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Smart Catheters for Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Therapy

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This study presents a comprehensive review of smart catheters, an emerging class of medical devices that integrate embedded sensors, robotics, and communication systems, offering increased functionality and complexity to enable real‐time health monitoring, diagnostics, and treatment. Abstract This review explores smart catheters as an emerging class of
Azra Yaprak Tarman, Samiha Ahmed, Majed Othman Althumayri, Megan Guy, Darlenne Chavez Lugo, Frances S. Ligler, George T. Ligler, Rahmi Oklu, Hiroshi Kawahira, Michael J. McShane, Jun Kameoka, Jonathan Bova, Hatice Ceylan Koydemir   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Severe Haemolytic Anaemia Resulting from a Malpositioned Haemodialysis Catheter

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2021
Severe haemolytic anaemia is a rare complication of haemodialysis that is often difficult to recognize, especially when there are other potential differential diagnoses.
Mohammad Ammad Ud Din, Hania Liaqat, Prabhsimrat Gill, Soon Khai Low   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prebiotic, Probiotic, and Synbiotic Supplementation in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2019
Gut dysbiosis has been implicated in the pathogenesis of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Restoring gut microbiota with prebiotic, probiotic, and synbiotic supplementation has emerged as a potential therapeutic intervention but has not been systematically ...
Campbell, Katrina L., Johnson, David W., McFarlane, Catherine, Ramos, Christiane I.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Survival of patients treated with extended-hours haemodialysis in Europe: an analysis of the ERA-EDTA Registry

Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, 2019
Background Previous US studies have indicated that haemodialysis with ≥6-h sessions [extended-hours haemodialysis (EHD)] may improve patient survival. However, patient characteristics and treatment practices vary between the USA and Europe.
T. Jansz, M. Noordzij, A. Kramer, É. Laruelle, C. Couchoud, F. Collart, A. Cases, M. Arıcı, Jaako Helve, B. Waldum-Grevbo, H. Rydell, J. Traynor, C. Zoccali, Z. Massy, K. Jager, B. V. van Jaarsveld   +15 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Effectiveness of Anti‐Adhesion Barriers on Prevention of Postoperative Adhesive Bowel Obstruction: Disease‐Free Survival Analysis

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
We performed a survival analysis of abdominal gastroenterological cancer surgery cases with and without anti‐adhesive barriers, with the development of adhesive bowel obstruction as the outcome. The incidence of adhesive bowel obstruction was significantly lower in patients undergoing open or laparoscopic colorectal surgery in the anti‐adhesive ...
Shota Ebinuma, Susumu Kunisawa, Daisuke Takada, Kiyohide Fushimi, Akinobu Taketomi, Yuichi Imanaka   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Haemodialysis services in the northeastern region of Iran

Geospatial Health, 2017
Chronic kidney disease is growing and the current estimated global prevalence exceeds 13%. As the use of haemodialysis machines for patients with end stage renal disease increases survival considerably, it is critical to plan correctly for the allocation
Behzad Kiani, Nasser Bagheri, Ahmad Tara, Benyamin Hoseini, Mahmoud Tara   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A practice-related risk score (PRS): a DOPPS-derived aggregate quality index for haemodialysis facilities [PDF]

, 2008
Background. The Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS) database was used to develop and validate a practice-related risk score (PRS) based on modifiable practices to help facilities assess potential areas for improving patient care ...
Akiba, Takashi, Arrington, Charlotte J., Deziel, Clement, Fukuhara, Shunichi, Krishnan, Mahesh, Lameire, Norbert, Leblanc, Martine, Mendelssohn, David C., Pisoni, Ronald L., Port, Friedrich K., Wolfe, Robert A., Yeates, Karen E.   +11 more
core   +2 more sources

Validation of the Safe Application of Tokyo Guideline 2018 (TG18) Severity Grading and Treatment Algorithm in Super‐Elderly Patients Aged 85 and Over With Acute Cholecystitis: A Study in the Japanese Tertiary Care Hospital

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background With population aging and extended healthy life expectancy, the management of acute cholecystitis (AC) in patients aged ≥ 85 years has evolved. However, the Tokyo Guidelines 2018 (TG18) for AC provide no specific risk assessment criteria for this population.
Yuta Kobayashi, Ryo Oikawa, Yumi Shibuya, Masakazu Tatsuno, Atsuya Kamiyama, Tsuyoshi Ozawa, Keiichiro Hara, Shinogu Hatano, Shojiro Hata, Hirokazu Yamaguchi   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Implementing an arts-based intervention for patients with end-stage kidney disease whilst receiving haemodialysis: a feasibility study protocol

Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2019
BackgroundEnd-stage kidney disease is a life-changing illness. Many patients require haemodialysis, a treatment that impacts profoundly on quality of life and mental health.
C. Carswell, J. Reid, I. Walsh, H. McAneney, H. Noble   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

How do patients from South Asian backgrounds experience life on haemodialysis in the UK? : A multicentre qualitative study [PDF]

, 2019
© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2018. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.OBJECTIVES: End-stage kidney disease disproportionately affects people of South Asian origin. This study aimed to
Da Silva-Gane, Maria, Davenport, Andrew, Day, Clara, Duncan, Neill, Farrington, Ken, King, Madeline, Modi, Kirit, Mooney, Roisin, Sharma, Shivani, Wellsted, David   +9 more
core   +5 more sources