Enhancing nutritional management in peritoneal dialysis patients through a generative pre-trained transformers-based recipe generation tool: a pilot study.

Background: Patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD) often face nutritional deficiencies due to inadequate intake, nutrient loss, insufficient dialysis, and a state of micro-inflammatory. Traditional nutritional management methods have not fully met personalized needs. Therefore, this study aimed to develop and evaluate an application for generating recipes based on Generative Pre-trained Transformers to improve the nutritional status of these patients.

Peritoneal Protein Clearance Is Associated With Cardiovascular Events but Not Mortality in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients.

Introduction: Association of peritoneal protein clearance (Pcl) with outcomes in patients with peritoneal dialysis (PD) is uncertain. Thus, we aimed to investigate its impact on cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality in patients with PD and factors associated with Pcl.

Methods: Prevalent patients with PD from January 2014 to April 2015 in the center of Renji Hospital were enrolled.

B-type natriuretic peptide levels and volume status in twice-weekly hemodialysis patients.

Background: Twice-weekly hemodialysis (HD) could be regarded as an important part of incremental hemodialysis, volume status of this treatment model remains to be elucidated.

Methods: Patients undergoing regular twice-weekly or thrice-weekly hemodialysis in our unit on June 2015 were enrolled into the cohort study with an average of 2.02 years follow-up.

Combining Pulse Wave Velocity With Galectin-3 to Predict Mortality and Cerebrovascular and Cardiovascular Events in Hemodialysis Patients.

Cerebrovascular and cardiovascular diseases contribute substantially to the mortality of end-stage renal disease patients. We sought to combine pulse wave velocity (PWV) with galectin-3 to predict the mortality and cerebrovascular and cardiovascular events in hemodialysis patients. End-stage renal disease patients who underwent stable hemodialysis were screened for inclusion.

Early serum cystatin C-enhanced risk prediction for acute kidney injury post cardiac surgery: a prospective, observational, cohort study.

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common post-cardiac surgery complication. It leads to increased morbidity and mortality. The aim of our study is to identify the prevalence and risk factors of AKI and to demonstrate if early postoperative serum cystatin C (sCyC) could accurately predict the development of AKI.

Association of abdominal aortic calcification estimated by plain radiography with outcomes in haemodialysis patients: A 6-year follow-up study.

Aim: Vascular calcification has played a vital role in increasing the prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality in maintenance haemodialysis (MHD) patients. This study is aimed at exploring the prognostic value of abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) estimated by plain lateral abdominal radiography in MHD patients.

Methods: Lateral abdominal radiography was used to determine the abdominal aortic calcification score (AACS).

Galectin-3 is associated with arterial stiffness among hemodialysis patients.

To evaluate the association between galectin-3 and arterial stiffness among hemodialysis patients. We enrolled 311 patients (median age: 61 years) with a median hemodialysis time of 90 months and a mean galectin-3 concentration of 29.78 ng/ml.

Clinical Outcome of Twice-Weekly Hemodialysis Patients with Long-Term Dialysis Vintage.

Background/aims: Twice-weekly hemodialysis(HD) is prevalent in the developing countries, scarce data are available for this treatment in patients with long-term dialysis vintage.

Methods: 106 patients with more than 5 years HD vintage undergoing twice-weekly HD or thrice-weekly HD in a hemodialysis center in Shanghai between December 1, 2013 and December 31, 2013 were enrolled into the cohort study with 3 years follow-up. Kaplan-Meier analysis and Cox proportional hazards models were used to compare patient survival between the two groups.

The relationship between survival rate and intradialytic blood pressure changes in maintenance hemodialysis patients.

Objective: The objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between blood pressure changes and all-cause mortality, and between blood pressure changes and cardiovascular mortality, for maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients during dialysis.

Methods: Data regarding general condition, biochemical indices, and survival prognosis of MHD patients who were treated at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine-affiliated Renji Hospital from July 2007 to December 2012 were collected, in order to evaluate the relationship between patients' blood pressure changes during hemodialysis and mortality.

Results: Among 364 patients, with an average age of 63.

Clinical outcome of twice-weekly hemodialysis patients in shanghai.

Background: Twice-weekly hemodialysis (HD) is prevalent in the developing countries and the clinical outcome of this population remains to be elucidated.

Methods: Data were collected from Shanghai Renal Registry. 2,572 patients undergoing regular HD in Shanghai on January 2007 were enrolled into the cohort study with 2 years' follow-up.

[Icodextrin improve angiogenesis of peritoneal membrane in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients].

Objective: To observe the effect of icodextrin on peritoneal membrane angiogenesis in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients.

Methods: This was a randomized double-blind perspective study of CAPD patients at our center between January 2006 to December 2006. The patients were randomized to receive either 7.

Daily peritoneal ultrafiltration predicts patient and technique survival in anuric peritoneal dialysis patients.

Background: Maintenance dialysis therapy is the only way to remove excess fluid in patients with anuric end-stage renal disease. The optimal ultrafiltration (UF) volume in patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD) remains controversial.

Methods: We retrospectively analysed a cohort of 86 prevalent anuric PD patients followed up for a median of 25.

Effect of glucose degradation products, glucose-containing dialysate and icodextrin on AQP1 and eNOS expression in cultured endothelial cells.

Background: Aquaporin-1 (AQP1) and endothelial NO synthase (eNOS) expression on the endothelium of peritoneal vessels modulates ultrafiltration during peritoneal dialysis (PD) by different mechanisms. Protracted eNOS activation may, in the long term, be deleterious for peritoneal functioning. We aimed at examining the effect of peritoneal dialysis solutions (PDSs) and glucose degradation products (GDPs) on the expression of AQP1 and eNOS in cultured endothelial cells.