Long-term vulnerability of access to hemodialysis facilities in repopulated areas after the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: a case report.

In 2011, an earthquake and tsunami struck Japan, and these were followed by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident. The long-term impact on hemodialysis care access in rural areas after the disaster is unknown. Here we report on a 66-year-old male hemodialysis patient who was forced to evacuate and relocate multiple times to receive hemodialysis after the accident.

[Evaluation of serum iron in hemodialysis patients and its variation due to the difference of blood sampling time].

Diurnal variations in serum iron concentration were examined to investigate the influence of sampling time in hemodialysis (HD) patients and healthy subjects. The serum iron concentration and TIBC of HD patients decreased significantly (p<0.01, p<0.

Potassium flux of erythrocytes in chronic hemodialysis patients.

Background: In chronic hemodialysis patients, hyperkalemia is frequently observed. In these patients, erythrocytes were examined to know whether they participate in the regulation of K(+) or not.

Methods: Erythrocyte K(+) release (DeltaKr) was induced by the incubation of erythrocyte suspension at 4 degrees C for 24 h and the K(+) influx followed at 37 degrees C for 3 h.