Analyses of data of patients with Thrombotic Microangiopathy in the WAA registry.

Unlabelled: Thrombotic Microangiopathy (TMA) is a histopathological feature of various diseases including thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and hemolytic uremic syndrome. The aim of this study was to investigate the outcome and prognostic variables of TMA-patients.

Materials And Methods: Data were consecutively retrieved from the WAA-apheresis registry (www.

Thrombotic microangiopathy.

Thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) is a histopathological feature of various diseases including thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) and hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). There are many secondary causes of TMA, many of them could mimic TTP or HUS. This article presents a short overview on TMA.

Minimized weight gain between hemodialysis contributes to a reduced risk of death.

Unlabelled: The risk of death is higher in dialysis patients compared to age matched healthy subjects, the main reason being cardiovascular. This prospective study investigated if the extent of ultrafiltration was of importance for the outcome.

Material And Methods: 88 hemodialysis patients were included and followed prospectively.