Quality indicators for primary health care in chronic kidney disease in the public service of a city in the State of São Paulo, Brazil.

Complications of chronic kidney disease (CKD) can be avoided when promptly diagnosed and treated. The objective was to describe quality indicators of CKD detection and health care in the primary care public service of a city in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. This retrospective study analyzed charts of patients who attended primary care in the public service between November 2019 and February 2020.

Association between fibroblast growth factor 23 and functional capacity among independent elderly individuals.

Objective: To examine the association of between serum fibroblast growth factor 23 and the functional capacity among independent individuals, aged 80 or older.

Methods: The functional capacity of 144 elderly was assessed by Instrumental Activities of Daily Living, cognitive tests, handgrip strength and the timed ability to rise from a chair and sit down five times. Fibroblast growth factor 23 was measured using an ELISA assay.

Access to treatment for chronic kidney disease by children and adolescents in Brazil.

Background: This study aimed to identify main factors associated with child and adolescent access to chronic kidney disease (CKD) treatment in Brazil.

Methods: Multi-center cross-sectional study conducted in eight pediatric nephrology centers across all Brazilian geographic regions. Information was collected on characteristics associated with referral and treatment of patients with CKD.

Variability in Hemoglobin Levels and the Factors Associated with Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients: A 78-Month Follow-Up Study.

Some studies have described that when the hemoglobin levels of chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients change, especially in those taking erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESA), they are associated with unfavorable outcomes such as increased morbidity and mortality, mainly due to cardiovascular events. This prospective cohort study included patients with end-stage renal disease currently undergoing hemodialysis. The initial 6-month clinical evaluation provided data of the variability in hemoglobin, associated blood parameters, and the use of erythropoietin.

Brazilian dialysis survey 2019.

Introduction: National data on chronic dialysis treatment are essential for the development of health policies that aim to improve the treatment of patients.

Objective: To present data from the Brazilian Dialysis Survey 2019, promoted by the Brazilian Society of Nephrology.

Methods: Data collection from dialysis units in the country through a completed online questionnaire for 2019.

Quality of life and spirituality of patients with chronic kidney disease: pre- and post-transplant analysis.

Objective: to compare the quality of life (QoL) of patients under dialysis and after kidney transplant; correlate the QoL of transplant patients to sociodemographic, morbid and spirituality/religiosity variables.

Method: prospective study with a quantitative approach, with a sample of 27 patients who underwent peritoneal dialysis or dialysis undergoing kidney transplant. QoL and spirituality were assessed by the KDQOL-SF and WHOQOL-SRPB tools, being correlated with sociodemographic and economic variables.

Brazilian Dialysis Census: analysis of data from the 2009-2018 decade.

Introduction: National data on chronic dialysis treatment are essential for the development of health policies that aim to improve patient treatment.

Objective: To present data from the Brazilian Society of Nephrology on patients with chronic dialysis for kidney disease in July 2018, making a comparative analysis of the past 10 years.

Methods: Data collection from dialysis units, with filling in an online questionnaire for 2018.

Educational nursing intervention to reduce the hyperphosphatemia in patients on hemodialysis.

Objective:: to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational nursing intervention to reduce hyperphosphataemia in chronic renal patients on hemodialysis.

Method:: quasi-experimental study with 63 hyperphosphatemic patients on hemodialysis. The intervention consisted of developing and providing a printed and illustrated manual to patients containing information on disease control.

The risk factors for and effects of visceral leishmaniasis in graft and renal transplant recipients.

Background: The aim of this study was to identify the risk factors for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in renal transplant recipients and to analyze the impacts of this disease on graft success and patient health.

Methods: This retrospective, case-control study examined 120 renal transplant patients in a VL endemic area. The treatment group included patients (n=20) who developed VL after transplantation, and the control group (n=100) was composed of renal transplant recipients without VL.

Chronic dialysis in Brazil: report of the Brazilian dialysis census, 2011.

Introduction: National data on maintenance dialysis are important for treatment planning.

Aim: To describe the results of the dialysis census of the Brazilian Society of Nephrology for 2011 and observed trends from 2000 to 2011.

Methods: A survey was conducted using questionnaire filled online by the dialysis units, with July as reference month for estimates.

Quality of life in patients with chronic kidney disease.

Aim: To compare the dimensions of quality of life in the stages of chronic kidney disease and the influence of sociodemographic, clinical and laboratory data.

Introduction: The information available on the quality of life of patients on conservative treatment and the relationship between the quality of life and glomerular filtration rate is limited.

Methods: 155 patients in stages 1-5 of chronic kidney disease and 36 in hemodialysis were studied.

Brazilian dialysis census, 2009.

Introduction: National dialysis data are fundamental for treatment planning.

Objective: To report data of the annual survey of the Brazilian Society of Nephrology about chronic renal failure patients on dialysis in January 2009.

Methods: A survey based on data of dialysis units from the whole country.

Incidence of bloodstream infection among patients on hemodialysis by central venous catheter.

This study evaluated the incidence and risk factors of bloodstream infection (BSI) among patients with a double-lumen central venous catheter (CVC) for hemodialysis (HD) and identified the microorganisms isolated from the bloodstream. A follow-up included all patients (n=156) who underwent hemodialysis by double-lumen CVC at the Federal University of São Paulo-UNIFESP, Brazil, over a one-year period. From the group of patients, 94 presented BSI, of whom 39 had positive cultures at the central venous catheter insertion location.