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Time, timing, talking and training : findings from an exploratory action research study to improve quality of end of life care for minority ethnic kidney patients [PDF]

, 2017
Background. With an ageing and increasingly diverse population at risk from rising levels of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease, including kidney complications, there is a need to provide quality care at all stages in the care pathway including
Brown, Edwina, Da Silva Gane, Maria, Farrington, Ken, Magee, Regina, Mir, Tahira, Randhawa, Gurch, Sharman, Sue, Stoves, John, Warwick, Graham, Wilkinson, Emma   +9 more
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Willingness to pay for haemodialysis among patients with chronic kidney disease in Abuja, Nigeria

BMC Nephrology
Background Evidence of willingness to pay for kidney replacement therapy is scarce in low-middle-income countries, including Nigeria’s Formal Sector Social Health Insurance Programme.
Yakubu Adole Agada-Amade, Daniel Chukwuemeka Ogbuabor, Eric Obikeze, Ejemai Eborieme, Obinna Emmanuel Onwujekwe   +4 more
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Prevalence and risk factors associated with the severity of depression in patients with end-stage renal disease undergoing haemodialysis in southern Algeria.

Avicenna Medical Research
SUMMARY Introduction:  The management of patients suffering from end-stage chronic renal failure on haemodialysis is a major public health issue.
I BARKATI, A MESSAOUDI, T RAYANE, S AMERIT, R TALHI, A NEBAB   +5 more
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Hepatitis B virus infection in Haemodialysis Centres from Santa Catarina State, Southern Brazil. Predictive risk factors for infection and molecular epidemiology

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, Moreira Regina C, Lemos Marcílio F, Bertolini Dennis A, Mello Isabel MVGC, Pinho João RR, Moraes Cleusa R, Carrilho Flair J, Cardoso Rita A, Ribeiro-dos-Santos Gabriela, Da Silva Luiz C   +10 more
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Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection among Seronegative Patients undergoing Haemodialysis in a Remotely Located Tertiary Care Hospital of Northern India: Value of HCV-RNA and Genotypes [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015
Background: Haemodialysis (HD) patients are at an increased risk of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, which is significantly associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Aim: The aim of this study was to find the prevalence of HCV infection in
Neerja Jindal, Divya Soin, Pragati Grover, Renu Bansal, Rubina Malhotra, Seema Singh, Charu Singh   +6 more
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Patients' experiences of transitioning between different renal replacement therapy modalities : a qualitative study [PDF]

, 2020
BACKGROUND: Different kidney replacement therapy modalities are available to manage end-stage kidney disease, such as home-based dialysis, in-center hemodialysis, and kidney transplantation.
Combes, G, Davies, S, François, K, Holvoet, Els, Johnson, D, Van Biesen, Wim, Van Humbeeck, Liesbeth, Verhaeghe, Sofie   +7 more
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Oxygen Extraction Ratio (OER) as a Measurement of Hemodialysis (HD) Induced Tissue Hypoxia: A Pilot Study [PDF]

, 2018
HD tissue hypoxia associates with organ dysfunctions. OER, the ratio between SaO2and central-venous-oxygen-saturation, could estimate oxygen requirements during sessions, but no data are available.
Farcomeni, Alessio, Mazzaferro, Sandro, Muci, Maria Luisa, Pasquali, Marzia, Rotondi, Silverio, Tartaglione, Lida   +5 more
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A mixed-methods feasibility study of an arts-based intervention for patients receiving maintenance haemodialysis

BMC Nephrology, 2020
Background Haemodialysis can negatively impact quality of life and mental health. Arts-based interventions used successfully in other settings to improve health and well-being, could help address the impact of haemodialysis.
Claire Carswell, Joanne Reid, Ian Walsh, William Johnston, Helen McAneney, Robert Mullan, Jenny B. Lee, Hugh Nelson, Michael Matthews, Elizabeth Weatherup, Andrea Spencer, Jean Michelo, Anne Quail, Grainne Kielty, Alistair Mackenzie, Jenny Elliott, Nicola Arbuckle, Anna Wilson, Helen Noble   +18 more
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Incidence and outcome of encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Studies report variation in the incidence and outcomes of encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis (EPS). This study reports the incidence and outcome of EPS cases in a national cohort of peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients.
Mactier, Robert A., Petrie, Michaela C., Traynor, Jamie P.   +2 more
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Pharmacokinetics of recombinant human erythropoietin applied subcutaneously to children with chronic renal failure [PDF]

, 1993
The single-dose pharmacokinetics of recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) given SC was investigated in 20 patients aged 7-20 years at different stages of chronic renal failure.
Braun, A., Ding, R., Fies, T., Kurtz, Armin, Schärer, K., Seidel, C.   +5 more
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