[PDF] Top 20 Vascular calcifications in an incident population of peritoneal dialysis patients

... phenomenon of calcium–phosphorus crystals precipitation from oversaturated ...as an active process that involves vascular smooth muscle cells transformation into osteoblast-like cells ...(8). ... See full document

... mostly in Western countries, age is no longer an absolute limitation for renal replacement therapy (RRT); however, some elderly patients are still not considered for peritoneal dialysis ... See full document

... [1]. In the general population, this condition is often associated with metabolic stresses and an inadequate ...However, in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), loss of ... See full document

... calcification in HD patients.[10] In addition, low bone volume has been recognized as an important risk factor for the occurrence of fractures in both the general ... See full document

... cause of chronic renal failure, challenging therapy strategies. Patients with diabetes may benefit from peritoneal dialysis (PD) but higher technique failure is ...outcomes of this ... See full document

... state of immune system suppression and this condition can be deteriorated by the progression of the disease and be exacerbated during dialysis [1,2] ...death of immunologically deficient ... See full document

... UFF in our study we distinguish 3 groups of ...top of increased effective capillary surface, also with higher values of effluent ...Three patients pre- sented an increased ... See full document

... type of ESI episodes, namely G+ or G- ...frequently in cases associated with vitamin D supplementation, comparing to the sample of ...events. An increasing number of studies are ... See full document

... none of these studies show that this DPI of ...tions in healthy adults, the recommended intake of ...97.5% of the population (mean±2 SD). Still, many (but not all) ... See full document

... since peritoneal phosphate clearance was higher in patients with lower renal ...and vascular calcifi- cation. A low fractional excretion of phosphate/ FGF-23 ratio has been associated ... See full document

... cause of end-stage renal disease in developed and undeveloped countries [2,4,5], and investigations into the most appropriate choice of dialysis modality for this population are ... See full document

... prevalence of PH as high as 30–60% in cohorts and correlated this high incidence with increased mortality and poor renal transplantation outcome ...uremic patients receiving chronic dialysis ... See full document

... rate of PD patients was lower than controls, although not attaining statistical significance, which can be supported by the fact that the PD patients have fluid intake restriction, drug therapy side ... See full document

... pathogenesis of EPS remains incompletely understood. Simple peritoneal fibrosis accompanies nearly all PD treatment, resulting in gradual impairment of ultrafiltration that can necessitate ... See full document

... not an independent predictor for mortality in an older patient group [19], while it was a significant risk factor for mortality in the present ...study. In addition, myocardial ... See full document

... all patients who started PD between October 1985 and June 2011 in Peritoneal Dialysis Unit, Nephrology Department, CHP – Santo António Hospital, Porto, ...Consecutive incident end-stage ... See full document

... agents of PD-related infections in our group of PD patients were ...26]. In the present study, all the patients with ...reservoir of PD-related infections induced by these ... See full document

... two of the most reliable and widely used devices. In this regard, the handgrip dynamometer has been previously used to evaluate muscle strength of the upper limb in patients undergoing ... See full document

... help of a manual Doppler device (MD6 bidirectional Doppler from ...patient in a su- pine position for 5 min, the systolic blood pressure (SBP) was evaluated in the brachial artery of the arm ... See full document

... First, an observational study cannot prove ...enrolled patients who had received PD for more than one year with at least three check-ups of serum potassium, patients with relatively lower or ... See full document