A new test has been developed to predict sudden cardiac death
in hemodialysis patients in whom such forecasts were previously impossible.
But exercise stress testing is inappropriate for diagnosis in
hemodialysis patients who have multiple complications including muscle weakness, osteoporosis and peripheral arterial disease.»
«Information gained about the concerns and attitudes
of hemodialysis patients regarding living donor kidney transplantation might help us develop targeted interventions designed to alleviate some existing disparities,» said Dr. Gillespie.
To investigate, Vimal Derebail, MD, MPH (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill / UNC Kidney Center) and his colleagues examined laboratory and clinical data over six months in 2011 concerning 5319 adult African -
American hemodialysis patients.
With hemodialysis patients, a high serum ferritin before there was serological evidence of hepatitis B virus infection increased the likelihood that the infection would be persistent.
For anorexia and improving overall nutrition in elderly
malnourished hemodialysis patients: granules of branched - chain amino acids consisting of valine, leucine, and isoleucine at a dose of 4 grams taken three times daily.
Effect of thermal therapy using hot water bottles on brain natriuretic peptide in chronic hemodialysis patients
In a clinical setting, BMIPP scintigraphy can be used in
hemodialysis patients who are identified as high risk by abnormal Q wave and increased C - reactive protein.
Dr Hashimoto said: «
Hemodialysis patients are at increased risk of sudden cardiac death because they often have latent ischaemic heart disease which reduces blood flow to the heart.
In
hemodialysis patients, abnormal uptake of BMIPP has an independent and incremental value in the prediction of sudden cardiac death in combination with C - reactive protein and Q wave.
The current study investigated the ability of 3 methods, alone or in combination, to predict the risk of sudden cardiac death in
hemodialysis patients.
The full title of the B - SAFE study is BMIPP SPECT Analysis for Decreasing Cardiac Events in
Hemodialysis Patients.
Cardiac function assessment for heart failure, coronary angiography for ischaemic heart disease and Holter ECG monitoring for lethal arrhythmias can identify the type of myocardial injury and help physicians select a prophylactic therapeutic strategy against sudden cardiac death in
hemodialysis patients.»
Hemodialysis patients who had 2 or 3 abnormal measures were at 145 times increased risk.
«New test predicts sudden cardiac death in
hemodialysis patients.»
Bloodstream infections are a leading cause of hospitalization and death in
hemodialysis patients.
«Antibiotic therapy reduces mortality by 68 percent in
hemodialysis patients.»
An antibiotic therapy known to reduce catheter - related bloodstream infections in
hemodialysis patients has been shown for the first time to reduce mortality, according to a Henry Ford Health System study.
(37) In 2000, Boaz published a study in Lancet showing that 800 IU / daily of natural Vitamin E reduced heart attacks by 70 % over 1.4 years in
Hemodialysis patients.
Clinical utility of far - infrared therapy for improvement of vascular access blood flow and pain control in hemodialysis patients
Another human study (Tayebi Khosroshahi HI 2018) found that resistant starch significantly reduced inflammatory and oxidative biomarkers TNF - alpha, IL - 6, malondialdehyde as well as serum urea and creatinine in
hemodialysis patients.
For example, a study published in Nephro - Urology Monthly in 2016 examined the use of aromatherapy with rose water for anxiety in
hemodialysis patients and found that rose water noticeably reduced anxiety levels.
Rashidi, A. A., Salehi, M., Piroozmand, A., and Sagheb, M. M. Effects of zinc supplementation on serum zinc and C - reactive protein concentrations in
hemodialysis patients.
Matson, A., Wright, M., Oliver, A., Woodrow, G., King, N., Dye, L., Blundell, J., Brownjohn, A., and Turney, J. Zinc supplementation at conventional doses does not improve the disturbance of taste perception in
hemodialysis patients.
The effects of zinc supplementation on serum zinc and cholesterol concentrations in
hemodialysis patients.
Effects of zinc supplementation on the immune system and on antibody response to multivalent influenza vaccine in
hemodialysis patients.
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