Burden of informal caregivers of patients with pressure ulcers in a primary care setting.

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the burden experienced by the caregivers of patients with pressure ulcers (PUs) and the variables that might contribute to its manifestation.

Method: This cross-sectional study enrolled primary care patients and their informal caregivers. To assess the burden experienced by the caregivers, the Zarit Burden Interview, short-form version (ZBI) was used.

Sequential body composition analysis by bioimpedance early post-kidney transplantation.

Background: While chronic renal failure patients present disturbed body water composition, few studies have been done on its behavior following kidney grafting (Tx). We report the changes associated with a successful Tx on body composition evaluated by bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA).

Methods: Twelve Tx (seven males, five females) were studied.

Bioimpedance analysis highlights changes in body composition at the early stages of impairment of kidney transplant function.

Objective: Kidney transplantation restores renal filtration, although it does not achieve the function of 2 native kidneys, and with time it may involute back to chronic renal failure. We hypothesized that bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) might highlight differences for body compartments among kidney transplants (Tx) with different filtration rates.

Methods: Thirty transplantation patients (19 male, 11 female) were studied at 62.