Uncorrected serum calcium concentration is the first mineral metabolism metric planned for use as a quality measure in the United States ESRD population. Few studies in patients undergoing either peritoneal dialysis (PD) or hemodialysis (HD) have assessed the association of uncorrected serum calcium concentration with clinical outcomes. We obtained data from 129,076 patients on dialysis (PD, 10...

Malnutrition is widely prevalent among patients on hemodialysis. Malnutrition can be estimated using a fully quantitative scoring system Subjective Global Assessment-Dialysis Malnutrition Score which is simple, reliable and dynamic. The primary objective of the study was to assess the severity of malnutrition in patients with end stage renal disease and undergoing hemodialysis in a tertiary car...

Background: Immunisation remains critical in prevention of serious COVID-19 infection. This study aimed to characterise the prevalence humoral and cellular immunity patients on maintenance dialysis a nephrology centre 8 months after vaccination onset. Methods: Real-world single-centre cross-sectional enrolling peritoneal haemodialysis. Humoral response was measured as specific IgG (anti-spike p...

The aims of this retrospective analysis were (i) to examine the trends of quality of life (QoL) scores and (ii) to identify the risk factors for QoL scores among 6908 dialysis patients entering dialysis between 1997 and 2002. The Spitzer QoL Index was the instrument used by the National Renal Registry of Malaysia to assess the QoL amongst dialysis patients. Demographic and biochemical data were...

BACKGROUND Subclinical inflammation is a common phenomenon in patients on either continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) or maintenance hemodialysis (MHD). We hypothesized that vitamin C had anti-inflammation effect because of its electron offering ability. The current study was designed to test the relationship of plasma vitamin C level and some inflammatory markers. METHODS In this...

BACKGROUND A dramatic increase in the "early start" of dialysis with an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) at least 10 mL/min/1.73 m(2) has occurred in the United States since at least 1996. Several recent studies have reported a comorbidity-adjusted survival disadvantage of early start of dialysis. The current study examines a relatively "healthy" dialysis cohort to minimize confoundi...

The binding of hexanoic, octanoic, and decanoic acids to defatted human plasma albumin was measured by equilibrium dialysis at 37” in a calcium-free Krebs-Ringer phosphate buffer, pH 7.4. The results were analyzed in terms of multiple stepwise equilibria. For each of the albumin binding sites, the magnitude of the equilibrium constants increased as the chain length of the acid increased: decano...

In patients on long-term continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD), peritoneal dysfunction is considered to be due to the loss of peritoneal mesothelial cells and to subsequent peritoneal fibrosis and neovascularization. Our aim in the present study was to clarify the role of various components of peritoneal dialysis fluid in the occurrence of peritoneal dysfunction in CAPD patients. We ...

INTRODUCTION The widespread availability of medication without prescription, so-called over the counter (OTC), and the rapid development of health consciousness of Poles is associated with broad access to medical information in the mass media. This causes patients to recognize their own disease, cancel doctor's appointments, and begin self-treatment. This time and money-saving behavior, often s...

Artificial liver support aims to prolong survival time of patients with liver failure by detoxification. Albumin as a molecular adsorbent in dialysis solution is capable of attracting even tightly albumin-bound toxins from blood into the dialysate if a specific dialysis membrane is used and if the albumin's binding sites are on-line-purified by a sorbent/dialysis-based recycling system (i.e., m...