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Peritonitis is an important complication of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis therapy. Qualification of dialysis and nutritional status have been related with morbidity and mortality in patients on continuous amb...

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent complication affecting many hospitalized patients and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. AKI seldom occurs as isolated organ failure; much more often it emerges ...

Subjective global assessment (SAG) is accepted as a reliable method in assessing the nutritional status of a patient on haemodialysis. A total of 34 patients participated in the study (18 male, 16 female, mean age (yrs) ...

Objective: Wasting and malnutrition are problems frequently encountered in patients undergoing hemodialysis that may increase morbidity and mortality. The malnutrition universal screening tool (MUST) is a quick and easy-...

OBJECTIVE: In our study we aimed to analyze the association between nutritional status and depression and sleep disturbance in elderly dialysis patients. MATERIAL and METHODS: Seventy-three patients receiving dialysis ...

We aim to evaluate the nutritional status and the main causes of malnutrition in uremic children. Study group consisted of 29 children (15 male, 14 female) with end stage renal disease (ESRD). There were ten (5 male, 5 f...

Protein-calorie malnutrition is an important determinant of morbidity and mortality in dialysis patients. Our objectives were to evaluate nutritional parameters including leptin levels and Kt/V in peritoneal dialysis (PD...

In this study we assesed the influence of low protein diet (LPD) and very low protein diet (VLPD) plus ketosteril tablets on the nutritional and the bone status in chronic renal failure and also on its progression. Ten p...

We examined the relationship between quantitative indices of dialysis adequacy and nutritional status and patient-reported uremic symptomss in 20 CAPD patients. The Kt/Vurea, weekly total creatinine clearance (TCC), resi...

OBJECTIVE: Poor sleep and sleep-related breathing disorders are common in hemodialysis (HD) patients. However, it is not well known whether there is a relation between nutritional habit and quality of sleep. The aim of t...

We evaluated the association of serum cholesterol levels with nutritional parameters and anthropometric measurements in non-diabetic patients undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) treatment. Thirty-...

OBJECTIVE: Body composition analysis is useful technique for assessing hydration, nutritional status and predicting clinical outcomes. Bioimpedance analysis (BIA) is a cheap and noninvasive tool for monitoring body compo...

OBJECTIVE: In malnourished patients, in anthropometric measurements such as a decrease in the body-mass index (BMI), the triceps skinfold (TSF) thickness and the mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) are often determined al...

AIM: The hepatitis B infection is a subject that still keeps its significance for hemodialysis staff members and hemodialysis patients at present. In this study, our aim was to evaluate whether the infections occurring d...

Homocysteine (Hey) is an independent risk factor for atherosclerosis. Since atherosclerotic cardiovascular events are the most frequent death causes in end stage renal disease patients, in the present study, plasma total...

PURPOSE: Serum albumine levels frequently use to determine the nutritional aspect in hemodialysis patients. Osteocalcin is a protein which synthesized by osteoblastic cells and sensitive marker of bone formation. Relatio...