Objective: To investigate the occurrence and influencing factors of fatigue sleep disturbance in Maintenance Hemodialysis (MHD) patients. Methods: A total 170 patients with end-stage renal disease who underwent MHD treatment hemodialysis room Shaanxi Provincial Hospital Traditional Chinese Medicine from October 2021 to March 2022 were selected as research subjects. The basic information laborat...

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients. The Transonic (TRS; Transonic Systems, Ithaca, NY) device is frequently used for determination of cardiac output (CO) by an indicator dilution technique. The Task Force Monitor (TFM; CN Systems, Graz, Austria) has gained attention as noninvasive tool for continuous beat-to-beat ass...

Previous observational studies using differing methodologies have yielded inconsistent results regarding the association between glycemic control and outcomes in diabetic patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis (MHD). We examined mortality predictability of A1C and random serum glucose over time in a contemporary cohort of 54,757 diabetic MHD patients (age 63 ± 13 years, 51% men, 30% Africa...

BACKGROUND Hyperuricemia is common in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients, and many previous studies have reported the associations between hyperuricemia and adverse cardiovascular outcomes, which are the major cause of death in such patients. We investigated the relationship between serum uric acid level and the severity of coronary stenosis in ESRD patients on maintenance hemodialysis (MH...

The progressive loss of kidney function is accompanied by metabolic acidosis. The relationship between metabolic acidosis, nutritional status, and oral bicarbonate supplementation has not been assessed in the Indian chronic kidney disease (CKD) population who are on maintenance hemodialysis (MHD). This is a single-center prospective study conducted in the Western part of India. Thirty-five pati...

Background: The triglyceride to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (TG/HDL-C) ratio has been shown to be a predictor of cardiovascular (CV) outcomes in the general population. The aim of this study was to determine whether the TG/HDL-C ratio is a predictor of CV events and all-cause mortality in maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients. Methods: We performed a retrospective, observational coho...

Background. Neutrophils are involved in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis by neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) formation. We hypothesized that the NET formation of neutrophils might be changed in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients, explaining their higher incidence of coronary artery diseases (CAD). Method. A cross-sectional study was performed in 60 maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) pati...

Carnitine deficiency is a commonly observed problem in maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients, which results in altered metabolism of fatty acids and subsequently development of dyslipidemia. To evaluate the effect of oral L-carnitine (LC) supplementation on lipid profile of adult MHD patients, we studied 30 of them (19 males, 11 females) who received LC supplementation of 250 mg tablets three...

Exercise training increases exercise capacity of maintenance hemodialysis patients, but the cellular mechanisms responsible for this effect are unclear. We studied the effects of different forms of exercise training (endurance, strength, or a combination where patients underwent about one-half each of the endurance and strength training of the first two groups) on mRNA levels of genes in muscle...

BACKGROUND/AIM Vascular calcification is associated with cardiovascular risk in maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients. Previous reports have shown that simple assessment of aortic arch calcification (AoAC) using plain radiography is associated with cardiovascular mortality in the general population. We conducted a prospective study to investigate factors associated with the presence at baseli...