Hemodialysis

Severe Vitamin D Deficiency Raises Death Risk in Hemodialysis Patients

February 02, 2012

Hemodialysis (HD) patients with severe vitamin D deficiency are more than twice as likely to die from any cause compared with those who have sufficient levels of the vitamin, according to a German study.
 

Let Patients Sleep During Rounds

February 01, 2012

How often do you face with the unpleasant task of waking a sleeping patient during your busy rounds? It happens frequently to many clinicians during their inpatient rounds in the hospital.
 

Antibiotic Lock Reduces Catheter-Related Problems

January 30, 2012

An antibiotic catheter lock containing gentamicin in sodium citrate can decrease the incidence of catheter-related bloodstream infections in patients on maintenance hemodialysis (MHD).
 

BP Drugs May Differ in Cardiovascular Benefits

January 27, 2012

ACE inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) confer different cardiovascular benefits in hemodialysis (HD) patients, researchers found.
 

Persistently Low iPTH Not Good for Hemodialysis Patients

January 10, 2012

Persistently low levels of intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH) are independently associated with progression of aortic arch calcification (AAC) and death among incident hemodialysis (HD) patients, according to a new study.
 

Erectile Dysfunction Highly Prevalent Among Men on Hemodialysis

January 09, 2012

Most men on hemodialysis (HD) have erectile dysfunction (ED) and do not receive treatment for the condition, a multinational study found.
 

Race Differences in Dialysis Survival Linked to Inflammation

December 27, 2011

Differences in the level of inflammation among dialysis patients may explain, in part, why African Americans have better survival than Caucasians, study findings suggest.
 

Hemodialysis Patients at Higher Risk for Herpes Zoster

December 23, 2011

Patients on long-term hemodialysis (HD) are at increased risk of herpes zoster compared with the general population, according to researchers.
 

EPO Resistance May Predict Cardiovascular Events

December 05, 2011

Early identification of erythropoietin (EPO) resistance may help clinicians predict cardiovascular risk in hemodialysis (HD) patients, according to researchers.
 

Portable Home Dialysis Unit Improves QoL

November 16, 2011

PHILADELPHIA—End-stage renal disease patients who dialyzed with a portable hemodialysis (HD) system for 12 months reported improvements in their overall quality of life (QoL), according to findings presented at Kidney Week 2011.
 

High Uric Acid Lowers Death Risk in Hemodialysis Patients

October 29, 2011

High uric acid concentrations are associated with lower all-cause and cardiovascular mortality among hemodialysis (HD) patients, according to an international study.
 

Study Makes a Case for AVF Use in Pediatric Hemodialysis Patients

October 25, 2011

BOSTON—Central venous catheters (CVCs) for hemodialysis (HD) access are responsible for a high incidence of catheter-related bloodstream infections in children, according to data presented at the Infectious Diseases Society of American annual meeting.
 

ESRD Population Continues to Rise

October 24, 2011

As of December 31, 2009, the United States had 571,414 end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients, up 3.8% from 549,265 patients a year before, according to the 2011 U.S. Renal Data System Annual Data Report.
 

Low Platelet Counts Linked to E-Beam Dialyzers

October 21, 2011

Use of electron beam (e-beam) sterilized dialyzers is associated with an increased risk of thrombocytopenia, according to a Canadian study.
 

Obese Black Dialysis Patients Have the Best Survival

October 19, 2011

Increasing body mass index (BMI) is associated with lower mortality rates in maintenance hemodialysis (HD) patients regardless of race or ethnicity, but the survival advantage is most pronounced in blacks, data show.
 

Ongoing Hemodialysis Clinical Trials

Effects of Intensified Sodium Management in Hemodialysis Patients

Effect of Lowering the Dialysate Sodium on Blood Pressure in Hemodialysis Patients

Efficacy and Local Tolerability of Topically Applied Heparin on the Suitability of Newly Constructed Primary Arteriovenous Fistulas in Patients Planned for Haemodialysis

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