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Low parathyroid hormone level predicts infection-related mortality in incident dialysis patients: a prospective cohort study [PDF]
The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine, 2020 Background/Aims Parathyroid hormone (PTH) is an important factor influencing immunologic dysfunction, but the effect of PTH level on infection-related outcomes remains unclear in incident dialysis.
Yu Ah Hong +10 more
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 BackgroundWe investigated factors associated with the selection of a dialysis modality for elderly patients compared to younger patients.MethodsThis study included 2,514 incident dialysis patients from a Korean multicenter prospective cohort ...
Jang-Hee Cho +25 more
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Scientific Reports, 2023 Optimal preparation is recommended for patients with advanced chronic kidney disease to minimize complications during dialysis initiation. This study evaluated the effects of planned dialysis initiation on survival in patients undergoing incident ...
Jeong-Hoon Lim +12 more
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Frailty in end stage renal disease: Current perspectives
Nefrología, 2022 Frailty is common in end stage renal disease (ESRD) and is a marker of poor outcomes. Its prevalence increases as chronic kidney disease (CKD) progresses. There are different measurement tools available to assess frailty in ESRD.
Shankar Prasad Nagaraju +2 more
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How to increase dialysis adequacy; A randomized clinical trial [PDF]
Journal of Nephropathology, 2020 Introduction: Studies have shown when hemodialysis treatment is sufficiently effective, complications of uremic syndrome, additional treatment costs and hospitalization length are reduced.
Afsaneh Dashti +4 more
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Renal Failure, 2020 Background Although arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is the preferred vascular access for hemodialysis (HD), the association between vascular access types and quality of life is not well-known.
Do Hyoung Kim +8 more
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Burden of end-stage renal disease of undetermined etiology in Africa
Renal Replacement Therapy, 2023 In the last two decades, there have been increasing recognition of excess cases of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) requiring renal replacement therapy without common underlying causes (diabetes, hypertension, glomerulonephritis, or any identifiable cause)
Temesgen Fiseha, Nicholas J. Osborne
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Anaesthesia for renal transplantation [PDF]
Serbian Journal of Anesthesia and Intensive Therapy, 2022 Renal transplantation is the most common procedure in solid organ transplantation. Compered to dialysis, renal transplantation offers better quality of life and overall survival for patients.
Jovanović Vesna +5 more
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Appraisal of lung cancer survival in patients with end-stage renal disease
Archives of Medical Science, 2019 Introduction The survival outcome of lung cancer patients with end-stage renal disease has been poorly studied in the literature. In this study, we evaluated the effect of end-stage renal disease on lung cancer survival.
Ming-Shian Lu +6 more
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Archives of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2017 Objectives: The objective of the study was to assess the mechanical and nonmechanical complications in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) and to access the contributing factors to ...
Adnan Firdous Raina +3 more
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