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Filter by:Thrice weekly hemodialysis has been the standard of care all-over the world for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) requiring renal replacement therapy (RRT). Despite being in the era of precision medicine and individualized healthcare, this program doesn't take into account patients with residual kidney function (RKF) who don't require a thrice weekly hemodialysis frequency. Incremental hemodialysis (defined as twice weekly hemodialysis initiation in incident hemodialysis patients with residual kidney function) has been raised as an alternative to the conventional thrice weekly dialysis. Retrospective trials has proved safety of a twice weekly initiation with comparative efficacy to the thrice weekly program. Despite that, there is paucity of prospective observational and rarity of randomized controlled trials comparing both regimens. In this study, the investigators tend to provide a more individualized incremental hemodialysis approach to incident hemodialysis patients with residual urine volume and RKF. The investigators will compare the results to ESRD patients initiating a thrice weekly hemodialysis program.
The purpose of this study is to investigate experimental medication BMS-986231 in patients with different levels of kidney function.
The clinical investigation will be performed to generate clinical data on clearances and removal rates (for ß2-microglobulin, myoglobin, phosphate, creatinine, and urea) as well as biocompatibility of the modified polysulfone membrane to obtain CE-certification according to the European Medical Device Directive for the FX Coral 600 (TD 16-1) dialyzer.
This pilot study aims to evaluate in an exploratory way the predictive power of a novel in vitro test (T50 Calcification Inhibition Test, T50 CIT), which measures the mineralization inhibition capacity of blood, in terms of its association with time to all-cause mortality in haemodialysis patients.
The purpose of this study is to characterise in detail cardiac, cerebral and renal structure, function and perfusion in patients on haemodialysis (HD) using magnetic imaging techniques. The effects of a standard prescription haemodialysis (dialysate temperature 37 C) will be compared to a thermocontrolled (or isothermic) haemodialysis prescription to ascertain if thermocontrolled HD provides a protective effect on organ perfusion and circulatory stress when compared to conventional haemodialysis. The BTM (blood temperature monitor, Fresenius) offers a way to overcome this to regulate thermal balance during dialysis and achieve a neutral thermal balance (isothermic) over the dialysis session. Other dialysis parameters will be standardised between treatment arms using blood volume monitoring (BVM) and clinical assessments.
This is a prospective clinical study of the VasQ external support for arteriovenous fistulas. The device is designed to improve fistula outcomes by optimizing the geometrical configuration of the fistula, influencing hemodynamics, minimizing turbulence and promote laminar flow. All patients will be implanted with the VasQ device and will be followed up for a duration of 24 months.
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a malignant plasma cell disorder, characterized by the presence of more than 10 % of clonal plasma cells in the bone marrow. Therapeutic intervention is recommended when at least one of the myeloma defining events occurs (CRAB features). Renal impairment (RI) is one of the most common complications of MM, accounting for 20-30 % of MM patients at diagnosis and 40-50% of patients during the course of their disease. To date, there is no defined consensus for the management of myeloma patients with renal failure. It is then of clinical importance to better considering available therapeutic options to improve responses and survival of these patients.
Transient renal insufficiency is frequently observed in the course of cardiovascular arrest. Although elevation of creatinine is reversible in a large majority of cases, severe renal insufficiency is sometimes observed and is associated with a dark prognosis. Any intervention that may limit the worsening of renal function may have an impact on patient mortality. There is currently no validated pharmacological treatment to limit the progression of ARI or to accelerate its recovery. A major challenge then concerns the detection of the reversible character of renal damage. Renal biomarkers have been little studied in the prediction of severe ARI and mortality after cardiac arrest. The combination of TIMP2 (tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase) and insulin-like growth factor binding protein (IGFBP7) in urine showed good diagnostic performance in the early detection of the risk of developing acute renal failure within 12 hours. Measured in the urine, the excretion of these two markers specifically reflects renal tubular lesions. Moreover, their rate seems to be strongly correlated with the severity of the tubular lesions. Thus, it can be reasonably assumed that their very early dosing in post-cardiac arrest could detect the presence and severity of renal tubular lesions. A threshold to be defined would discriminate patients at risk of developing an ARI within 48 hours post ACR and to distinguish between severe transient and severe persistent lesions beyond 72 hours.
The research protocol is a Randomized Clinical Trial that has the effectiveness of a given respiratory muscle training protocol over the indicative variables: Pulmonary function; Markers of oxidative stress and inflammation, endothelial markers and Quality of life in patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis. According to the Investigators, this topic was proposed since it is known that several pulmonary complications occur as a consequence of chronic kidney disease due to uremic myopathy. Therefore, the hypothesis is that the application of a respiratory muscle training protocol will contribute positively pulmonary functionality and a decrease in oxidative stress and inflammation in chronic kidney patients, consequently, will bring improvement in the quality of life for these patients. The Patients will be divided into two groups: control group - No intervention of the Muscular Training (CG) And Intervention Group (GI). The intervention protocol will be composed of respiratory muscle training And lasts for two (2) months, with three (3) visits per week. It will be carried out through Threshold PeP appliance. The twelve (12) first training sessions will have a total duration of 30 minutes 15 minutes with inspiratory load of 20 cmH2O and 15 minutes with expiratory load of 20 CmH 2 O; and the others (12) twelve sessions will last 40 minutes each, with 20 minutes with an inspiratory load of 20 CmH2O and 20 minutes with expiratory load of 20 cmH2O. The variables evaluated will be: muscular strength Respiratory (maximum inspiratory pressure and maximum expiratory pressure - Pimáx and Pemáx); Lung function (Slow Vital Capacity - CVL, forced expiratory volume in the first minute - VEF1, Vital Capacity Forced - CVF and Maximum Voluntary Ventilation - VVM); Serum levels of oxidative stress markers, endothelial markers and endothelin.
To evaluate the effect of automated recording on frequency of recorded scores, number of automated notifications and serious events.