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View article: Factors associated with self-care practices in postoperative colorectal cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy
Factors associated with self-care practices in postoperative colorectal cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy Open
Self-care practices are essential for helping patients undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy after colorectal cancer surgery in managing and coping with the common side effects of treatment. However, these practices can be influenced by various…
View article: Frailty and sarcopenia metabolomic signatures in kidney transplant candidates: the FRAILMar study
Frailty and sarcopenia metabolomic signatures in kidney transplant candidates: the FRAILMar study Open
Background Sarcopenia and frailty are often overlooked in assessing kidney transplant (KT) candidates with chronic kidney disease (CKD), potentially leading to poor post-transplant outcomes. This study aimed to identify metabolites associa…
View article: Social determinants of health influencing the choice of dialysis modality in advanced chronic kidney disease: Need of an interdisciplinary approach
Social determinants of health influencing the choice of dialysis modality in advanced chronic kidney disease: Need of an interdisciplinary approach Open
Despite a regulated decision-making process, there are factors such as socioeconomic status, migration, language barrier and dependency of the population that influence the type of RRT chosen. To address these aspects that may cause inequi…
View article: Dynamics of Humoral and Cellular Responses in Renal Transplant Recipients Receiving 3 Doses of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine
Dynamics of Humoral and Cellular Responses in Renal Transplant Recipients Receiving 3 Doses of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine Open
Background. The original SARS-CoV-2 vaccination regimen (2 doses) induces insufficient short-term response in kidney transplant (KT) recipients. This study assessed the response to a third dose and the long-term immunogenicity after 2 dose…
View article: Increased mortality after kidney transplantation in mildly frail recipients
Increased mortality after kidney transplantation in mildly frail recipients Open
Background Physical Frailty Phenotype (PFP) is the most used frailty instrument among kidney transplant recipients, classifying patients as pre-frail if they have 1–2 criteria and as frail if they have ≥3. However, different definitions of…
View article: POS-688 FRAILTY RATE OF PERITONEAL DIALYSIS PATIENTS: A META-ANALYSIS
POS-688 FRAILTY RATE OF PERITONEAL DIALYSIS PATIENTS: A META-ANALYSIS Open
To systematically evaluate the frailty of peritoneal dialysis patients. For the purpose of searching the whole database, Retrieving systematically the related literature of peritoneal dialysis patients in PubMed, CINAHL, Web of science, CN…
View article: Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients with COVID-19, the Effect of Paricalcitol or Calcimimetics
Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients with COVID-19, the Effect of Paricalcitol or Calcimimetics Open
Background. In COVID-19 patients, low serum vitamin D (VD) levels have been associated with severe acute respiratory failure and poor prognosis. In regular hemodialysis (HD) patients, there is VD deficiency and markedly reduced calcitriol …
View article: Clinical Profiles in Renal Patients with COVID-19
Clinical Profiles in Renal Patients with COVID-19 Open
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to frequent referrals to the emergency department on suspicion of this infection in maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) and kidney transplant (KT) patients. We aimed to describe their clinical features comparing co…
View article: COVID-19 in Grade 4–5 Chronic Kidney Disease Patients
COVID-19 in Grade 4–5 Chronic Kidney Disease Patients Open
Introduction: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) increases the risk of mortality during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) episodes, and some reports have underlined the high incidence and severity of this infection in dialysis patients. Inform…