In this issue of CJASN, Dalrymple et al. report the timely and potentially provocative results of their study comparing hospitalization rates among forprofit and nonprofit dialysis facilities (1). On the basis of their analysis of US Renal Data System (USRDS) data from Medicare beneficiaries starting dialysis between 2005 and 2008, they found that overall hospitalization rates were significantl...

The prevalence, virological and epidemiological aspects of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) and the hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections vary among hemodialysis patients in different countries. Aiming at analyzing these aspects of HCV and HBV infections in hemodialysis patients in Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, we studied three hemodialysis units including 434 patients. Serology was used to detect anti-H...

BACKGROUND Hemodialysis is an increasingly common treatment in Vietnam as the diagnosis of end stage renal disease continues to rise. To provide appropriate hemodialysis treatment for end-stage renal disease patients, we conducted a 1-year cross-sectional study to measure the prevalence of bloodborne infection and factors associated with non-compliant behaviors in hemodialysis patients. METHO...

Abstract Background and Aims Dialysis patients are at high risk of ischemia foot ulcers (14.4%) that frequently precede severe complications, including amputations (5.9%), hospitalizations, mortality. Critical in this location accounts for 20% the annual causes death hemodialysis, produces pain is difficult to control greatly reduces quality life. The aim work was analyze prevalence factors ass...

BACKGROUND Despite regular treatment by hemodialysis, patients on hemodialysis are affected by uremic syndrome, which is marked by fatigue. Fatigue is supposed as the most common and the most severe symptom ever reported by patients with chronic kidney disease. OBJECTIVES This controlled study aimed to evaluate the effect of intradialytic physical and mental exercises on fatigue in patients o...

Patients undergoing hemodialysis are at risk for bloodstream infections (BSIs), and preventing these infections in this high-risk population is a national priority. During 2008, an estimated 37,000 BSIs related to central lines occurred among hemodialysis patients in the United States. This is almost as many as the estimated 41,000 central line-associated BSIs that occurred during 2009 among pa...

Infections with hepatitis B and C viruses (HBV and HCV) are a Introduction major global health problem. Patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) on hemodialysis constitute a population at risk of HBV and HCV infections. : Determining prevalence of the surface antigen of hepatitis B virus Objective (HBsAg) and antibodies to hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV) in patients who attended dialysis units in...