We here present the results of ultrasonographic (US) evaluations on the alteration of renal diameter of chronic HD patients. Of 109 outpatient HD patients who had neither severe acquired cystic disease of the kidney nor hereditary polycystic kidney disease, we performed US two or three times to measure their maximum renal diameter (mean of both kidneys), and the yearly alteration rate was calcu...

AIMS This study was aimed at comparing the incidence of arterial hypertension and blood pressure (BP) variance in hospital and out-of-hospital hemodialysis (HD) patients during HD sessions. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted for 1 week at all the HD centers in Dalmatia, Croatia. The pre-, intra-, and post-dialysis BP values were collected for 3 consecutive HD sessions per patient. ...

BACKGROUND Free radical induced damages are thought to be involved in chronic kidney disease (CKD), especially in patients who are on hemodialysis (HD) for prolonged periods. Hemodialysis can influence multiple biochemical factors, several of which are useful, although the rest can be harmful and increase the severity of disease. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect...

The malnutrition-inflammation-atherosclerosis syndrome is an important prognostic factor for hemodialysis (HD) patients. Linagliptin is a bile-excreted dipeptidyl peptidase (DPP)-4 inhibitor, and therefore, dose reduction is not necessary for HD patients. The anti-inflammatory effects of linagliptin were reported in HD patients, and linagliptin may also prevent systemic atherosclerosis. Advance...

Planning and funding a home hemodialysis (HD) program requires a well-organized effort and close collaboration between clinicians and administrators. This resource provides guidance on the processes that are involved, including a thorough situational analysis of the dialysis landscape, emphasizing the opportunity for a home HD program; careful consideration of the clinical and operational chara...

This study aims to systematically review several works of literature that discuss the impact training or physical activity Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) patients undergoing hemodialysis on all factors can improve quality life CKD patients. The method used is a systematic by browsing indexed electronic databases (Scopus, ScienceDirect, CINAHL, Pubmed, Oxford and SAGE). results showed selection ap...

Recently, with great interest we read the review article by Zeraati et al. entitled “A review article: access recirculation among end stage renal disease patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis” in your most valuable journal (1). The author summarized some of observations about causes and clinical significance of arteriovenous (AV) fistula recirculation, techniques for accurate assessment ...

INTRODUCTION Anemia is a common complication in patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) especially on maintenance hemodialysis. There are some data that the use of biocompatible high-flux dialyzers is more efficient than low-flux dialyzers in controlling some uremia related diseases including anemia. The aim of the study was to assess the iron metabolism and degree of anemia correction in pat...

To characterize the determinants of circulating levels of adrenomedullin (AM), the plasma levels of this peptide were measured in 58 patients with end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis. Predialysis plasma levels of AM were more than twice as high in patients on hemodialysis as compared to controls. In hemodialysis patients with heart failure (NYHA classes II-IV) or hypertensive HD patients pl...

The purpose of this study was to examine the correlations among objective sleep variables, sleep-wake cycle parameters, and daily physical activity in hemodialysis patients and controls. Twenty-four hemodialysis patients (HD group) were compared with a control group consisting of 24 healthy participants matched for age, height, and weight. Sleep variables (total sleep time [TST], sleep efficien...