Risk of heparin lock-related bleeding when using indwelling venous catheter in haemodialysis.

Background: The indwelling venous catheter such as Dual-Cath or Twin-Cath is widely used in haemodialysis. Although the manufacturer recommends filling the catheter lumen with heparin after the dialysis session to prevent clotting, little is known about the systemic effects of such a procedure.

Methods: Twenty haemodialysis patients with Dual-Cath were studied.

213 elderly uremic patients over 75 years of age treated with long-term peritoneal dialysis: a French multicenter study.

Unlabelled: We report our experience in 213 elderly patients over 75 years treated by peritoneal dialysis (PD) as first and exclusive dialysis therapy. The mean age at start of PD was 79.4 +/- 3.

[Vaccination against hepatitis B virus. Value of intradermal administration in dialysed patients non responsive to intramuscular approach].

Objectives: Approximately 16-27% of dialysis patients (DP) have no detectable antibodies after 5 intramuscular injections of hepatitis B vaccine and represent a group at high risk to contract hepatitis B virus. We report the efficacy of the intradermal route of a recombinant hepatitis B vaccine (r-HBV) in non-responsive dialysis patients in our dialysis unit.

Methods: Intradermal vaccinations were performed in 20 dialysis patients (mean age 62 years) non-responsive to the intramuscular injections (mean 6.

[Peritoneal dialysis in people more than 75 years old].

Over 75 years old peritoneal dialysis patients can be treated with at least as good results as those of hemodialysis. Peritoneal dialysis is the only method used to treat old patients at home with psychological profits. Regarding the lack of references on nutritional state of uremic old patients and on early death forecast factors geriatric peritoneal dialysis knowledges are not yet well established.