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Filter by:Background Bleeding is often encountered after vascular access procedures for dialysis and fatal episodes of haemorrhage has been reported. A technological solution was sought to monitor for such rare but potentially catastrophic incidents. A novel device, BWATCH, was developed to detect fresh blood from wounds. Aims The aim of this clinical trial was to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of the device in detecting bleeding in a clinical environment. Methods This a prospective, observational study on inpatients who will have a dialysis catheter inserted or removed. The device will be placed over the dressing for at least 6 hours. An alarm will be triggered if the device detects moisture and wavelength of light reflected specific for haemoglobin.
Patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD) can experience symptoms such as lassitude, pain, muscle cramps, nausea, vomiting, constipation, diarrhea, rash, skin dryness, sleep disorders, and emotional and sexual problems after the treatment. Many chronic HD patients do not feel well after the treatment sessions and need some time to recover. This recovery time is defined as the time required to recover from the feelings of lassitude and fatigue.
In this study are included patients on hemodialysis with anemia (levels of Hemoglobin<110). After baseline measurements tha patients take Standardized Aronia melanocarpa extract for one mont and then all measurements were repeated.
The Carnation Ambulatory Monitor (CAM) is an innovative diagnostic patch device that allows to differentiate the different kinds of arrhythmias more precisely than any other ECG-monitoring device. It attaches on the sternum and can be carried for a week without any breaks. This allows a continuous rhythm monitoring without any gap for 7 days. This device will be used in dialysis patients to monitor arrhythmias during changes in volume and/or electrolyte balance due to dialysis, in the phases after dialysis as well as before dialysis in the short or long intervals between dialysis sessions.
The investigators designed a monitoring and control table of a citrate treatment on a specific monitor. This is the Baxter "Prismaflex" monitor, with 8.2 software version. Dialysis bath liquids marketed by Baxter: Biphozyl are used. Citrate liquid (1:18) Regiocit is used. The dialysis treatment monitor (CVVHD) is programmed, with a blood / citrate pumps at a rate of 1:10 (1 ml / min of blood: 10 ml / h of dialysis fluid) The starting dose of citrate will be 3.5 mmol / l and the calcium compensation will be 100% Working hypothesis: The patient undergoing citrate anticoagulation according to the designed algorithm will respond with ion stability and pH during the treatment, in addition to achieving an effective cleaning process.
Background: Severe acute kidney injury (AKI) among critically ill patients is sometimes treated with renal replacement therapy (RRT), and in Sweden continuous RRT (CRRT) is the dominant modality used in this population. - The optimal timing of renal replacement therapy (RRT) initiation in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) is unknown - No consensus to guide clinical practice on this issue - Lack of consistency regarding outcome measurements; should we look at morbidity or mortality? - Wide variability in the timing of RRT initiation in the intensive care unit (ICU) population Hypothesis: This is an important knowledge gap in the support of critically ill patients with AKI and we hypothesize that early initiation of RRT is beneficial. Methods: The present study aims to test this hypothesis by using a large scale high resolution intensive care database, the Clinisoft repository. In this database, we have information on >60 000 patients from three different hospitals and five ICUs, during the years 2005 up until today. The repository will be crossmatched, using the unique Swedish national ID number, with hospital records; to gather information on preexisting illnesses, chronic medication and post-ICU outcomes. It is likely that over 5%, more than 3000 patients, have been treated with RRT. We will categorize these patients into "early" and "late" groups using both biomarker data and clinical data. Importantly, early and late RRT can be categorized using biomarkers, like urea and creatinine; using degree of fluid accumulation, by level of pH in blood and just by using hours-days after ICU admission. All possible definitions of early/late RRT initiation can be tested in this study. Outcomes: Our primary outcome is 90 day mortality. Secondary outcomes include: mortality at 30, 60, 180 and 365 days. Two- and three year mortality. Morbidity, measured as end-stage renal disease (ESRD) for 90-day survivors. ICU length of stay, hospital length of stay.