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Serum n-3 and n-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Profile as an Independent Predictor of Cardiovascular Events in Hemodialysis Patients
Conclusions: In hemodialysis patients, serum PUFA profile is unfavorably altered, and the low n-3-PUFA:AA ratios are independent predictors of CVD.
Source: American Journal of Kidney Diseases - April 19, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Tetsuo Shoji, Ryusuke Kakiya, Tomoshige Hayashi, Yoshihiro Tsujimoto, Mika Sonoda, Hideaki Shima, Katsuhito Mori, Shinya Fukumoto, Hideki Tahara, Atushi Shioi, Tsutomu Tabata, Masanori Emoto, Yoshiki Nishizawa, Masaaki Inaba Tags: Dialysis Source Type: research

Association of Serum Bicarbonate With Risk of Renal and Cardiovascular Outcomes in CKD: A Report From the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study
Conclusions: In a cohort of participants with CKD, low serum bicarbonate level was an independent risk factor for kidney disease progression, particularly for participants with preserved kidney function. The risk of heart failure was higher at the upper extreme of serum bicarbonate levels. There was no association between serum bicarbonate level and all-cause mortality or atherosclerotic events.
Source: American Journal of Kidney Diseases - March 13, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Mirela Dobre, Wei Yang, Jing Chen, Paul Drawz, L. Lee Hamm, Edward Horwitz, Thomas Hostetter, Bernard Jaar, Claudia M. Lora, Lisa Nessel, Akinlolu Ojo, Julia Scialla, Susan Steigerwalt, Valerie Teal, Myles Wolf, Mahboob Rahman, CRIC Investigators Tags: Pathogenesis and Treatment of Kidney Disease Source Type: research

Association between AKI and Long-Term Renal and Cardiovascular Outcomes in United States Veterans.
CONCLUSIONS: Veterans who develop AKI in the setting of MI have worse long-term outcomes than those with AKI or MI alone. Veterans with AKI alone have worse outcomes than those diagnosed with an MI in the absence of AKI. PMID: 24311708 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN - December 5, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Chawla LS, Amdur RL, Shaw AD, Faselis C, Palant CE, Kimmel PL Tags: Clin J Am Soc Nephrol Source Type: research

Time-averaged level of fibroblast growth factor-23 and clinical events in chronic kidney disease
Conclusions Our study confirms that FGF23 is an important cardiovascular risk factor. Two measurements of FGF23 have no added value over a single value to predict the cardiovascular outcome. This study demonstrates that, under routine clinical practice, the variability of FGF23 in 2 years' time is small. Concomitantly, this study showed no benefit of consecutive FGF23 testing for estimating the risk of a clinical event in an individual patient.
Source: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation - January 10, 2014 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Bouma-de Krijger, A., Bots, M. L., Vervloet, M. G., Blankestijn, P. J., ter Wee, P. W., van Zuilen, A. D., Wetzels, J. F. Tags: Chronic Kidney Disease Source Type: research

Vitamin k antagonists: beyond bleeding.
Abstract Warfarin is the most widely used oral anticoagulant in clinical use today. Indications range from prosthetic valve replacement to recurrent thromboembolic events due to antiphospholipid syndrome. In hemodialysis (HD) patients, warfarin use is even more frequent than in the nonrenal population due to increased cardiovascular comorbidities. The use of warfarin in dialysis patients with atrial fibrillation requires particular caution because side effects may outweigh the assumed benefit of reduced stroke rates. Besides increased bleeding risk, coumarins exert side effects which are not in the focus of clinic...
Source: Seminars in Dialysis - January 1, 2014 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Krüger T, Floege J Tags: Semin Dial Source Type: research

Hypertension in hemodialysis patients treated with atenolol or lisinopril: a randomized controlled trial
Conclusions Among maintenance dialysis patients with hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy, atenolol-based antihypertensive therapy may be superior to lisinopril-based therapy in preventing cardiovascular morbidity and all-cause hospitalizations. (Funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; ClinicalTrials.gov number: NCT00582114)
Source: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation - February 28, 2014 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Agarwal, R., Sinha, A. D., Pappas, M. K., Abraham, T. N., Tegegne, G. G. Tags: Intra- and Extracorporeal Treatments of Kidney Failure Source Type: research

Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke: High Incidence in Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis Patients
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Source: American Journal of Kidney Diseases - March 27, 2014 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: David A. Drew, Mark J. Sarnak Tags: Editorials Source Type: research

Home Blood Pressure Monitoring in CKD
Hypertension is common in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and the prevalence increases with declining kidney function. Hypertension management is particularly important due to the increased risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke in the CKD population. Most clinical decisions for blood pressure (BP) management are based on BP readings in the office or dialysis unit. These BP readings often are inaccurate. Home BP monitoring provides more data than conventional clinic or dialysis-unit BP measurements and is relatively easy to accomplish, is cost-effective, and has been shown to have an increasing role in the ma...
Source: American Journal of Kidney Diseases - February 14, 2014 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Debbie L. Cohen, Yonghong Huan, Raymond R. Townsend Tags: In Practice Source Type: research

Therapy of anemia and iron deficiency in dialysis patients: An update.
Abstract The Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO)-2012 on the treatment of anemia emit suggestions (which differ from recommendations) based on a scientific evidence of low level. The first rule is no harm; physicians must take into account the profile of the patient and its associated morbidities and remember on the potential risks to begin a treatment by erythropoiesis stimulating agents (ESA) (thrombosis of arteriovenous fistula, hypertension, stroke). All correctable causes of anemia other than erythropoietin deficiency should be actively sought. It is necessary to individualize the treatment by ES...
Source: Nephrologie and Therapeutique - June 26, 2014 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Rostoker G, Hummel A, Chantrel F, Ryckelynck JP Tags: Nephrol Ther Source Type: research

Assessment of Achieved Clinic and Ambulatory Blood Pressure Recordings and Outcomes During Treatment in Hypertensive Patients With CKD: A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study
Conclusions In patients with treated CKD, clinic BP above goal and ambulatory BP at goal identify a low-risk condition, whereas clinic BP at goal and ambulatory BP above goal are associated with higher cardiorenal risk, similar to that observed in patients with both clinic and ambulatory BPs above goal.
Source: American Journal of Kidney Diseases - October 29, 2014 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: research

Treatment with Haemodiafiltration Stabilises Vascular Stiffness (Measured by Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity) Compared to Haemodialysis
Background/Aims: Cerebrovascular diseases such as stroke are increased in dialysis patients, and haemodiafiltration has been reported to reduce cerebrovascular mortality compared to haemodialysis. We wished to determine whether haemodiafiltration improves arterial stiffness. Methods: We audited aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV) measurements 6 months apart in 3 cohorts of patients: 69 treated with haemodialysis, 78 who converted from haemodialysis to haemodiafiltration and 142 treated with haemodiafiltration. Results: Cohorts were well matched for age (means ± SD: haemodialysis 64 ± 15 years vs. haemodialysis to haemodiafi...
Source: Nephron Clinical Practice - November 7, 2014 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: research

Perioperative Aspirin and Clonidine and Risk of Acute Kidney Injury
In this sub-study of the POISE-2 study, neither ASA or clonidine reduced the risk of acute kidney injury after non-cardiac surgery. Of note, aspirin increased the risk of major bleeding (which was associated with a greater risk of acute kidney injury).  As well, clonidine increased the risk of clinically important hypotension (which was associated with a greater risk of acute kidney injury). : Stroke and Bleeding in Atrial Fibrillation with Chronic Kidney Disease Risk of acute kidney injury associated with the use of fluoroquinolones Chronic Dialysis and Death Among Survivors of Acute Kidney Injury Requiring Dialysis
Source: Nephrology Now - November 16, 2014 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Nephrology Now editors Tags: Acute Kidney Injury Source Type: research

Clopidogrel Use in End-Stage Kidney Disease.
In conclusion, current evidence suggests that ESKD patients may not derive the same benefits from clopidogrel therapy as the general population and this therapy may be associated with harm. Properly designed observational studies and randomized controlled trials are needed to establish the role of clopidogrel in patients with ESKD, the use of platelet assays to tailor therapy, and the role of other antiplatelet agents such as prasugrel or ticagrelor in patients who exhibit high on-treatment residual platelet reactivity. PMID: 25476742 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Seminars in Dialysis - December 5, 2014 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Tanios BY, Itani HS, Zimmerman DL Tags: Semin Dial Source Type: research

Effects of Sleepiness on Survival in Japanese Hemodialysis Patients: J-DOPPS Study
Sleep disorder and poor sleep quality are common in chronic hemodialysis (HD) patients. They have been claimed as a cause of morbidity and mortality. The relationship between the degree of sleepiness and survival has not been studied. We studied the degree of sleepiness in 1,252 adult HD patients (age ≥20 years) recruited into the Dialysis Outcomes Practice Pattern Study in Japan (J-DOPPS III), using the Japanese version of the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (JESS) questionnaire. Demographic data were presented for three subgroups: low, intermediate, and high JESS score. Cox proportional hazard regression analysis was performe...
Source: Nephron Clinical Practice - January 8, 2015 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: research

HDL Cholesterol, Apolipoproteins, and Cardiovascular Risk in Hemodialysis Patients
High concentrations of HDL cholesterol are considered to indicate efficient reverse cholesterol transport and to protect from atherosclerosis. However, HDL has been suggested to be dysfunctional in ESRD. Hence, our main objective was to investigate the effect of HDL cholesterol on outcomes in maintenance hemodialysis patients with diabetes. Moreover, we investigated the associations between the major protein components of HDL (apoA1, apoA2, and apoC3) and end points. We performed an exploratory, post hoc analysis with 1255 participants (677 men and 578 women) of the German Diabetes Dialysis study. The mean age was 66.3 yea...
Source: Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN - January 30, 2015 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Silbernagel, G., Genser, B., Drechsler, C., Scharnagl, H., Grammer, T. B., Stojakovic, T., Krane, V., Ritz, E., Wanner, C., Marz, W. Tags: Clinical Research Source Type: research