J. Bras. Nefrol. vol.36 número4

Thus, the Framework with this central category of having life trapped in a machine, represents the process that explains the meaning mothers assign to their experience

In the multivariable models, oliguria and serum urea were positively associated with dialysis; otherwise, a lower serum creatinine at first consultation was independently

Conclusion: Reduction of the volemia of patients on peritoneal di- alysis, with no signs of hypervolemia, was associated with a better blood pressure control and with a decrease

Conclusion: We concluded that patients from North (Amazon) region present higher plasma Se levels when compared to the patients from Southeast of Brazil.. However,

The oxidative stress in HD patients has been reported as a result of increased pro-oxidant activity (advanced age, diabetes, chronic inflammatory state, uremic

Data sets were treated based on the 20 simulated scenarios, each having analytical information on the use and waste of alkaline solution at a concentration of 1:45, according to

In the group of patients studied here, tuberculosis occurred mainly during the first year after transplantation (66.6%), which could be explained by a possible reactivation

This review identified the need for studies to determine the pathophysiological mechanisms of kidney injury associated with smoking and the establishment of smoking as both