A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Apixaban With the Vitamin K Antagonist Phenprocoumon in Patients on Chronic Hemodialysis: The AXADIA-AFNET 8 Study.

Background: Non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants have become the standard therapy for preventing stroke and ischemic thromboembolism in most patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). The effectiveness and safety of non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants in patients on hemodialysis is not well known.

Methods: From June 2017 through May 2022, AXADIA-AFNET 8 (Compare Apixaban and Vitamin K Antagonists in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and End-Stage Kidney Disease), an investigator-initiated PROBE (prospective randomized open blinded end point) outcome assessment trial, randomized patients with AF on chronic hemodialysis to either apixaban (2.

[Guidelines Clearing House Statement "Hypertension". Summary and recommendations for a rational hypertension guideline in Germany].

Background: In order to promote quality of hypertension management in Germany, a national hypertension guidelines clearing project was initiated in 1999 by the German Guidelines Clearinghouse.

Objectives: To identify and review published German- and English language hypertension guidelines. To establish criteria for future guideline development and implementation.

Transperitoneal calcium mass transfer using dialysate with a low calcium concentration (1.0 mM).

Lower dialysate calcium concentrations were recently proposed to overcome the risk of hypercalcemia in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients on calcium-containing phosphate binders and/or vitamin D metabolites using the standard dialysate calcium concentration (SCa) of 1.75 mM. To assess transperitoneal calcium mass transfer (CaMT) in CAPD patients using a dialysate with a low calcium concentration (LCa, 1.

[Surgical treatment of ulcer disease 5 years before and after the introduction of cimetidine].

To determine whether H2-antagonists have changed type and frequency of operations for peptic ulcer, all operations of the one hospital of a city with a population of 80 000 were analysed. The total number of operated patients decreased after cimetidine from 425 to 278 (35%). The ratio of male to female patients was 3:1 in either period.