World Kidney Day (WKD) is a joint initiative of the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) and the International Federation of Kidney Foundations (IFKF).
Since the first campaign over eleven years ago, World Kidney Day (WKD) has turned into a global phenomenon. On March 8, 2018, medical professionals, government officials, the general public, celebrities and patients will take action locally.
Eleanor C. Murray Aleksandra Marek Peter C. Thomson John E. Coia
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 30, Issue 7, 1 July 2015, Pages 1202–1208
Abstract
Background
Patients on renal replacement therapy experience higher rates of morbidity and mortality, infection being the second commonest cause of death. In our haemodialysis population, we identify the pathogens, sensitivity patterns, sources of infection and outcomes of Gram-negative bacteraemia.
NGAL is a new biomarker for the diagnosis of acute kidney insufficiency or according to the terminology accepted abroad, acute kidney injury (AKI). The main advantage of NGAL is the earliest increase in its concentration in the development of acute kidney insufficiency, especially when compared with other renal markers. At the same time, the increase in the level of NGAL is proportional to the severity of developing kidney injury. Thus, NGAL allows early diagnostics and stratification of risks in the development of acute renal injury and makes possible the timely application of preventive therapy. Early diagnosis of acute kidney insufficiency allows making clinical decisions in the shortest time before the onset of acute kidney insufficiency and making proactive measures to stop declining kidney function.
Kwabena T. Awuah,1 Bayode A. Afolalu,1 Usama T. Hussein,1 Radu R. Raducu,1 Amenuve M. Bekui, Fredric O. Finkelstein
Background
Patients maintained on hemodialysis (HD) have an impaired health-related quality of life (HRQOL). One factor that has been suggested to contribute to this impairment is the prolonged recovery time after completing a conventional HD session. The present study was designed to carefully examine the time to recovery (TTR) in patients maintained on three times/week conventional HD and evaluate the clinical and demographic features associated with the TTR.
Shroff R1, Wan M1, Nagler EV2, Bakkaloglu S3, Fischer DC4, Bishop N5, Cozzolino M6, Bacchetta J7, Edefonti A8, Stefanidis CJ9, Vande Walle J10, Haffner D11, Klaus G12, Schmitt CP13; European Society for Paediatric Nephrology Chronic Kidney Disease Mineral and Bone Disorders and Dialysis Working Groups. Author information
Abstract
Vitamin D deficiency is widely prevalent and often severe in children and adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Although native vitamin D {25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D]} is thought to have pleiotropic effects on many organ systems, its skeletal effects have been most widely studied.
Andrea Icks, Burkhard Haastert, Jutta Genz, Guido Giani, Falk Hoffmann, Rudolf Trapp, Michael Koch
Background.
This study was conducted to estimate incidences of renal replacement therapy (RRT) in the diabetic and non-diabetic populations in Germany.
Methods.
Using the data of a regional dialysis centre (region population of 310 000), we assessed all incident RRT patients aged 30 years or older in 2002–08.