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Case Report
Okinoerabu Island and Tokunoshima Island lie in the sea to the south of the Japanese mainland, about 100 km north of Okinawa and about 500 km south of Kyushu. There are no facilities that specialize in kidney ...
Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:46
Published on: 22 September 2017
Research
Pneumonia is common in hemodialysis (HD) patients and has a poor prognosis, but there is little information on an accurate method for evaluating the severity of pneumonia, which is closely associated with prog...
Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:39
Published on: 8 September 2017
Research
Ferric citrate hydrate (FCH), an iron-based phosphate binder, affects mineral and iron metabolism in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The long-term impact of FCH on iron overload is unknown. With th...
Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:37
Published on: 5 September 2017
Research
Iron-based phosphate binders are widely used in hemodialysis, to avoid the increased mortality associated with high serum phosphate in dialysis patients. However, comparative studies on the effects of phosphat...
Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:38
Published on: 1 September 2017
Research
Peritoneal dialysis peritonitis remains a significant cause of morbidity for peritoneal dialysis patients and the main reason for conversion from peritoneal dialysis to hemodialysis. As the characteristics of ...
Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:35
Published on: 16 August 2017
Research
Newly formed membrane (NFM) on the peritoneal membrane proper is a unique pathological hallmark of encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis (EPS), but its definition and diagnostic significance have not been well de...
Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:33
Published on: 9 August 2017
Research
The production of presepsin has been shown to be strongly related to bacterial phagocytosis. The purpose of the present study is to compare the usefulness of presepsin for diagnosing localized skin wound infec...
Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:31
Published on: 2 August 2017
Research
The Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI) is a nutritional screening method primarily developed for elderly people; it is also reported to be useful for predicting mortality in patients on maintenance dialys...
Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:27
Published on: 24 July 2017
Research
Hemodialysis with polymethylmetacrylate (PMMA) membrane dialyzers allows unique protein adsorption. New PMMA dialyzers should demonstrate equivalent protein adsorption, but improved hemocompatibility.
Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:32
Published on: 17 July 2017
Research
Acute kidney injury (AKI) requiring continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) is associated with high mortality in critically ill patients. However, the optimal timing to initiate CRRT in patients with AKI i...
Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:30
Published on: 10 July 2017
Review
The number of older dialysis patients is increasing in many countries. For example, the trend is linked to the increase in the dialysis patients 70 years of age and over in Japan. Older dialysis patients often...
Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:29
Published on: 3 July 2017
Research
Although it is believed that chronic kidney disease (CKD) in patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD) negatively affects physical activity after discharge, its actual influence on the physical activity of pa...
Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:28
Published on: 30 June 2017
Review
Microparticles are small (0.1–1 μm), extracellular vesicles that are used as diagnostic and prognostics markers of kidney diseases and kidney transplantation. They contain cytoplasm and surface markers of thei...
Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:24
Published on: 23 June 2017
Review
Sepsis due to microbial invasion often causes multiple organ failure (MOF), including acute kidney injury (AKI), with high mortality rates in serious cases. Hence, there is an urgent need for diagnostic biomar...
Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:26
Published on: 16 June 2017
Review
Psychonephrology is the field of study encompassing nephrology, psychiatry, and psychosomatic medicine, which is based on the concept of consultation-liaison within the biopsychosocial model of mind–body unity...
Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:25
Published on: 9 June 2017
Position statement
Renal anemia is a complication of chronic kidney disease. Guidelines for safe and effective treatment in patients with renal anemia are needed. The Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy (JSDT) published guidel...
Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:36
Published on: 8 June 2017
Research
For patients undergoing hemodialysis, continuing in labor is very challenging and many patients have difficulty in current and/or previous workplaces. The objective of the present study is to clarify the deter...
Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:23
Published on: 2 June 2017
Research
We recently demonstrated, using an index of recently synthesized hemoglobin, reticulocyte hemoglobin (Ret-Hb), that iron administration remarkably improves hemoglobin (Hb) synthesis during the period of high a...
Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:20
Published on: 22 May 2017
Position statement
Since 2009, the peritoneal dialysis (PD) registry has been carried out as part of Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy (JSDT) Renal Data Registry with the cooperation of Japanese Society for Peritoneal Dialys...
Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:21
Published on: 15 May 2017
Position statement
The Scientific Academy Committee of Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy (JSDT) has developed 14 clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) and their revised editions independently or in cooperation with other organ...
Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:34
Published on: 11 May 2017
Research
In recent years, the use of chest ultrasonography to detect lung water has received growing attention in clinical research. Estimation of the number of B-lines using lung ultrasound is now a standard method fo...
Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:17
Published on: 8 May 2017
Review
Peritonitis is an important complication of peritoneal dialysis. Several animal peritonitis models have been described, including bacterial and fungal models that are useful for studying inflammation in perito...
Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:16
Published on: 1 May 2017
Research
Thirty years have passed since hemodialysis therapy first started in Vietnam. However, there have been no reports on information such as the survival rate, mortality, and cause of death of hemodialysis patient...
Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:22
Published on: 30 April 2017
Research
There are very few oral antidiabetic drugs recommended for patients on dialysis. Saxagliptin is known for its potent effect and long duration of action. In this study, we compared the efficacy of Saxagliptin w...
Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:15
Published on: 24 April 2017
Case Report
Insulin antibody appears in approximately 40% of insulin users using human insulin and insulin analog formulations. Insulin antibody, characterized by high affinity and low insulin antibody binding capacity (%...
Renal Replacement Therapy 2017 3:14
Published on: 17 April 2017
