... in new surgically enlarged blood vessels (fistulas) created for patients requiring dialysis, but did not increase the proportion of these fistulas that subsequently became suitable for use during ...
... in patients with acute kidney injury had suggested improved survival with more intensive dialysis, which is significantly more costly to administer. "We now have definitive evidence that intensive ...
... . Nevertheless, about 60 percent of new fistulas in each group could not be used for long-term dialysis treatments. Complications such as bleeding were similar across the study groups.
DAC studied ...
... significant reductions in the patients' blood phosphorus levels. Their levels of PTH before dialysis were also decreased.
Cinacalcet also led to a reduction in the set point of the PTH-calcium curve ...
... important part of treatment to control high levels of parathyroid hormone (PTH) in patients receiving dialysis for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) - works by resetting the balance between calcium and ...
... 74,000 hemodialysis patients in DaVita dialysis clinics during a three-year period ... mortality was significant across various subgroups of dialysis patients. Surprisingly, this included patients without ...
... they examined the relationship between phosphate levels and the risk of death within the year after dialysis began and confirmed that mortality was modestly higher in those with the highest phosphate ...
... usually ask patients about depression. Since depression is so prevalent and can negatively affect dialysis patients, we need to ask about it."
Depression is a treatable disease, so Dr. Hedayati hopes ...
... section is putting much efforts behind the new process, and hopes that one day soon all dialysis patients will be treated in this fashion.
Recent retrospective clinical data indicate 1, 2 that HDF ...
... groups, hemodialysis may be a better choice. "Our data suggest caution in the use of peritoneal dialysis in many patients, particularly when this therapy is continued beyond 1 to 2 years," the authors ...
For patients on dialysis, taking medications to reduce levels of the mineral phosphorus in the blood may reduce the risk of death by 25 to 30 percent, reports a new study.
... to be effective for treating iron deficiency in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients on dialysis, according to a clinical trial appearing in the February 2009 issue of the Clinical Journal of the ...
... dialysis patients living near sea level, dialysis patients living at an altitude higher than 4, ... survival. Median (midpoint) survival after initiation of dialysis was 3.1 years for those living lower ...
A systematic review has discovered that lowering blood pressure reduces the terrible risks associated with dialysis.
... with an average age of 60. At the time they were enrolled in the CDS, the patients had been on dialysis for an average of four months.
In telephone interviews, patients provided detailed information ...
