DIALYSIS MINERAL BONE DISEASE

Mineral and bone metabolism in dialysis: towards unified patient care?

Since the mid-1990s, a tremendous effort has been made to improve the mineral and bone metabolism abnormalities in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). In addition to the technological advances in dialysis, (high performance, larger and more biocompatible membranes, and water quality), as well as frequency and duration, many drugs were also launched in a very short span (Figure 1). Inter...

Coffee consumption and bone mineral density in dialysis patients.

The influence of ingested coffee on bone mineral density (BMD) and the related risk of pathologic fractures is controversial. We decided to check if dialysis patients drinking coffee may have a BMD different from that of non coffee drinkers. We studied 30 dialysis patients (26 on hemodialysis, 4 on peritoneal dialysis). Group I (n = 11, 5 women) included patients who regularly drank at least 1 ...

mineral and bone disease in hemodialysis patients

Bone Mineral Density in Celiac Disease.

OBJECTIVES To study bone mineral density (BMD) and standard serum biochemical indices among newly diagnosed and already diagnosed cases of Celiac Disease (CD) on gluten free diet for at least one year. METHODS This hospital based analytic, observational study was done at a tertiary care centre, from April 2013 through June 2014. Thirty six children (20 females) with untreated CD at diagnosis ...

Mineral and Bone Disease in Hemodialysis Patients

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