Mediterranean Diet: A Dietary Pattern Related to Nutritional Benefits for Hemodialysis Patients.

Objectives: In adults with chronic kidney disease, not on dialysis, there is a recent recommendation suggesting the prescription of a Mediterranean diet pattern but there is still no evidence to suggest a specific dietary pattern for hemodialysis (HD) patients. The aim of this study was to identify dietary patterns in HD patients and analyze their relationship with nutritional status, physical activity, and survival.

Design And Methods: This was a longitudinal prospective multicenter study with 12 months of follow-up that included 582 HD patients from 37 dialysis centers.

A New Cytology Staining Method: A Fast Approach for Rapid On-Site Evaluation on Thyroid Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology.

Introduction: Thyroid fine-needle aspiration (FNA) is a well-established technique in the cytology literature. Through the introduction of rapid stains in cytology practice, the ever-increasing utility of rapid on-site evaluation (ROSE) has strengthened the place of FNA as a primary diagnostic method in patient management. There are few stain variants available in the market for ROSE, namely Diff-Quik (DQ), Toluidine blue, and ultrafast Papanicolaou stains.

Potassium Intake-(Un)Expected Non-Predictor of Higher Serum Potassium Levels in Hemodialysis DASH Diet Consumers.

As high serum potassium levels can lead to adverse outcomes in hemodialysis (HD) patients, dietary potassium is frequently restricted in these patients. However, recent studies have questioned whether dietary potassium really affects serum potassium levels. The dietary approaches to stop hypertension (DASH) diet is considered a healthy dietary pattern that has been related to lower risk of developing end-stage kidney disease.

Zinc Deficient Intake in Hemodialysis Patients: A Path to a High Mortality Risk.

Background: Zinc is essential for human nutrition and plays an important role in hemodialysis (HD) patients. The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship between zinc intake and mortality in HD patients.

Methods: This is a longitudinal, prospective, multicenter study with 582 HD patients from 37 dialysis centers.

Dietary Intake, Body Composition, and Clinical Parameters: Associations Between the Level and Type of Physical Activity in Hemodialysis Patients.

Background: Physical inactivity and muscle wasting potentiate each other and are highly prevalent among hemodialysis (HD) patients. The authors evaluated the association between physical activity (PA), clinical, nutritional, and body composition parameters in HD patients.

Methods: Multicenter cross-sectional study with 581 HD patients.

Dietary Advice in Hemodialysis Patients: Impact of a Telehealth Approach During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of a telehealth-delivered nutritional intervention via telephone in maintenance hemodialysis (HD) patients during the coronavirus outbreak.

Methods: This was a multicenter, observational, prospective, and longitudinal study of 156 patients undergoing maintenance HD from 15 dialysis units conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic. We assigned patients to receive dietary counseling through a phone call, according to their biochemical and nutritional parameters.

Low body cell mass index in hemodialysis patients: Association with clinical parameters and survival.

Introduction: Body cell mass (BCM) is a useful nutritional marker and is not affected by changes in the hydration status that commonly occur in hemodialysis (HD) patients. This study aimed to examine the association between body cell mass index (BCMI) and nutritional parameters, as well as its relationship with long-term survival in these patients.

Methods: This longitudinal prospective multicenter study followed a cohort of patients in HD for 24 months.

Evaluating haemodialysis patient's nutritional status: Body mass index or body cell mass index?

Objective: Evaluate which of two combinations of parameters based on International Society of Renal Nutrition and Metabolism recommendations could better identify patients with protein-energy wasting (PEW) and to compare the relationship of these two combinations with other clinical and body composition parameters.

Methods: This was a multicentre longitudinal study with 24 months of follow-up. The PEW patients were characterized by: Group A (G ) - normalized protein catabolic rate (nPCR) < 1.

Coffee consumption in hemodialysis patients: how many?

Background And Aims: Coffee is one of the most widely consumed beverages worldwide. However, fluid intake restriction is an important and difficult challenge for hemodialysis (HD) patients. The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of coffee intake on hydration and nutritional parameters of HD patients.

Nutritional parameters as mortality predictors in haemodialysis: Differences between genders.

Background: Malnutrition is common in patients undergoing haemodialysis (HD). Several studies have described different nutritional parameters as mortality predictors but few have studied whether there are differences between genders. This study aimed to evaluate which nutrition parameters may be associated with mortality in patients undergoing long-term HD depending on their gender.

Hypophosphatemia: nutritional status, body composition, and mortality in hemodialysis patients.

Purpose: The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between serum phosphate levels, clinical parameters, body composition, and mortality.

Methods: Multicenter longitudinal observational study of a cohort of 3552 patients in hemodialysis (HD) from 34 Nephrocare dialysis units in Portugal with 24 months of follow-up. Patients were divided into three groups depending on their serum phosphorus (<3.

Body Composition and Mortality Predictors in Hemodialysis Patients.

Objective: To evaluate how different compartments of body composition can affect survival in hemodialysis (HD) patients.

Design: Multicenter longitudinal observational study of a cohort of patients in HD with 12 months of follow-up.

Setting: Patients from 34 Nephrocare dialysis units in Portugal were included.

Effect of personalized nutritional counseling in maintenance hemodialysis patients.

Monitoring nutritional parameters is an integral part of hemodialysis (HD) patient treatment program. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of the personalized nutritional counseling (PNC) on calcium-phosphorus metabolism, potassium, albumin, protein intake, interdialytic weight gain (IDWG), body composition parameters and fluid overload in HD patients. This was a multicenter longitudinal intervention study with 6 months of follow-up and 731 patients on maintenance HD from 34 dialysis units in Portugal were enrolled.

Factors limiting immunization coverage in urban Dili, Timor-Leste.

Background: Timor-Leste's immunization coverage is among the poorest in Asia. The 2009/2010 Demographic and Health Survey found that complete vaccination coverage in urban areas, at 47.7%, was lower than in rural areas, at 54.

Safety and efficacy of a 1-year treatment with zoledronic acid compared with pamidronate in children with osteogenesis imperfecta.

Pamidronate (PAM) infusion is the standard treatment in children with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI). Zoledronic acid (ZOL) is a bisphosphonate with higher potency and faster intravenous infusion, but its efficacy and safety has not been established for OI patients. We report an open-label, prospective, and randomized clinical analysis to study the safety and efficacy of ZOL compared with PAM in 23 children with OI.

Restriction fragment length polymorphism of urease C and urease B genes of Helicobacter pylori strains isolated from Brazilian patients with peptic ulcer and chronic gastritis.

The aim of the present work is to identify the presence of Helicobacter pylori bacterium in samples of gastric mucosa fragments, obtained by gastric biopsy, from Brazilian patients with peptic ulcer and chronic gastritis and also to determine differences among the prevalent strains in these two diseases by urease C and urease B genes amplification utilizing nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and PCR. We encountered 17 genotyping patterns for urease C and 7 for urease B and, although no significant differences were found among the patterns encountered for both diseases, we found predominant groups for each disease. Typing methods of the products obtained by nested PCR and PCR show a functional scheme and are of great importance for epidemiologic studies and H.

GM1 ganglioside attenuates convulsions and thiobarbituric acid reactive substances production induced by the intrastriatal injection of methylmalonic acid.

The effects of the administration of monosialoganglioside (GM1) on methylmalonic acid (MMA)-induced convulsions, production of thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) and on the striatal content of ascorbic acid and total non-protein thiol (SH) groups were evaluated in adult male rats. Animals received two intraperitoneal injections of GM1 (50 mg/kg) or saline (0.85% NaCl) spaced 24h apart.