More than 30 years ago diabetic patients with endstage renal disease (ESRD) were considered as inappropriate candidates for a chronic dialysis programme because of a very high mortality rate and poor longterm survival w1x. In spite of this negative attitude against diabetics on dialysis, not only more and more diabetic patients have been accepted to chronic renal replacement therapy, but diabet...

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODSdWe performed a single-center, prospective analysis in 1,088 T2D patients. RHR was determined at baseline by electrocardiogram. The primary outcome was a composite criterion of CV and renal morbi-mortality (CV death, nonfatal myocardial infarction and/or stroke, hospitalization for heart failure, renal replacement therapy), which was adjusted for death from non-CV cau...

In a population of patients who have undergone renal replacement therapy, the 21st century brought a rise in the number of elderly people as well as patients with obesity, with renal complications of systemic diseases, especially diabetes and hypertension, and a constantly increasing number of patients with congestive heart failure who require intermittent or permanent dialysis support. In keep...

The management of acute renal failure in the critically ill patient is extremely variable and there are no published standards for the provision of renal replacement therapy in this population. Continuous renal replacement therapy seems to be the treatment of choice because of its superior metabolic and hemodynamic control. There is better organ protection by continuous treatment but no evidenc...