Home-based training using neuromuscular electrical stimulation in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis: A pilot study.

There is ample evidence that maintenance of basic physical fitness through exercise training is crucial for patients with chronic renal insufficiency. Rehabilitation based on neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) of thigh muscles has been shown to have many beneficial effects in patients with chronic diseases. It is likely that NMES could have beneficial effects also in patients on chronic ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD).

[Metabolic syndrome after kidney transplantation].

Introduction: Metabolic syndrome is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. Higher risk of the metabolic syndrome and its components in patients after kidney transplantation is caused by immunosuppressive therapy. THE AIM OF OUR STUDY was to evaluate the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and its components in kidney transplant recipients and to analyse their influence on allograft function and albuminuria.

[Haemodialysis - the current practice].

New techniques and technological innovations developed over the last decades have facilitated improvements in haemodialysis. An emphasis is on an early insertion of arteriovenous fistula as a venous access for haemodialysis. Dialysis treatment should be initiated when the glomerular filtration rate falls to 8-10 mL/min, and to15 mL/min when the patients have risk factors.

[Hypertension and cardiovascular complications of chronic renal failure].

Chronic renal failure is associated with a significant cardiovascular risk due to an increased incidence of cardiovascular risk factors (hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia). Cardiovascular mortality is due to an increased incidence of left ventricular hypertrophy, ischemic heart disease and chronic heart failure. Management focuses on risk factors, mainly high blood pressure in patients with mild to moderate chronic kidney disease, but it often fails in patients with chronic kidney failure.

[More than 10 years of complete remission of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance and cessation of light chain deposition disease-associated nephrotic syndrome following treatment with vincristine, adriamycin and high-dose dexamethasone (VAD)].

Light chain deposits in the form of amorphous material (light chain deposition disease) damage most frequently kidneys and, less frequently, they affect other organs. The incidence of light chain deposition disease is much lower than that of AL-amyloidosis. Symmetrical swelling of both legs, swelling of the eye lids, erythrocyturia and nephrotic proteinuria were the first signs of light chain deposition disease in our patient.