News tagged with hemodialysis
The cost of improving dialysis care
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Improving survival among dialysis patients may increase treatment costs significantly, according to a paper being presented at the American Society of Nephrology's 42nd Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in San Diego, ...
Combination of aspirin and an anti-clotting drug reduces risk of dialysis access failure
May 21, 2009 |
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For the first time, a combination of aspirin and the anti-platelet drug dipyridamole has been shown to significantly reduce blockages and extend the useful life of new artery-vein access grafts used for hemodialysis, according ...
Trace elements unbalanced in dialysis patients
May 19, 2009 |
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Abnormal levels of trace elements may explain dialysis morbidity. A systematic review published in the open access journal BMC Medicine has shown that, compared to healthy controls, dialysis patients have significantly differ ...
For old or young dialysis patients, AV fistulas remain pure gold
Mar 09, 2009 |
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A new study shows that for those individuals with chronic kidney disease, it doesn't matter if you're young or old: arteriovenous (AV) fistulas remain the gold standard for maintaining access to one's circulatory system to ...
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High-flux hemodialysis prolongs survival in many patients with CKD
Feb 20, 2009 |
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High-flux hemodialysis (which removes large toxins) reduces the risk of premature death in many patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study appearing in the March 2009 issue of the Journal of the American So ...
Overnight hemodialysis dramatically improves survival
Nov 08, 2008 |
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For hemodialysis patients, undergoing dialysis for eight hours overnight, three times weekly, reduces the risk of death by nearly 80 percent, compared to conventional, four-hour dialysis, according to research being presented ...
Procedure improves health of cancer patients
Apr 01, 2009 |
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A novel hemodialysis procedure helps restore kidney function and increases lifespan in patients with multiple myeloma, according to a study appearing in the April 2009 issue of the Clinical Journal of the Am ...
Night home hemodialysis shown to be as good as transplant in treating kidney failure
Aug 20, 2009 |
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For the first time, it has been shown that patients who receive night home hemodialysis live just as long as those who receive kidney transplants from deceased donors.
Standard test for blood sugar control not accurate in diabetic dialysis patients
Feb 20, 2008 |
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The standard test for measuring blood sugar control in people with diabetes is not accurate in those on kidney hemodialysis, according to new research at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
Drug does not increase suitability for dialysis of surgically-enlarged blood vessels
May 13, 2008 |
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The anti-platelet drug clopidogrel reduced the frequency of early blood clot formation in new surgically enlarged blood vessels (fistulas) created for patients requiring dialysis, but did not increase the proportion of these ...
Kidney disease treatment may harm patients
Oct 12, 2007 |
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Central venous catheters are commonly used to provide permanent hemodialysis for patients with serious kidney disease. One technique, inserting a catheter through large vessels, has been commonly used worldwide in recent ...
Different treatments for acute kidney failure appear to often have similar outcomes
Feb 19, 2008 |
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An analysis of studies examining treatments for acute kidney failure indicates that intermittent hemodialysis and continuous kidney replacement therapy appear to lead to similar clinical outcomes, including a similar risk ...
Researchers design model for automated, wearable artificial kidney
Jul 10, 2008 |
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Two researchers from UCLA and the Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System have developed a design for an automated, wearable artificial kidney, or AWAK, that avoids the complications patients often suffer with ...
Reducing blockage fails to improve access to the bloodstream for kidney dialysis
May 22, 2008 |
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Reducing early blockages in bloodstream access for kidney failure treatment does not increase the likelihood that the access will function adequately for long-term treatments, according to a study funded by the National Institutes ...
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