Calf circumference predicts falls in older adults on hemodialysis - Rodrigues RG, Dalboni MA, de A Correia M, Machado Dos Reis L, Moyses RMA, Elias RM.
OBJECTIVE: Older patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing maintenance hemodialysis are at higher risk of falling. However, there is no standard method to screen patients at higher risk. We have evaluated whether calf circumference (CC) measurement w... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 28, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Disease-knowledge-related suicide by cutting subclavian catheters in a woman undergoing haemodialysis: case report and review of the literature - Simonit F, Zamai V, Desinan L.
In this report we present the case of a 49-year-old woman with a history of chronic renal insufficiency and subclavian catheters for... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 5, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
Diquat herbicide organophosphate poisoning and multi-organ failure: a case report - Aloise DM, Memon A, Zaldivar A.
A 63-year-old male landscaper presented to our emergency department (ED) following unintentional ingestion of an herbicide including diquat, a highly lethal toxin. Poison control was consulted, and treatment was centered around emergency hemodialysis to mi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 3, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Poisoning Source Type: news
Energy bills: 'Without my machine I will die' - dialysis patient
Dawn White has renal failure and worries about the growing energy cost of her haemodialysis machine. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - August 26, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Energy prices: It's costing more to keep me alive
Dawn White has renal failure and worries about the growing energy cost of her haemodialysis machine. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - August 26, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Peritoneal Dialysis Less Costly for Medicare Than Hemodialysis
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 24, 2022 -- Peritoneal dialysis (PD) costs Medicare less than hemodialysis, according to a study published online Aug. 18 in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
Jennifer M. Kaplan, M.D., from Baylor College of Medicine... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - August 24, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Relationship between nutrition-related problems and falls in hemodialysis patients: a narrative review - Shirai N, Inoue T, Ogawa M, Okamura M, Morishita S, Suguru Y, Tsubaki A.
Falls are a social problem that increase healthcare costs. Hemodialysis (HD) patients need to avoid falling because fractures increase their risk of death. Nutritional problems such as frailty, sarcopenia, undernutrition, protein-energy wasting (PEW), and ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 15, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Minority Dialysis Patients Report Unmet Supportive Care Needs
Findings seen among Asian American or Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander and Black patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry - July 26, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Endocrinology, Internal Medicine, Nephrology, Psychiatry, Anesthesiology & amp; Pain, Journal, Source Type: news
Minority Dialysis Patients Report Unmet Supportive Care Needs
MONDAY, July 25, 2022 -- Asian American or Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander patients and Black patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis are more likely to report a range of unmet supportive care needs than Whites, according to a research... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - July 25, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Roche launches innovative dual antigen and antibody diagnostic test supporting the fight to eliminate the hepatitis C virus
Elecsys HCV Duo is the first commercially available immunoassay that allows the simultaneous and independent determination of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) antigen and antibody status.TheElecsys HCVDuo immunoassay enables significantly earlier diagnosis of active HCV infection, making it possible to get patients appropriate care sooner to stop both the disease progression and transmission.Basel, 18 July 2022 - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) today announced the launch of the Elecsys ® HCV Duo immunoassay in countries that accept the CE Mark. Elecsys HCV Duo is the first available immunoassay that allows the simultaneous ...
Source: Roche Investor Update - July 18, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Roche launches innovative dual antigen and antibody diagnostic test supporting the fight to eliminate the hepatitis C virus
Elecsys HCV Duo is the first commercially available immunoassay that allows the simultaneous and independent determination of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) antigen and antibody status.TheElecsys HCVDuo immunoassay enables significantly earlier diagnosis of active HCV infection, making it possible to get patients appropriate care sooner to stop both the disease progression and transmission.Basel, 18 July 2022 - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) today announced the launch of the Elecsys ® HCV Duo immunoassay in countries that accept the CE Mark. Elecsys HCV Duo is the first available immunoassay that allows the simultaneous ...
Source: Roche Media News - July 18, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Factory-Calibrated CGM Seems Accurate for Hemodialysis Patients
FRIDAY, July 15, 2022 -- For individuals on hemodialysis, a factory-calibrated continuous glucose monitor (CGM) appears to be reasonably accurate, according to a study published in the July issue of Diabetes Care.
Orianne Villard, Ph.D., from the... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - July 15, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
CMS: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is seeking comment on the following information collections: 1) Medicare Coverage of Items and Services in FDA Investigational Device Exemption Clinical Studies —Revision of Medicare Coverage; 2) Prescription Drug and Health Care Spending; 3) Recognition of Pass-Through Payment for Additional (New) Categories of Devices under the Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Supporting Regulations; 4) Medicare Participating Physician or Supplier Agreement; an d 5) National Implementation of the In-Center Hemodialysis CAHPS Survey. Comments are due by August 15, 2022. (Source: Fe...
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - July 15, 2022 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Dysfunction in dynamic, but not static balance is associated with risk of accidental falls in hemodialysis patients: a prospective cohort study - Shirai N, Yamamoto S, Osawa Y, Tsubaki A, Morishita S, Narita I.
BACKGROUND: Patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis (HD) have a high incidence of falls. Impairment of balance function is a risk factor for falls in the general elderly, and no report examining the association between balance dysfunct... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 8, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Evaluation of psychopathological symptoms, death anxiety, coronavirus anxiety, suicide risk, and associated risk factors among hemodialysis patients in the COVID-19 pandemic - Korkut S.
BACKGROUND: Hemodialysis (HD) patients have significant mental health problems related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the psychopathological symptoms, death anxiety, coronavirus anxiety, suicide risk, and associated risk facto... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 4, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
