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Resistance exercise: an effective strategy to reverse muscle wasting in hemodialysis patients?
J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle
September 2014
Harold Simmons Center for Chronic Disease Research and Epidemiology, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of California Irvine Medicine Center, 101 The City Drive South, City Tower, Orange, CA, 92868-3217, USA,
Muscle wasting is a common complication afflicting maintenance hemodialysis (HD) patients, and it is associated with decreased muscle function, exercise performance, physical function, and quality of life. Meanwhile, numerous epidemiologic studies have consistently shown that greater muscle mass (ascertained by body anthropometry surrogates, body composition tests such as dual x-ray absorptiometry, and/or serum creatinine in patients with little to no residual kidney function) is associated with increased survival in this population. The pathophysiology of muscle wasting in HD patients is complex and may be caused by poor dietary intake, catabolic effects of dialysis therapy, hormonal alterations (e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWhat is the value of early endoscopy in upper gastrointestinal bleeding?
Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol
October 2006
University of California Irvine Medicine Center, Orange, CA, USA.