UNLABELLED objectives: To identify and compare hemodialysis and non-hemodialysis nurses' experiences about the placebo effect of intravenous saline injection in pain management. METHODS This descriptive study design was carried out between January 22nd - February 4th, 2012 with 202 voluntary nurses who work in hemodialysis and medical-surgical clinics. An online survey system was used for dat...

abstract background: hemodialysis is the most common renal replacement therapy in the world, and hemodialysis adequacy is an important and influencial factor in the reduction of various complications experienced by these patients. multiple factors influence hemodialysis adequacy. this study was conducted to determine hemodialysis adequacy and its relationship with individual and personal factor...

AIM To obtain a causal relationship between changes in plasma sodium levels and increased extracellular fluid volume between post-hemodialysis and pre-hemodialysis on the following day or plasma sodium serves as a predictor of extracellular fluid volume. METHODS The study was conducted on 40 subjects randomly selected from the 247 chronic hemodialysis patients in Hemodialysis Unit of Nephrolo...

In a previous study, it was reported that hemodialysis with dialysate [K+] (KD) of 1.0 or 2.0 mmol/L caused an increase in BP shortly after completion of treatment due to arteriolar constriction. With this background, it was hypothesized that a low KD might decrease dialysis efficiency by a similar mechanism. To evaluate this hypothesis, paired observations of two consecutive 3-h treatments, wi...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a condition characterized by impaired function, leading to disruptions in metabolism, fluid balance, and electrolyte regulation. Hemodialysis serves as supportive therapy for individuals with CKD, prolonging life but unable fully restore function. Factors influencing urea creatinine levels hemodialysis patients include blood flow velocity, dialysis duration, dial...

High-efficiency (HE) and high-flux (HF) hemodialysis are becoming increasingly popular methods for treating patients with chronic renal failure because they reduce the time required for dialysis treatment. HF and HE dialyzers require bicarbonate dialysate, often prepared from concentrates that can support bacterial growth with endotoxin production. There is a concern that endotoxins or bacteria...

Care of patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is essential but also resource intense. We review several studies on online hemodiafiltration (OL-HDF), which concluded that high-volume OL-HDF is associated with better outcome compared to conventional hemodialysis. The cost-effectiveness of OL-HDF was shown in many studies. For example, in the Canadian setting of the Convective Transport St...