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Indian Journal of Nephrology, 2012 Patients receiving conventional hemodialysis have high hospitalisation rates, poor quality of life and survival compared to the general population. Many centres around the world are providing longer hours of hemodialysis - short daily hemodialysis and nocturnal hemodialysis - with a view to improving patient survival and quality of life.
Ranganathan, D., John, G. T.
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Nocturnal Changes in Knee Cartilage Thickness in Young Healthy Adults [PDF]
, 2012 Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) allows one to analyze cartilage physiology in vivo. Cartilage deforms during loading, but little is known about its recovery after deformation.
Eckstein, F. +2 more
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Effects of physical exercise training on nocturnal symptoms in asthma: Systematic review
PLoS ONE, 2018 Introduction Nocturnal worsening of asthma symptoms is a common feature of asthma. Physical exercise training improves general asthma control; however, there is no evidence showing the effects of physical exercise on nocturnal asthma symptoms.
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Royal Society Open Science, 2022 Nocturnal birds display diverse adaptations of the visual system to low-light conditions. The skulls of birds reflect many of these and are used increasingly to infer nocturnality in extinct species.
Aubrey Keirnan +5 more
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Thrice weekly nocturnal in-centre haemodiafiltration: a 2-year experience [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Adequate control of plasma phosphate without phosphate binders is difficult to achieve on a thrice-weekly haemodialysis schedule. The use of quotidian nocturnal dialysis is effective but not practical in the in-centre setting.
Dey, V., Hair, M., Spalding, E. M.
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Eculizumab in Pregnant Patients with Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria.
New England Journal of Medicine, 2015 BACKGROUND Eculizumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody against complement protein C5 that inhibits terminal complement activation, has been shown to prevent complications of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) and improve quality of life and ...
R. Kelly +15 more
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Nocturnal Pruritus: The Battle for a Peaceful Night’s Sleep
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2016 Chronic pruritus is a debilitating condition with numerous etiologies. Many patients suffer from nocturnal pruritus, which can decrease quality of life and affect mortality in hemodialysis patients. Nocturnal pruritus may occur in all sleep stages but is
M. Lavery +3 more
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Scientific Reports, 2016 Over decades it has been unclear how individual migratory songbirds cross large ecological barriers such as seas or deserts. By deploying light-level geolocators on four songbird species weighing only about 12 g, we found that these otherwise mainly ...
P. Adamík +10 more
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International Journal of Gerontology, 2009 SummaryNocturnal lagophthalmos is the inability to close the eyelids during sleep. It may be physiological but can cause significant symptoms in some patients. The spectrum of the disease ranges from minimal corneal epithelial changes, which may heal later in the daytime, to corneal ulcers after severe exposure.
Shawn H. Tsai +4 more
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The contribution of fatigue and sleepiness to depression in patients attending the sleep laboratory for evaluation of obstructive sleep apnea [PDF]
, 2011 Purpose: A high prevalence of depressive symptomatology has been reported amongst sufferers of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), but it remains unclear as to whether this is due to their OSA or other factors associated with the disorder.
Downey, Luke +5 more
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