Even in patients with chronic renal failure and chronic intermittent hemodialysis, continuous venovenous hemofiltration (CVVH) is the most often practiced renal replacement technique in the intensive care unit. Although patients show less hemodynamic instability during CVVH than during hemodialysis, it requires a blood flow exceeding 200 ml/min in the extracorporeal circuit necessitating the us...

BACKGROUND The effects of L-carnitine on the hemodynamic state of chronic hemodialysis patients have been debated. In order to clarify the effect of administered L-carnitine on cardiac function and hypotensive episodes during the hemodialysis procedure, a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study was performed for 3 months. METHODS AND RESULTS TWENTY STABLE OUTPATIENTS UNDERGOING HEMOD...

The book “Clinical Aspects of Hemodialysis” contains 19 chapters: 1. Chronic renal disease; 2. Epidemiology; 3. Uremic syndrome; 4. Cardiovascular disease in dialysis patients; 5. Hemodialysis in elderly patients; 6. Mineral-bone disease in hemodialysis patients; 7. Gastrointestinal diseases in dialysis patients; 8. Hepatitis virus infection in patients on chronic dialysis program; 9. Malnutrit...

BACKGROUND Respiratory symptoms are usually underestimated in patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing maintenance hemodialysis. Therefore, we set out to investigate the prevalence of patients chronic dyspnea and the relationship of the symptom to lung function indices. METHODS Twenty-five clinically stable hemodialysis patients were included. The mMRC dyspnea scale was applied before ...

background : identifying the sources of variation in qtc measurements is important for preventing arrhythmias during and after hemodialysis. the present study was designed to determine the correlation between the type of hemodialysis buffer and the changes in qtc interval in patients on chronic hemodialysis.   methods: fifty-nine patients on chronic hemodialysis who referred in winter 2007 to h...

Chronic renal failure is a progressive and irreversible function disorder in which the body's ability fails to maintain metabolism fluid electrolyte balance, causing uremia (retention of urea other nitrogenous wastes blood). In Indonesia, increase patients with this disease has reached 20%. The data information center Indonesian Hospital Association (PDPERSI) states that number chronic kidney e...

BACKGROUND Chronic renal failure is strongly associated with poor pregnancy outcome. Women dependent on hemodialysis before conception rarely achieve a successful live birth. CASE PRESENTATION A 31-year-old multiparous Turkish woman was scheduled for cesarean section under spinal anesthesia at 37 weeks and five days' gestation because of hemorrhage due to secondary placenta previa. Spinal ane...

BACKGROUND Functional impairment is associated with adverse outcomes in older people, as well as in patients on chronic hemodialysis. The aim of the present study was to determine the characteristics associated with functional impairment in chronic hemodialysis, and to evaluate if functional impairment represents a risk factor for reduced survival in chronic hemodialysis. METHODS All 132 chro...