Publications by authors named "Euan J Carlisle"
Hypophosphatemia is observed in patients undergoing nocturnal hemodialysis. Phosphate is commonly added to the dialysate acid bath, but systematic evaluation of the safety and reliability of this strategy is lacking. The objectives of this study were 4-fold.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTreatment of the anemia of chronic renal failure with exogenous recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEpo) is well established. The objective of this randomized clinical trial was to evaluate an anemia management team protocol in hemodialysis patients, using subcutaneous rHuEpo and intravenous iron. A total of 215 patients were randomized to either usual care or the protocol.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRisk factors for increased variability in dialysis delivery in haemodialysis patients.
Nephrol Dial Transplant
October 2003
Background: Numerous events may occur during a haemodialysis session, leading to variation in the quantity of dialysis received. The purpose of this study was to identify risk factors for variability in haemodialysis delivery.
Methods: Variability in dialysis delivery was expressed by the coefficient of variation (CV%) and calculated for the volume of blood processed (VBP) for all treatments and the monthly urea reduction ratio (URR) in each patient over an 8 month period.
Background: Knowledge that adequacy measures such as the urea reduction ratio (URR) or Kt/V(urea) are being measured on haemodialysis may influence the behaviour of patients or staff such that the treatment may be better on those days. This study therefore tested the hypothesis that mean volume of blood processed (VBP), utilized as a surrogate for adequacy, is higher on adequacy measurement days than non-measurement days.
Methods: Patients were identified who had been on haemodialysis over the preceding 8 months.