Dialysis time: what you prescribe is what you get? (WYPIWYG).

The duration of a dialysis session is an essential parameter in determining dialysis efficiency and hence adequacy. The aim of this study was to measure the real dialysis time and to compare it to the prescribed time. For 12 months, 8412 dialysis treatments were allocated a number and a random sample of 100 was selected using a computer generated randomisation code.

Continuous administration of intravenous iron during haemodialysis.

A simple, safe and potentially cost effective method of giving intravenous iron to patients receiving regular haemodialysis therapy is described. The heparin and iron are mixed in normal saline and given as a continuous infusion via the syringe pump present on the modern dialysis machine. No pharmacological incompatibility was observed between iron polymaltose and Heparin Choay or Heparin Roche.

Hemodialysis-related lesions of the hand.

Chronic hemodialysis patients often have lesions of the hands characterized by distinctive etiopathogenic mechanisms and functional consequences. We conducted a prospective cross-sectional study in 116 patients with a mean age of 55.9 years and a mean hemodialysis duration of 8.