Hepatitis B virus infection in Haemodialysis Centres from Santa Catarina State, Southern Brazil. Predictive risk factors for infection and molecular epidemiology [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2004 Background Patients under haemodialysis are considered at high risk to acquire hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Since few data are reported from Brazil, our aim was to assess the frequency and risk factors for HBV infection in haemodialysis patients ...
Bassit Leda C +10 more
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Factors Contributing to Non-Adherence to Treatment Among Adult Patients with Long-Term Haemodialysis: An Integrative Review [PDF]
Nursing ReportsBackground: Adherence of renal patients to a prescribed therapeutic regimen is crucial for the success of haemodialysis and the decreased mortality rates of patients; however, 60% are non-adherent to dialysis, fluid, and dietary allowances.
Khin Chan Myae Win +4 more
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Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine - Clinical Communications, 2022 Objective: To compare the functional outcomes of patients with lower limb amputations receiving haemodialysis and those not receiving haemodialysis. Design: A retrospective cohort study. Patients: Patients with lower limb amputation who were admitted to
Yoshitaka Wada +8 more
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Incremental haemodialysis [PDF]
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 2015 Thrice-weekly haemodialysis schedules have become the standard default haemodialysis prescription worldwide. Whereas the measurement of residual renal function is accepted practice for peritoneal dialysis patients and the importance of residual renal function in determining technique success is well established, few centres routinely assess residual ...
Jonathan, Wong +3 more
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Dialysis Service in the Embattled Tigray Region of Ethiopia: A Call to Action
International Journal of Nephrology, 2022 Haemodialysis is extremely limited in low-income countries. Access to haemodialysis is further curtailed in areas of active conflict and political instability.
Ephrem Berhe +4 more
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Plasma Levels of Brain Natriuretic Peptides and Cardiac Troponin in Hemodialysis Patients
Biomolecules & Biomedicine, 2009 Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) are at high risk of death as a result of the cardiovascular disease (CVD), which cannot be explained by the conventional risk factors only.
Halima Resić +4 more
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The prevalence of occult hepatitis B virus (hbv) infection in a large multi-ethnic haemodialysis cohort. [PDF]
, 2015 Haemodialysis patients are at increased risk of exposure to blood borne viruses. To reduce transmission in the UK, all haemodialysis patients are regularly screened, and if susceptible to Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection ...
Cross, J +6 more
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Biomolecules & Biomedicine, 2009 Number of hemodialysis patients each day is increasing. The quality of their lives is largely determined by the quality of hemodialysis treatment. One of the most important factors is the type of applied blood approach. The type of blood approach in the
Nihad Kukavica +2 more
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Targeted, structured text messaging to improve dietary and lifestyle behaviours for people on maintenance haemodialysis (KIDNEYTEXT): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial [PDF]
, 2019 Introduction Managing nutrition is critical for reducing morbidity and mortality in patients on haemodialysis but adherence to the complex dietary restrictions remains problematic.
Brown, Mark +12 more
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Changing trends in end-stage renal disease patients with diabetes
Swiss Medical Weekly, 2017 BACKGROUND Worldwide, diabetes has become the most common cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD), yet Swiss data are largely lacking. METHODS This observational study examined ESRD patients with ...
Yimin Lu +13 more
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