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Kidney360
January 2025
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Background: Cognition is a research priority for people living with chronic kidney disease (CKD), but identification of critical research questions is lacking. This study aimed to determine which cognition-related research questions are most important to CKD stakeholders.
Methods: A modified Delphi technique with 3 survey rounds was used.
PLoS One
January 2025
Helsinki University Hospital, Abdominal Centre, Transplantation and Liver Surgery, and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Background: Patients with end-stage kidney disease often prefer home-based dialysis due to higher self-efficacy, which relates to improved medical treatment adherence. Kidney transplantation (KT) success depends on adhering to immunosuppressive medication post-transplant.
Objectives: To investigate whether adherence post-kidney transplantation (KT) and patients' attitudes toward immunosuppression were influenced by their prior dialysis type modality.
PLoS One
January 2025
Department of Nutrition and Food Technology, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine.
Malnutrition is a prevalent complication in hemodialysis patients and is associated with increased mortality and morbidity. This study aimed to identify the risk factors associated with malnutrition among hemodialysis patients including patient's general characteristics, functional status, and dietary intake. This study involved hemodialysis patients in An-Najah National University Hospital at Nablus/Palestine.
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January 2025
Kimberley Renal Services, Broome, Western Australia, Australia.
Background: Despite an epidemic of End-Stage Kidney Disease in the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, disparities in access to kidney transplantation persist. The journey to successful kidney transplant is long, with an initial suitability assessment required before waitlist-specific activities begin. In an Aboriginal Community Controlled renal service, we aimed to: 1.
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January 2025
International Renal Research Institute of Vicenza (IRRIV), Vicenza, Veneto, Italy.
Background: Contrast-associated acute kidney injury (CA-AKI) is frequent in patients with chronic kidney disease who are submitted to cardiac endovascular procedures using iodinated contrast. In hemoadsorption, cartridges containing styrene-divinylbenzene sorbent resin are applied to remove substances from the blood through an extracorporeal circuit. Importantly, iodinated contrast is also removed via adsorption.
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