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Nocturnal hemodialysis: improved quality of life and patient outcomes

International Journal of Nephrology and Renovascular Disease, 2019
Timothy Jee Kam Koh Department of Renal Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 308433, Singapore Abstract: Conventional hemodialysis is associated with high morbidity and mortality rates, as well as a reduced quality of life.
Koh TJK
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A breakthrough series collaborative to increase patient participation with hemodialysis tasks: A stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial.

PLoS ONE, 2021
BackgroundCompared to in-centre, home hemodialysis is associated with superior outcomes. The impact on patient experience and clinical outcomes of consistently providing the choice and training to undertake hemodialysis-related treatment tasks in the in ...
James Fotheringham, Tania Barnes, Louese Dunn, Sonia Lee, Steven Ariss, Tracey Young, Stephen J Walters, Paul Laboi, Andy Henwood, Rachel Gair, Martin Wilkie   +10 more
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Incremental short daily home hemodialysis: a case series

BMC Nephrology, 2017
Background Patients starting dialysis often have substantial residual kidney function. Incremental hemodialysis provides a hemodialysis prescription that supplements patients’ residual kidney function while maintaining total (residual + dialysis) urea ...
Stephanie M. Toth-Manikowski, Surekha Mullangi, Seungyoung Hwang, Tariq Shafi   +3 more
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Clinical characteristics and management of hemodialysis patients with pre-dialysis hypertension: a multicenter observational study

Renal Failure, 2022
Background Hypertension is a leading preventable risk factor for cardiovascular disease in hemodialysis patients. Pre-dialysis systolic blood pressure (SBP) more than 160 mmHg was thought to be associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events and ...
Yaoxian Liang, Liangying Gan, Yulan Shen, Weihua Li, Dongliang Zhang, Zhongxin Li, Jianwei Ren, Mingcheng Xu, Xiaolin Zhao, Yingchun Ma, Li Zuo, Mei Wang   +11 more
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Home dialysis bulletin, a journal to support home dialysis

Bulletin de la Dialyse à Domicile, 2021
With issue 2 of volume 4, of this month, June 15, 2021, the Home Dialysis Bulletin (original journal title: Bulletin de la Dialyse à Domicile (BDD)) begins its fourth year of publication.
Christian Verger
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Patients’ Experiences of Community House Hemodialysis: A Qualitative Study

Kidney Medicine, 2019
Rationale & Objective: Community house hemodialysis is a submodality of home hemodialysis that enables patients to perform hemodialysis independent of nursing or medical supervision in a shared house. This study describes the perspectives and experiences
Rachael C. Walker, David Tipene-Leach, Aria Graham, Suetonia C. Palmer   +3 more
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Exsanguination of a home hemodialysis patient as a result of misconnected blood-lines during the wash back procedure: A case report

BMC Nephrology, 2012
Background Home hemodialysis is common in New Zealand and associated with lower cost, improved survival and better patient experience. We present the case of a fully trained home hemodialysis patient who exsanguinated at home as a result of an incorrect ...
Allcock Kerryanne, Jagannathan Balaji, Hood Christopher J, Marshall Mark R   +3 more
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Expanding Utilization of Home Dialysis: An Action Agenda From the First International Home Dialysis Roundtable

Kidney Medicine, 2021
In a groundbreaking meeting, leading global kidney disease organizations came together in the fall of 2020 as an International Home Dialysis Roundtable (IHDR) to address strategies to increase access to and uptake of home dialysis, both peritoneal ...
Mallika L. Mendu, José Carolino Divino-Filho, Raymond Vanholder, Sandip Mitra, Simon J. Davies, Vivekanand Jha, Kelli Collins Damron, Daniel Gallego, Michelle Seger   +8 more
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Regulation of plasma aldosterone during hemodialysis [PDF]

, 1990
In order to clarify the influence of serum potassium, serum sodium and plasma angiotensin II concentrations on aldosterone release during hemodialysis (HD), six chronic hemodialysis patients were studied during HD with varying dialysate sodium ...
B.K. Krämer, Ress, K. M., K.M. Ress, Müller, G. A., Krämer, Bernhard K., Ulshöfer, T. M., G.A. Müller, T.M. Ulshöfer, Risler, T., T. Risler   +9 more
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Do Hemodialysis Patients Aware of the Importance of Using Home Sphygmomanometer?

Turkish Journal of Nephrology, 2019
Objective: We investigated the prevalence of patients owning a home sphygmomanometer among patients on hemodialysis, the type of home sphygmomanometer, the factors that affect owning a device, and the frequency of home blood pressure monitoring ...
Emre Erdem, Ahmet Karataş, Tevfik Ecder
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