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2009 OCT 19 ... via a small catheter, inserted into the jugular or femoral vein, similar to acute kidney dialysis. This treatment is expected to provide a significant benefit over intubation and ...
2009 OCT 13 ... through a peel-away sheath (implantable chest port) or de novo over the wire (tunneled dialysis catheter). Technical success of procedure performance, total US and procedure times, and adverse ...
2009 OCT 12 ... ureteral stents was 51.2 (3-118) months. Patency rate at last follow-up, resumption of dialysis therapy, or death was 75% (12 of 16 patients). In 4 patients (25%), stent occlusion ... In 4 patients (25%), stent occlusion developed, which was treated using a double-J catheter in 2 patients, stent removal and pyeloureterostomy using the native ureter in 1 patient, ...
2009 NOV 23 ... report. "All incident patients had catheters and fistula placement at dialysis initiation. In 35 patients the fistulas matured, the catheters were removed and the ... in maintenance hemodialysis patients, comparing those dialyzed using a non-infected catheter to those using arteriovenous fistulas," scientists writing in the journal Kidney ...
2009 NOV 23 ... peripheral circulation system and for clearing blocked catheters used in oncology and dialysis treatments. Dr, Karthikeshwar Kasirajan, MD, Assistant Professor of ... We now have the potential to expand the drug's indications into larger markets such as catheter clearance, oncology and ophthalmology and to use the existing product sales to ...
2009 NOV 23 ... "Both conditions are extremely uncommon in end-stage renal disease patients on dialysis. We report the first known case of combined chylothorax and chylous pericardial ... chylothorax and chylous pericardial tamponade in a dialysis patient associated with catheter-induced superior vena cava (SVC) stenosis," wrote A. Adekile and colleagues, State ...
2009 NOV 24 ... Fresh data on dialysis are presented in the report 'Hemodialysis access failure: a call to ... (82%) of patients initiating hemodialysis in the United States in 2006 did so with a catheter as the functioning access. Even in patients who have been followed by nephrologists for ...
2009 NOV 23 ... venous thromboembolism, and access malfunction are common clinical problems in dialysis patients that prompt consideration of warfarin therapy. Atrial fibrillation appears to ... A single randomized trial reported a clinically important benefit in prevention of catheter malfunction from warfarin and low-molecular weight heparin started within 12 hours of ...
2009 NOV 23 ... sessions explaining their treatment options, such as transplantation, home peritoneal dialysis (PD), home hemodialysis (HHD) or clinic-based hemodialysis (HD). The ... Dialysis fluid enters the peritoneal cavity through a small, plastic tube, called a catheter, surgically inserted in the abdomen. Extra fluid and waste travels across the peritoneal ...
2009 NOV 24 ... this question." James and colleagues published their study in Seminars in Dialysis (What's Next After Fistula First: Is an Arteriovenous Graft or Central Venous Catheter ...
2009 NOV 23 ... access of choice for hemodialysis, national-level information about vascular access at dialysis initiation has been unavailable in the United States. For incident hemodialysis ... to diabetes. Vascular access proportions were: fistula, 13.2% of patients; graft, 4.3%; catheter/maturing fistula, 16.0%; catheter/maturing graft, 3.3%; and catheter alone, 63.2%. ...
2009 NOV 2 ... failure is an important clinical problem in patients on maintenance peritoneal dialysis (PD) and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Acute ultrafiltration failure ... failure (AUFF) is usually secondary to mechanical problems with the peritoneal catheter or peritoneal leakage," investigators in Hong Kong, People's Republic of China report. ...
2009 OCT 12 ... a statistically significant reduction in bacteremia rates compared with a tunneled dialysis catheter (TDC) literature control of 2.3/1000 days. HeRO-related bacteremia rates, adequacy of ...
2009 OCT 27 ... Satellite Healthcare, one of the nation's first and leading providers of kidney dialysis services and a major sponsor of nephrology research, announced that its chief ... MB, BS FRACP, FASN "An Effective Strategy for Preventing Hemodialysis Catheter Infection and Keywords: Dialysis, Kidney, Nephrology, Satellite Healthcare. ...
2009 NOV 23 ... According to recent research published in the journal Dialysis & Transplantation, "Catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI) is a source of ...
2009 NOV 9 ... biofilm embedded in silicone catheters," scientists writing in the journal Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation report. "Four- and 24-h biofilms of Staphylococcus aureus, ... locking of catheters with antimicrobial agents is frequently used for preventing catheter-related infections, often associated with biofilm formation. We determined the ...
2009 NOV 23 ... consequence of HD. The aim of this study was to examine the impact of AVF flow (Qa) on dialysis-induced cardiac injury. We studied 50 chronic HD patients. All patients underwent ... for hemodialysis (HD). Despite being associated with superior long-term outcomes (cf. catheter use), little is known about the systemic hemodynamic consequences of AVFs," scientists ...
2009 NOV 24 ... the impact of the surgical versus the percutaneous insertion technique on peritoneal dialysis catheter (PDCs) complications and survival." "Our study population comprised 152 ...
2009 NOV 2 ... (CoNS) is responsible for cases of refractory and relapsing peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients, probably by biofilm formation on the catheter. The ISPD recommends ...
