ...

Introduction Broader adoption of home dialysis could lead to considerable cost savings for health services. Globally, however, uptake remains low. The aim of this study was to describe patient and caregiver perspectives of the economic considerations that influence dialysis modality choice, and elicit policy-relevant recommendations. Methods Semistructured interviews with predialysis or dialysi...

BACKGROUND Renal excretion is the primary route for the elimination of sugammadex. We evaluated the dialysability of sugammadex and the sugammadex-rocuronium complex in patients with severe renal impairment in the intensive care unit (ICU). METHODS Six patients in the ICU with acute severe renal impairment received general anaesthesia for transoesophageal echocardiography, to replace their tr...

BACKGROUND This study was aimed at determining the outcome and examining the association between comorbidities and mortality after intracerebral hemorrhage in chronic dialysis patients. METHODS We used the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database and enrolled patients who underwent maintenance dialysis between 2000 and 2007. Annual incidence of intracerebral hemorrhage in patients r...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Intradialytic hypertension (IH) occurs frequently in some hemodialysis patients and increases mortality risk. We simultaneously compared pre-dialysis, post-dialysis and changes in extracellular volume and hemodynamics in recurrent IH patients and controls. METHODS We performed a case-control study among prevalent hemodialysis patients with recurrent IH and hypertensive hemodia...