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Association between sarcopenic obesity and mortality in patients on peritoneal dialysis: a prospective cohort study

Frontiers in Medicine
BackgroundWhether sarcopenic obesity had unfavorable effect on survival of peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients is unknown. We aimed to investigate the association between sarcopenic obesity and survival in PD patients.MethodsThis was a prospective ...
Yiwei Shen, Yiwei Shen, Xinyu Su, Xinyu Su, Zanzhe Yu, Zanzhe Yu, Hao Yan, Hao Yan, Dahua Ma, Yimei Xu, Jiangzi Yuan, Jiangzi Yuan, Zhaohui Ni, Zhaohui Ni, Leyi Gu, Leyi Gu, Wei Fang, Wei Fang   +17 more
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Outcomes for Frail Dialysis Patients Not Referred for Transplantation: A Cohort Study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Frailty is highly prevalent in kidney failure, but it is unclear whether frailty impacts health outcomes for those initiating dialysis who are not referred for transplantation. Our objective was to determine if frailty is associated with death or development of a permanent contraindication to transplantation among eligible non ...
Joshua Goodwin, Jordan Thorne, Amanda Vinson, David Clark, Bryce Kiberd, Micheal Sun, Karthik Tennankore   +6 more
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Cardiovascular risk factors in peritoneal dialysis patients revisited

, 2007
End-stage renal disease patients are at a heightened risk of developing cardiovascular disease, with contributions from both "traditional" and "nontraditional" cardiovascular risk factors.
Wang, A. Y M
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Systematic review of the effectiveness of preventing and treating Staphylococcus aureus carriage in reducing peritoneal catheter-related infections [PDF]

, 2007
Objectives: To determine the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of (1) alternative strategies for the prevention of Staphylococcus aureus carriage in patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD) and (2) alternative strategies for the eradication of S.
Fraser, Cynthia Mary, L Vale, Fraser, C., K Rabindranath, I Gould, McCormack, Kirsty, Kilonzo, Mary Mueni, Rabindranath, K., C Fraser, Valery, L., Gould, Ian M, Kilonzo, M., S Thomas, Fluck, N., Waugh, N., Rothnie, H., H Rothnie, N Waugh, Gould, I., K McCormack, N Fluck, Thomas, S., M Kilonzo, McCormack, K., L McIntyre, McIntyre, L., Waugh, Norman Robert, Vale, Luke David, Thomas, Sumesh   +28 more
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Neonatal Acute Kidney Injury—An Australian and New Zealand Perspective

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Acute kidney injury (AKI) is increasingly recognized as a critical and underdiagnosed condition among neonates, with significant short and long‐term implications for survival, kidney function, and long‐term cardiovascular health. Neonatal physiology, including ongoing nephrogenesis, immature renal haemodynamics, and limited glomerular ...
Saumil Desai, Thomas Forbes, Simon A. Carter, Alison L. Kent, Chanel Prestidge, David T. Selewski, Eveline Staub, Anke Raaijmakers   +7 more
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Risk of Serious Adverse Events and Death With Low‐Dose Methotrexate Versus Hydroxychloroquine in Adults Receiving Dialysis

Seminars in Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Several case reports have linked low‐dose methotrexate to serious adverse events, including death, in dialysis patients. We compared the risk of serious adverse events in dialysis patients initiating low‐dose methotrexate versus hydroxychloroquine.
Flory T. Muanda, Peter G. Blake, Matthew A. Weir, Fatemeh Ahmadi, Mohammad Ali Omrani, Sheikh S. Abdullah, Eric McArthur, Jessica M. Sontrop, Brad L. Urquhart, Amit X. Garg   +9 more
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Assessment of Muscle Mass and Diagnosis of Sarcopenia in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

Kidney and Dialysis
Sarcopenia is characterized by the progressive loss of muscle mass and function, and it represents a significant and prevalent condition in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD).
Lixing Xu, Jack Kit-Chung Ng, Winston Wing-Shing Fung, Gordon Chun-Kau Chan, Kai-Ming Chow, Cheuk-Chun Szeto   +5 more
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Comparative 3‐Year Allograft Outcomes for Recipients of Kidneys From SARS‐CoV‐2 NAT‐Positive Donors

Transplant Infectious Disease, EarlyView.
In this retrospective single‐center study of 220 kidney transplants from SARS‐CoV‐2 NAT+, NAT+ with COVID as cause of death (CoV‐COD) and NATneg donors, we found no significant difference in rejection or kidney pathologies at 1 year, and death, graft loss, or eGFR at 3 years by CoV‐donor status.
Christine E. Koval, Mohamed Eltemamy, Nabin K. Shrestha, Leal Herlitz, Emilio D. Poggio, Alvin C. Wee   +5 more
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European Training and Research in Peritoneal Dialysis--A Network to Deliver Scientific Peritoneal Dialysis Training to a New Generation of Researchers

, 2015
Peritoneal dialysis (PD) utilization varies across countries, and of the factors that explain the variation, the scientific and clinical knowledge of health care professionals is potentially important. In this paper, we describe a European collaboration--
Aufricht, C, Machowska, A,, Rutherford, P, Beelen, R, van, Wier T   +4 more
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NONCLINICAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH TREATMENT WITH PERITONEAL DIALYSIS IN ESRD PATIENTS IN TAIWAN [PDF]

, 2012
[[abstract]]Objectives: Less than 10% of end-stage renal disease(ESRD) patients in Taiwan receive peritoneal dialysis (PD),which reveals the situation of underutilization of PD. Wethus aimed to investigate factors associated with treatmentwith PD in ESRD
Hsiu-Chen Huang;Jiun-Yi Wang;Chia-Chu Chang;Ping-Fang Chiu;Ming-Che Chiang;Yu Yang
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