Short-term dialysis.

Short-term versus long-term effects of depressive symptoms on mortality in patients on dialysis.

OBJECTIVE Depressive symptoms seem to pose a risk factor for mortality among patients on dialysis. It is currently unknown whether the association is only short-lived and whether associations over time depend on specific causes of mortality. METHODS In a prospective nationwide cohort study, 1528 patients with end-stage renal disease starting on dialysis completed the Mental Health Inventory. ...

Intravenous iron therapy in peritoneal dialysis patients: short-term efficacy and long-term issues.

A nemia management in patients with renal disease remains a critical clinical issue. In particular, the best methods to assess iron (Fe) needs and optimal Fe replacement strategies have received ongoing attention. In this issue of CJASN, Singh et al. (1) make an important contribution by demonstrating that intravenous Fe replacement therapy (with Fe sucrose), when combined with erythropoietin (...

Evaluation of ultra-short dialysis.

A study was carried out to compare the effects of three dialysis regimens of different durations. Nineteen patients dialysed over 1975--7 for an average of only 11.2 hours per week were compared with nine dialysed for 24 hours per week (1974--6) and 10 dialysed for 27 hours (1971--3). Clinical, biochemical, and haematological results showed that the short dialysis regimen was as effective as th...

Short-term prognosis of definitive neonatal infection

Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis versus automated peritoneal dialysis and peritonitis in the short and very long term at risk.

Peritonitis (P) is the most important infectious complication in peritoneal dialysis (PD), but disagreement remains about the impact of PD modality on the frequency of P episodes. We compared indices linked to P between patients on continuous ambulatory PD (CAPD) and those on automated PD (APD) in the short and very long term. The study included 9 prevalent and 72 incident patients on CAPD (twi...