[Effect of Central Dialysis Fluid Delivery System (CDDS) using high flux dialyzer versus Regular water treatment stations on endotoxemia and inflammatory markers among prevalent patients on Regular Hemodialysis].

Purpose: In this study, we compared the effects of a single patient dialysis fluid delivery system (SPDDS) against a continuous dialysis fluid delivery system (CDDS) on inflammatory markers and endotoxemia in a population of patients receiving routine hemodialysis (HD) at Ain Shams University.

Materials And Methods: Eighty prevalent HD patients, ages 18 to 60, who were clinically stable and receiving thrice weekly dialysis treatments via an arteriovenous fistula were the subjects of a cross-sectional research. The study excluded patients with double lumen venous catheters used for hemodialysis, acute infections, cancer, and chronic liver disease.

Central obesity and risks of cardiovascular events and mortality in prevalent hemodialysis patients.

Background: To date, no attempt has been made to assess the best anthropometric method for defining abdominal adiposity in hemodialysis (HD) patients or to determine whether the quantity of intra-abdominal fat relates to morbidity and mortality in that population. We aimed to describe the prevalence of central obesity in HD patients and to investigate the relationship between central obesity assessed by anthropometric variables, and composite outcomes, cardiovascular morbidity and mortality among HD patients and whether this parameter correlates with intra-abdominal fat assessed by computed tomography scan (CT scan).

Methods: The procedures followed were in accord with the ethical standards of the committee on human experimentation of our institution.