Peripheral arterial disease in hemodialysis patients 10 years later.

Background And Objective: Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) on hemodialysis present high cardiovascular comorbidity. Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is associated with higher mortality and the interest in its early detection and treatment is increasing. The objective of this study is to determine the frequency and severity of symptomatic PAD, and to establish its relationship with mortality in HD patients that have received treated early and compare them with a cohort of our center already reported.

Body composition and ventricular function in hemodialysis patients.

There is no evidence about the potential role of body composition on cardiovascular mortality in dialysis patients. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between body composition and changes in ventricular function. We conducted an observational study over a population of 78 patients on chronic hemodialysis.

COVID-19: clinical course and outcomes of 36 hemodialysis patients in Spain.

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pneumonia emerged in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Unfortunately, there is a lack of evidence about the optimal management of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and even less is available in patients on maintenance hemodialysis therapy than in the general population. In this retrospective, observational, single-center study, we analyzed the clinical course and outcomes of all maintenance hemodialysis patients hospitalized with COVID-19 from March 12th to April 10th, 2020 as confirmed by real-time polymerase chain reaction.