Among end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients receiving hemodialysis, increased arterial stiffness is an independent cardiovascular risk predictor. Over the past few years, arterial stiffness attenuation has been increasingly recognized as a novel therapeutic target toward cardiovascular risk reduction in the dialysis population. Structural alterations related to the long-term arteriosclerotic ...

INTRODUCTION To evaluate the cause of methemoglobinemia in patients undergoing extended daily hemodialysis/hemodiafiltration we analyzed the relationship between methemoglobinemia and the water disinfection schedule of the hospital. METHODS We reviewed all arterial blood gas analyses, obtained over a one-year period, in patients undergoing extended hemodialysis/hemodiafiltration, and compared...

tion improves erythropoiesis-stimulating agent (ESA) resistance in comparison with low-flux bicarbonate dialysis: results of the REDERT study. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2015; 30: 682–689 10. Young B, Zaritsky J. Hepcidin for clinicians. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2009; 4: 1384–1387 11. Adamson JW. Hyporesponsiveness to erythropoiesis stimulating agents in chronic kidney disease: the many faces of infl...

INTRODUCTION Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) using ABO-incompatible (ABOi) graft for acute liver failure (ALF) is a developing treatment modality. METHODS We reviewed the changes in our treatment strategies in applying ABOi LDLT for FH over our fourteen years of experience. RESULTS Five patients with ALF received LDLT in adults using ABOi grafts, with different but gradually renew...

INTRODUCTION Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome is a clinico-neuroradiological entity characterized by headache, vomiting, altered mental status, blurred vision and seizures with neuroimaging studies demonstrating white-gray matter edema involving predominantly the posterior region of the brain. CASE PRESENTATION We report a 47-year-old Caucasian man with liver cirrhosis who develop...

In order to screen UV-absorbing solutes in large numbers of uremic serum samples, an automated liquid chromatographic method was developed. The method proved to be reliable and reproducible in more than 500 analyses. HPLC separation was performed using gradient elution on a 25-cm Ultrasphere Octyl reversed phase column, with 5 microns particles. Characteristic profiles for the uremic state were...

aspects versus safety and regulations. J Am Soc Nephrol 2002; 13 [Suppl 1]: S78–S83 20. Guth HJ, Gruska S, Kraatz G. On-line production of ultrapure substitution fluid reduces TNF-alpha and IL-6 release in patients on hemodiafiltration therapy. Int J Artif Organs 2003; 26: 181–187 21. Vaslaki LR, Berta K, Major L et al. On-line hemodiafiltration does not induce inflammatory response in end-stag...

A newborn foal was presented because it was unresponsive and in cardiopulmonary arrest. Aggressive cardiopulmonary cerebral resuscitation was administered to the foal, which revived the foal; however, acute renal failure developed. Fluid retention and azotemia occurred although the foal was alert and able to suckle. A 6-hour renal replacement therapy session using hemodiafiltration and a contin...