Article
Urology & Nephrology
Massimo Torreggiani, Antioco Fois, Antoine Chatrenet, Louise Nielsen, Lurlynis Gendrot, Elisa Longhitano, Lena Lecointre, Claudine Garcia, Conrad Breuer, Beatrice Maze, Assia Hami, Guillaume Seret, Patrick Saulniers, Pierre Ronco, Frederic Lavainne, Giorgina Barbara Piccoli
Summary: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of incremental hemodialysis (iHD) as the standard of care at the start of hemodialysis on mortality, morbidity, and costs. The results showed that iHD is safe and feasible, and can be considered as a new standard of care in incident hemodialysis patients.
KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Urology & Nephrology
Ali AlSahow, Daniel Muenz, Mohammed A. Al-Ghonaim, Issa Al Salmi, Mohamed Hassan, Ali H. Al Aradi, Abdullah Hamad, Saeed M. G. Al-Ghamdi, Faissal A. M. Shaheen, Anas Alyousef, Brian Bieber, Bruce M. Robinson, Ronald L. Pisoni
Summary: In the Gulf Cooperation Council, a relatively large proportion of hemodialysis patients have low Kt/V levels. Study findings suggest that increasing blood flow rate to equal or greater than 350 mL/min and dialysis time to equal or greater than 4 hours thrice weekly can reduce the prevalence of low Kt/V, particularly improving survival rates among women.
CLINICAL KIDNEY JOURNAL
(2021)
Review
Urology & Nephrology
Estelle Tran, Oliver Karadjian, Christopher T. T. Chan, Emilie Trinh
Summary: Home hemodialysis (HHD) offers benefits for patients with end-stage kidney disease, but its low prevalence and high discontinuation rates pose challenges. This review aims to understand technique survival in HHD patients, identify clinical factors contributing to attrition, and explore strategies to prevent discontinuation. With increasing efforts to promote home modalities, it is important to target high-risk patients, improve training practices, and identify modifiable practices to enhance technique survival.
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Christopher Park, Rohini Bahethi, Anthony Yang, Mingyang Gray, Kevin Wong, Mark Courey
Summary: This retrospective cohort study investigated the impact of tracheostomy timing, technique, and patient demographics on survival. The results showed that late and non-percutaneous tracheostomies were associated with more tracheostomy-related deaths, but timing and technique did not significantly affect patient survival. Increased patient comorbidities and unknown partner status were independently associated with decreased survival.
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Hematology
Robert Ekart, Luka Varda, Nina Vodosek Hojs, Benjamin Dvorsak, Nejc Piko, Sebastjan Bevc, Radovan Hojs
Summary: In hemodialysis patients with AV fistula, routine measurement of Kt/V during online HDF procedures is beneficial for early detection of hemodynamically significant stenosis in AV fistula. After angioplasty, there was a significant improvement in Kt/V in the active group, with no statistically significant differences in Kt/V between the two groups at 3 and 8 weeks post-procedure.
BLOOD PURIFICATION
(2022)
Article
Urology & Nephrology
David J. Semple, Matthew Sypek, Shahid Ullah, Christopher Davies, Stephen McDonald
Summary: A study on patients returning to in-center hemodialysis (ICHD) after home hemodialysis (HHD) treatment failure revealed a significant increase in mortality. This risk was observed in both the early (0-30 days and 30-90 days) and late (>90 days) periods after HHD treatment failure. Further investigation into specific causes of treatment failure and death may identify high-risk patients.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF KIDNEY DISEASES
(2022)
Article
Urology & Nephrology
Jose Emilio Sanchez, Catalina Ulloa, Carmen Merino Bueno, Elena Astudillo, Carmen Rodriguez-Suarez
Summary: The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of PD strategy on technique and patient survival. The results showed that the use of APD and APD/icodextrin had a positive impact on patient survival, while age and Charlson Index had a negative impact. Age and early peritoneal infection also significantly impacted technique survival.
CLINICAL KIDNEY JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Seok Hui Kang, Bo Yeon Kim, Eun Jung Son, Gui Ok Kim, Jun Young Do
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the difference in patient survival according to the type of erythropoiesis-stimulating agent (ESA) treatment in the Korean hemodialysis population. The study analyzed retrospective data from a national HD quality assessment program and claims in Korea. The results showed that the MR group had comparable or better patient survival than the EP and DP groups in the multivariate analysis. However, it was difficult to determine the exact factors leading to the better patient survival in the MR group.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Biology
Riasat Azim, Shulin Wang, Shoaib Ahmed Dipu, Nazmin Islam, Munshi Rezwan Ala Muid, Md Fazla Elahe, Mei Li
Summary: With the advancement of new technologies, the study of cancer and diseases faces new opportunities and challenges due to the large amount of high dimensional data being generated. By constructing a patient-specific network, this method can identify regulatory modules, driver genes, and personalized disease networks, offering insights for personalized drug design.
COMPUTERS IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Urology & Nephrology
Osama El Shamy, Graham Abra, Christopher Chan
Summary: The article discusses the complexity and multifactorial nature of writing a home hemodialysis prescription, emphasizing the importance of considering patient values, preferences, and lifestyle. It also introduces different home HD modalities and machines, along with their attributes and limitations, to guide providers in delivering a patient-centered home HD approach.
CLINICAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY
(2023)
Article
Physics, Particles & Fields
Damir Becirevic, Gioacchino Piazza, Olcyr Sumensari
Summary: In this letter, the authors revisit the predictions of the Standard Model for B(B -> K-(*) v (v) over bar) and discuss the advantages of combining its partial decay rate with that of B -> K((*))ll. The suitable ratio of these two modes in the Standard Model can be used to determine C-9(eff), which is vital for an accurate analysis of the B -> K((*))ll angular observables. Additionally, this ratio is more sensitive to the presence of New Physics in various extensions of the Standard Model. The authors also propose separate measurements of B(B -> K v (v) over bar) at high and low q(2) regions to test the assumed shape of the vector form factor.
EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C
(2023)
Article
Mathematics, Applied
Liang Zhang, Jianhua Yin
Summary: The paper introduces the definition of the potential-Ramsey number r(pot)(G(1), G(2)) for two graphs G(1) and G(2), and determines its values for specific cases.
APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTATION
(2023)
Article
Urology & Nephrology
Annabel Boyer, Antoine Lanot, Mark Lambie, Christian Verger, Sonia Guillouet, Thierry Lobbedez, Clemence Bechade
Summary: The study found that in recent decades, the survival rate of peritoneal dialysis technique and patient transfers to hemodialysis have improved. Particularly, there has been a significant decline in infection-related transfers since 2011.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NEPHROLOGY
(2021)
Article
Urology & Nephrology
Shuang Liu, Lijie Zhang, Shuang Ma, Jing Xiao, Dong Liu, Rui Ding, Zhengyan Li, Zhanzheng Zhao
Summary: This study found that a higher Kt/V reach rate is associated with a better prognosis in incident PD patients. Patients in the dialysis adequacy group and dialysis intermittent adequacy group had significantly better clinical outcomes compared to the dialysis inadequacy group.
Article
Oncology
Mathilde Maire, Marc Debled, Adeline Petit, Marion Fournier, Gaetan Macgrogan, Nathalie Quenel-Thueux, Helene Charitansky, Simone Mathoulin-Pelissier, Herve Bonnefoi, Christine Tunon de Lara
Summary: This study compares the overall survival (OS) and recurrence-free survival (RFS) of breast cancer patients receiving reverse sequence treatment and standard treatment. The results show that there is no significant difference in OS and RFS between the two groups. The reverse sequence treatment has a shorter overall treatment time and a comparable rate of severe surgical complications compared to the standard treatment.