Neutrophil:lymphocyte ratio predicts short-term outcome of COVID-19 in haemodialysis patients.

Background: Information regarding coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in haemodialysis (HD) patients is limited and early studies suggest a poor outcome. We aimed to identify clinical and biological markers associated with severe forms of COVID-19 in HD patients.

Methods: We conducted a prospective, observational and multicentric study.

Feasibility and outcomes of native arteriovenous fistula in octogenarians.

Introduction: While the native arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is the preferred dialysis access, it is a matter of debate for individuals older than 80 years due to reduced primary patency rates.

Materials And Methods: We initiated a single-center, observational retrospective analysis of adult dialysis patients from January 2015 to December 2018. We included all patients older than 70 years with a minimum of 12 months of follow-up, beginning from the AVF creation.

Relative Change of Protidemia Level Predicts Intradialytic Hypotension.

Background Hemodialysis patients are at risk of intradialytic hypotension (IDH), which is associated with mortality and cardiovascular and neurological events. The use of biomarkers of volemia such as relative change in protidemia and BNP (B-natriuretic peptide) levels to predict IDH remains unknown. Methods and Results We conducted a prospective observational study, which enrolled 170 chronic hemodialysis patients in a single center from September 2015 to March 2016.

Mathematical model to predict B-type natriuretic peptide levels in haemodialysis patients.

Aim: Clinical interpretation of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels in haemodialysis (HD) patients for fluid management remains elusive.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective observational monocentric study. We built a mathematical model to predict BNP levels, using multiple linear regressions.