Birth, Rise, Decline and Revival of Home Hemodialysis – French experience
The first publication in 1960 on maintenance hemodialysis was followed in 1963 by some reports on dialysis in the home. The introduction of proportioning pumps and concentrated electrolyte solutions led to developing single-patient machines and safety ...
Alain Meyrier
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Access to Care for VA Dialysis Patients During Superstorm Sandy. [PDF]
Introduction: This study examines the use of dialysis services by end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients following the Superstorm Sandy-related, months-long closure of the New York campus of the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) New York Harbor VA ...
Der-Martirosian, Claudia +4 more
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A thematic synthesis of the experiences of adults living with hemodialysis [PDF]
Background and objectives In-center dialysis patients spend significant amounts of time on the dialysis unit; additionally managing ESKD affects many aspects of life outside the dialysis unit.
Jones, Colin +2 more
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Narrative Review of Incremental Hemodialysis. [PDF]
The prescription of hemodialysis (HD) in patients with incident end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) is fundamentally empirical. The abrupt transition from nondialysis chronic kidney disease (CKD) to thrice-weekly in-center HD of much the same dialysis ...
Garneata, Liliana +3 more
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Assessment and Management of Hypertension among Patients on Peritoneal Dialysis [PDF]
Approximately 7%-10% of patients with ESKD worldwide undergo peritoneal dialysis (PD) as kidney replacement therapy. The continuous nature of this dialytic modality and the absence of acute shifts in pressure and volume parameters is an important ...
Agarwal, Rajiv +3 more
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Peritoneal dialysis in older adults: evaluation of clinical, nutritional, metabolic outcomes, and quality of life [PDF]
The number of older adults requiring dialysis is increasing worldwide, whereas the use of peritoneal dialysis (PD) in this population is lower respect to younger patients, despite the theoretical advantages of PD respect to hemodialysis.
Aceto, Paola +10 more
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Establishing a core outcome set for peritoneal dialysis : report of the SONG-PD (standardized outcomes in nephrology-peritoneal dialysis) consensus workshop [PDF]
Outcomes reported in randomized controlled trials in peritoneal dialysis (PD) are diverse, are measured inconsistently, and may not be important to patients, families, and clinicians.
Abraham, Georgi +118 more
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Understanding safety-critical interactions with a home medical device through Distributed Cognition [PDF]
As healthcare shifts from the hospital to the home, it is becoming increasingly important to understand how patients interact with home medical devices, to inform the safe and patient-friendly design of these devices.
Blandford, AE, Mayer, A, Rajkomar, A
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A reliable and effective risk prediction model for mortality and morbidity in elderly patients undergoing gastroenterological surgeries was developed and validated. Geriatric‐specific risk factors, including the newly added variables in the NCD registry, along with age, were identified as significant contributors to the model. ABSTRACT Aim As the aging
Naoya Sato +11 more
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A Virtual Ward for Home Hemodialysis Patients – A Pilot Trial
Background: Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) have a high rate of hospitalization and are prone to care gaps that may occur during the transition from hospital to home.
Michael J. Raphael +3 more
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