...Osman Donmez; Okan Akaci; Nurhan Albayrak; Ayse Altas Background/Aims: Influenza vaccination is the most effective method for preventing influenza infection and its complications. The risk groups are children with chronic kidney diseases (CKDs) such as children on peritoneal dialysis (PD...

... with cardiovascular outcomes. We aimed to longitudinally assess ESA responsiveness over time and to investigate its association with specific clinical end points in a time-dependent approach. Methods: The German Diabetes and Dialysis study (4D study) included 1,255 diabetic dialysis patients, of whom 1,161 were...

... Clinical trials Dialysis Epidemiology Intensive care unit Major adverse kidney events National Institutes of Health (NIH) 10.13039/100000002 Endpoints for acute kidney injury (AKI) clinical trials include creatinine- and urine output-based criteria for AKI diagnosis, continuous...

.... Physical function Functional status Exercise capacity Survival Mortality Chronic kidney disease Dialysis Muscle Strength Balance Uraemia Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) suffer from high cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in comparison with the normal population [ 1,2...

... in German and Austrian dialysis centers. Methods: Hemodialysis patients with sHPT initiating intravenous paricalcitol were enrolled in this noninterventional study regardless of concomitant sHPT treatment. Prior active vitamin D therapy was discontinued. Clinical laboratory values, including intact...

...Darren Green; James P. Ritchie; Philip A. Kalra Background/Aims: The use of lipid-lowering therapy (LLT) in patients on chronic dialysis is contentious. Here we present an aggregate data meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) comparing long-term LLT versus placebo in dialysis patients...

...Albert Power; Edwina Brown The features of ageing complicate the management of end-stage renal disease. These complicate all dialysis modalities and will greatly affect the ability to cope with interventional treatments and quality of life. The presence of other illnesses and comorbidity associated...

... nephrologists to highlight health care policy and research objectives. Methods: Consultant nephrologists participated in an internet-based questionnaire. Respondents were asked about their involvement in thrombolysis decisions, safety concerns in dialysis patients, views on stroke rehabilitation and opinions...

...Daniel A. Jones; Laura-Ann McGill; Krishnaraj S. Rathod; Kirsty Matthews; Sean Gallagher; Rakesh Uppal; Peter G. Mills; Satya Das; Magdi Yaqoob; Neil Ashman; Andrew Wragg Background: The incidence of infective endocarditis (IE) in dialysis patients is higher than the general population. Dialysis...

.... A video of a patient describing the symptoms is at vimeo.com/49458473 . Methods: We used gabapentin or pregabalin in 71 consecutive patients, 82% male. 25 had CKD stage 4 or 5, median eGFR = 17, range 9-30; 40 were on haemodialysis; 6 on peritoneal dialysis. Median itch severity score out of 10 = 8, range...

... 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. Ferric Citrate Phosphorus Dialysis Binder The management of renal osteodystrophy is a cornerstone in the care...

... on haemodialysis (HD), a 3.2% fall in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients and a 5.4% increase in patients with a functioning transplant. The number of patients receiving home HD has increased 23% since 2009. Median RRT vintage was 5.6 years. The median age was 57.9 years (HD 66.3 years, PD 61.7 years and transplant...

... on dialysis compared to 10% if they had a functioning transplant. Blood pressure was higher in children receiving RRT than in healthy children with wide inter-centre variation. The percentage of patients achieving the treatment standards for haemoglobin and ferritin has gradually increased over the last...

...Lisa Crowley; Jennie Wilson; Rebecca Guy; David Pitcher; Richard Fluck Introduction: Infection remains one of the leading causes of death in patients with end-stage renal failure (ESRF) receiving dialysis. Since April 2007, all centres providing renal replacement therapy in England have been...

... replacement therapy (RRT) cohorts for 2010. Results: In the UK, in 2010 53.6% of patients commenced dialysis therapy with Hb ≥10.0 g/dl (median Hb 10.1 g/dl). The median Hb of haemodialysis (HD) patients was 11.5 g/dl with an interquartile range (IQR) of 10.5–12.3 g/dl. Of HD patients 84.6% had Hb ≥10.0 g/dl...

...Rishi Pruthi; David Pitcher; Anne Dawnay Introduction: The UK Renal Association clinical practice guidelines include clinical performance measures for biochemical variables in dialysis patients. The UK Renal Registry (UKRR) annually audits dialysis centre performance against these measures as part...

... disease remained the single most common cause of renal failure (24%). By 90 days, 68.3% of patients were on haemodialysis, 18.1% on peritoneal dialysis, 7.7% had had a transplant and 5.9% had died or stopped treatment. The mean eGFR at the start of RRT was 8.7 ml/ min/1.73 m 2 which was similar...

...Catriona Shaw; Lynsey Webb; Anna Casula; Charles RV Tomson Introduction: Comorbidities are an important determinant of survival for patients requiring renal replacement therapy (RRT) and influence other care processes such as dialysis access formation and transplant wait-listing. The prevalence...

... at transplantation. Survival of prevalent dialysis patients was calculated to exclude patients once they were transplanted. Both Kaplan-Meier and Cox adjusted models were used to calculate survival. Causes of death were analysed for both groups. Relative risk of death was calculated compared with the general UK...

... or of their effectiveness, quality or safety. The publisher 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. Chronic kidney disease Treatment Dialysis Hypertension Prevalence...