...-microglobulin, can now be achieved with conventional hemodialysis (HD), and removal of large-middle molecules has become a target, particularly for α1-microglobulin (AMG, 33 kD). The AMG reduction rate has emerged as a target for improvement of various clinical symptoms, but the effects on prognosis have yet...

... with in-hospital mortality in HD patients [ 12‒14 ]. Underlying comorbidities and predominant symptoms such as fever, dyspnea, and cough could also imply a negative prognosis for HD patients infected with COVID-19 [ 14 ]. In a study involving HD patients with SARS-CoV-2 omicron BA.2.2.1 variant, lymphocyte counts...

... was high, which significantly affected renal and overall prognosis. The prompt intervention of modifiable factors may help improve the prognosis of patients with CKD. [email protected] 24 03 2022 15 07 2022 26 08 2022 This research was a retrospective...

...Tomomi Tamura; Kohei Unagami; Masayuki Okazaki; Mizuki Komatsu; Kosaku Nitta Background/Aims: Although hypomagnesemia was found to be a risk for cardiovascular diseases in the general population, the relationship between serum magnesium (Mg) levels and prognosis of patients on maintenance...

... is a predictor for mortality and technique failure in PD patients. Methods: We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies on overhydration and prognosis in PD patients, strictly complying with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematical Reviews and Meta-analyses. Results: Eight articles...

... and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Prognosis Biomarker Hemodialysis The mortality rate of maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients remains...

.... Red blood cell distribution width Hemodialysis Prognosis Red blood cell (RBC) distribution width (RDW), calculated as the standard deviation (SD) of the RBC volumes divided by the mean corpuscular volume (MCV) of erythrocytes, is routinely reported along with a complete blood cell test...

... renal failure Prognosis Acute kidney injury Acute kidney injury (AKI) is associated with a rise in hospital morbidity and mortality [ 1,2 ], and it continues to impose significant healthcare and economic burdens [ 3 ]. Even small acute increases in serum creatinine (sCr) have been shown...

...Sanah Parvez; Khaled Abdel-Kader; Mi-Kyung Song; Mark Unruh Background: Prognosis is a component of medical practice imbued with uncertainty. In nephrology, where mortality rates of elderly patients on dialysis are comparable to those of cancer patients, the implications of prognosis...

...). Summary: This review will assess the current literature on the methodologies for the estimation of prognosis and prognostic tools developed for CKD. A practical clinical approach is discussed that involves the estimation of prognosis and integration of prognosis into SDM. Key Message: There are validated...

...Renhua Lu; Mar7a-Jimena MuciAo-Bermejo; Paolo Armignacco; Yan Fang; Hong Cai; Minfang Zhang; Huili Dai; Weiming Zhang; Zhaohui Ni; Jiaqi Qian; Yucheng Yan; Claudio Ronco Objective: The main aim of this study is to investigate the incidence and prognosis of acute kidney injury (AKI) and to clarify...

...Lu Renhua; Che Miaolin; Wang Junlin; Wu Qingwei; Xu Xiaoping; Dai Huili; Zhang Weiming; Ni Zhaohui; Qian Jiaqi; Yucheng Yan Introduction: The value of biomarkers at the time of nephrology consultation in predicting the prognosis of acute kidney injury (AKI) in hospitalized patients has not been...