Long-term dialysis patients frequently develop acquired cystic disease of the kidneys (ACDK). One hundred and sixty-seven dialysis patients were classified into two groups according to the presence or absence of ACDK, and the two groups were compared with regard to the dialysis period, laboratory findings, and so forth. Among the 167 dialysis patients, 37.7% showed ACDK and had an average dialy...

The progressive loss of residual renal function in peritoneal dialysis patients is associated with increased mortality. It has been suggested that incremental dialysis may help preserve residual renal function and improve patient survival. Residual renal function depends upon both patient related and dialysis associated factors. Maintaining patients in an over-hydrated state may be associated w...

BACKGROUND The aims of this European study were (i) to compare the level of renal function at the start of dialysis between age groups, gender, primary renal disease, comorbid conditions, treatment modality, time periods and countries, and (ii) to determine which baseline characteristics are associated with the level of renal function at the start of dialysis. METHODS Renal registries partici...

Meadow, S. R., Cameron, J. S., Ogg, C. S., and Saxton, H. M. (1971). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 46, 221. Children referred for acute dialysis. Acute unexplained renal failure of infancy and childhood is a rewarding condition to treat. Of 27 children referred for acute dialysis, only 3 died. Half were managed without dialysis, and of those dialysed, 6 recovered full or adequate renal func...

background and aims: end-stage renal disease patients treated by hemodialysis (hd) are more susceptible for infection by viral hepatitis and human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infections. infection by these viruses is promoted by the characteristic immunological dysfunction that develops in renal failure and interferes with the patient's ability to eliminate these viruses. prevalence of th...

Survival benefits of renal transplantation over dialysis therapy are well established for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Transition from one treatment modality to another is common. Understanding the differences in outcomes with the various renal replacement therapies will help nephrologists to provide best advice for dialysis patients. The influence of pretransplant dialysis mod...

BACKGROUND Although dialysis patients are undergoing CABG with increasing frequency, large studies specifically comparing patient characteristics and procedure-related risks in this population have not been performed. METHODS AND RESULTS We conducted a regional prospective cohort study of 15,500 consecutive patients undergoing CABG in northern New England from 1992 to 1997. We used multiple l...

Patients who undergo dialysis treatment or a renal transplant have a high risk of blood-borne viral infections, including the Torque teno virus (TTV). This study identified the presence of TTV and its genome groups in blood samples from 118 patients in dialysis and 50 renal-transplant recipients. The research was conducted in a hospital in the city of Maringá, state of Paraná. The viral DNA, ob...

the concentrations of serum calcitonin', parathormone (pth), amylase, alkaline phosphatase (alkp), calcium and phosphorus were studied in pre-and post-dialysis patients with chronic renal failure. all patients had extremely elevated serum urea and creatinine concentrations with the mean values of143.8 and 10.5 mg/dl respectively. the plasma amylase activity was higher than normal with a me...