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  1. The measurement properties of the falls efficacy scale have not been evaluated in patients on hemodialysis. This study determined the inter- and intrarater reliability, standard error of measurement, minimal d...

    Authors: Luciana Angélica da Silva de Jesus, Bruno Valle Pinheiro, Ana Beatriz Laguardia Almeida, Lara Fagundes Fonseca da Cunha, Gabriela Moreira Resende, Marco Aurelio Moreira-Júnior, Mauricio Becho Campos-Junior, Pelagia Koufaki, Leda Marília Fonseca Lucinda and Maycon Moura Reboredo
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2024 10:18
  2. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects 10% of the general population in Western countries. Currently, CKD cannot be cured and there are only few strategies to prevent the onset of CKD, to reverse early stages of...

    Authors: Susanne M. Lang and Helmut Schiffl
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2024 10:17
  3. Physical activity is an important prognostic factor in patients undergoing hemodialysis. Walkability also affects physical activity. This study aimed to examine the effects of walkability on the physical activ...

    Authors: Yoichi Sato, Naoto Usui, Yoshifumi Abe, Daisuke Okamura, Yota Kuramochi, Sho Kojima, Nobuto Shinozaki, Yu Shimano, Nobuyuki Shirai, Kenta Mikami, Yoji Yamada and Masakazu Saitoh
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2024 10:16
  4. Abnormal urine discoloration tends to be concerning for the patient and piques the interest of medical professionals. Different factors can arise in cases of urine turning blue or green. We highlight the neces...

    Authors: Stevan Kristian Lionardi, Antoninus Hengky and Sean Peter Haruman
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2024 10:15
  5. The 2020 Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy Renal Data Registry (JRDR) annual survey was sent to 4493 dialysis facilities in Japan.

    Authors: Norio Hanafusa, Masanori Abe, Nobuhiko Joki, Junichi Hoshino, Kan Kikuchi, Shunsuke Goto, Eiichiro Kanda, Masatomo Taniguchi, Shigeru Nakai, Toshihide Naganuma, Takeshi Hasegawa, Kenichiro Miura, Atsushi Wada and Yoshiaki Takemoto
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2024 10:14
  6. Cinacalcet hydrochloride (cinacalcet), an oral calcimimetics for secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT), has been widely used worldwide. In contrast, evocalcet, an improved derivative of cinacalcet, was approved...

    Authors: Nobuo Nagano, Takayuki Ishikawa, Masashi Yamaguchi, Yuji Katsuragi, Masaaki Miya, Noriko Tamei, Shigeaki Muto, Takaaki Tsutsui, Tetsuya Ogawa and Kyoko Ito
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2024 10:13
  7. Recently, discussions have increasingly focused on “withdrawal from dialysis” among patients undergoing dialysis who experience severe brain dysfunction as post-stroke sequelae. In this context, the lack of un...

    Authors: Yusuke Watanabe, Kaima Suzuki, Tsutomu Inoue, Hiroki Kurita and Hirokazu Okada
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2024 10:12
  8. Although a deficiency in erythropoietin relative to decreased hemoglobin levels is presumed to be the predominant cause of renal anemia, other factors may also exist that are not fully understood.

    Authors: Shoichiro Daimon
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2024 10:11
  9. During continuous kidney replacement therapy (CKRT) in patients with sepsis and critical conditions, circuit coagulation can occur, often for unclear reasons. In this study, we investigate how the structure of...

    Authors: Kota Shimizu, Kazuhiro Moriyama, Naohide Kuriyama, Tomoyuki Nakamura, Takahiro Kawaji, Satoshi Komatsu and Osamu Nishida
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2024 10:10
  10. Blood purification therapy with a sulfonated polyacrylonitrile surface treated (AN69ST) hemofilter is used to treat sepsis. However, the AN69ST hemofilter has been reported to adsorb and remove therapeutic dru...

    Authors: Yoshinori Inano, Kayoko Tsuchiya, Ryota Kumano, Go Miura and Hiromitsu Nakasa
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2024 10:8
  11. Dialysis units have been concerned that the corroded metal parts of pumps used in hemodialysis might not allow sterility of the pump to be ensured due to bacterial contamination, even after cleaning and disinf...

    Authors: Minoru Nakamura, Masaya Okayama, Seya Hagiwara, Tomoyasu Nawa and Shin-ichi Yokota
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2024 10:6
  12. Frailty pervades the demographic of individuals afflicted by chronic kidney disease (CKD) and exhibits a robust correlation with a less favorable prognosis. Nonetheless, the evaluation and prognostication of f...

    Authors: Hayato Fujioka, Tsutomu Koike, Teruhiko Imamura, Shingo Yokoyama, Sayaka Murai, Kota Kakeshita, Hidenori Yamazaki and Koichiro Kinugawa
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2024 10:4
  13. With the widespread use of the vaccine and the predominance of the Omicron strain, the number of patients presenting with typical coronavirus-infection disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia on computed tomography ...

    Authors: Ryoichi Miyazaki, Kyoko Miyagi and Sun Hirayama
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2024 10:3
  14. In hemodialysis, hypotension occurs due to dehydration and solute removal. Conventional blood pressure monitoring during dialysis is intermittent and relies on staff experience and intuition to predict patient...

    Authors: Kosuke Oiwa, Satoshi Suzuki, Yoshitaka Maeda and Hikohiro Jinnai
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2024 10:2
  15. Traditionally in Japan, dialysis treatment has been performed primarily by physicians and nurses. However, with the advancement of related medical equipment, such as the development of dialyzers and dialysis m...

    Authors: Takashi Honma, Masao Takagi, Junji Uchino and Ken Tsuchiya
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2024 10:1
  16. Mushroom poisoning causes common gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea and vomiting and is a well-known reason for acute hepatic failure. Acute kidney injury is a less common clinical presentation in mushro...

    Authors: Mehmet Fethullah Aydın, Mehmet Sezen, Aysegül Oruç, Abdülmecit Yıldız, Kübra Özerik, Hatice Aslan, Can Özgü, Elif Özge Kuş, Ferda Kahveci and Alparslan Ersoy
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2023 9:63
  17. Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy is a rare disease, but the prognosis is very poor, especially in the immunosuppressed state with a non-HIV background, and there is no established treatment.

    Authors: Neri Sone, Hiroki Nishiwaki, Mayu Shimokawa, Keishu Kawanishi, Tsuyoshi Oshiro, Reiji Takami, Natsuki Taira, Masahito Amagasa, Shinya Omiya, Tadahide Maezumi, Yoko Nabeshima, Kazuo Nakamichi, Yoshiharu Miura and Fumihiko Koiwa
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2023 9:62
  18. The low physical activity questionnaire (LoPAQ), which has been developed to assess the low levels of physical activity in patients on dialysis, is so far available only in English. Moreover, no study has exam...

    Authors: Sachi Yamabe, Shohei Yamamoto, Manae Harada, Yuta Suzuki, Keigo Imamura, Shun Yoshikoshi, Shiwori Osada and Atsuhiko Matsunaga
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2023 9:61
  19. Diaphragmatic dysfunction (DD) in hemodialysis patients is a scarcely studied issue. Incentive spirometry (IS) is a commonly prescribed maneuver used to prevent or manage pulmonary complications. The present s...

    Authors: Laila Abdel Naby Ahmed, Heba H. Eltrawy, Amira Mohamed Elsadek, Wagenat E. Ali, Hanaa Elsayed Abozeid, Sanaa Fathy Qutb, Fatma Gamal Elsayed, Alshimaa A. Ezzat M. Enayet and Ahmed A. Elshehawy
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2023 9:60
  20. Sodium zirconium cyclosilicate (SZC) has recently emerged as a therapeutic option for the management of acute hyperkalemia. Nevertheless, the relative effectiveness, safety, and financial considerations of SZC...

    Authors: Hayato Fujioka, Teruhiko Imamura, Tsutomu Koike, Shingo Yokoyama, Kota Kakeshita, Hidenori Yamazaki and Koichiro Kinugawa
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2023 9:59
  21. Malnutrition is associated with discontinuing peritoneal dialysis (PD). The prognostic nutritional index (PNI), composed of serum albumin level and total lymphocyte count, has been suggested as a prognostic ma...

    Authors: Yoshikazu Miyasato, Jun Morinaga, Hideki Inoue, Yushi Nakayama, Masataka Adachi, Yuichiro Izumi, Yutaka Kakizoe, Teruhiko Mizumoto, Terumasa Nakagawa, Daisuke Fujimoto, Makoto Ono, Akira Oda, Takashige Kuwabara and Masashi Mukoyama
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2023 9:58
  22. Renal ischemia/reperfusion injury is an unavoidable event in transplantation in which free radical-mediated injury determines release of pro-inflammatory cytokines and activation of innate immunity. In additio...

    Authors: Giacomo Cusumano, Edoardo Cola, Gionata Spagnoletti, Anna Severino, Simona Giubilato, Egidio Stigliano, Maria Emiliana Caristo, Gisella Vischini, Giovanna Liuzzo, Maria Paola Salerno, Filippo Crea and Jacopo Romagnoli
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2023 9:57
  23. Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) affects 11.9% of outpatients under maintenance hemodialysis in Japan. In addition, the risk of reactivation of LTBI in hemodialysis patients is up to 10–25 times higher tha...

    Authors: Masataro Toda, Ayumi Yoshifuji, Koji Hosoya, Motoaki Komatsu, Naoki Hasegawa and Munekazu Ryuzaki
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2023 9:56
  24. Empirical antibiotic treatment against peritoneal dialysis (PD)-related peritonitis should be immediately initiated before PD effluent culture results are obtained. As culture results guide the choice of antib...

    Authors: Hisato Shima, Takuya Okamoto, Manabu Tashiro, Tomoko Inoue, Seiichiro Wariishi, Hiroyasu Bando, Hiroyuki Azuma, Naohito Iwasaka, Takuji Ohara, Toshio Doi, Kazuyoshi Okada and Jun Minakuchi
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2023 9:55
  25. Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues to be prevalent in 2023, and infection control measures against it remain important in medical practice. In 2020, we conducted a questionnaire survey mainly on the impl...

    Authors: Toyohiro Hashiba, Yuka Suagawara, Masao Iwagami, Tomoyuki Yamakawa, Munekazu Ryuzaki, Kan Kikuchi, Takashi Kadowaki and Masaomi Nangaku
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2023 9:54
  26. Tumor lysis syndrome is an oncological emergency triggered by the rapid release of intracellular materials from lysed malignant cells. Intensive chemotherapy is challenging for patients with severe renal dysfu...

    Authors: Takahiro Kawaji, Akinao Okamoto, Kazuhiro Moriyama, Seiko Hayakawa, Akihiro Tomita, Yoshitaka Hara, Naohide Kuriyama, Tomoyuki Nakamura and Osamu Nishida
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2023 9:53
  27. Foreign body-induced acute appendicitis is rare but could most often be caused by fish bones; those caused by endoscopic clips are highly rare. Herein, we report a case of acute appendicitis caused by endoscop...

    Authors: Daichi Yomogida, Yuhei Fujisawa, Akari Takeji, Yasuhito Takeda, Yoshiharu Tomita and Yukihiro Shirota
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2023 9:52
  28. Fat embolism syndrome (FES) is a rare syndrome that typically occurs 12–72 h after long bone or pelvic fractures with a classic triad of respiratory distress, neurologic changes, and petechial rash. Although G...

    Authors: Takuya Suda, Hiroshi Fujii, Keita Asakura, Makoto Horita, Ryo Nishioka, Takahiro Koga, Yasuhiro Myojo, Akikatsu Nakashima and Mitsuhiro Kawano
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2023 9:51
  29. Fechtner syndrome, also referred to as nonmuscle myosin heavy chain 9-related disease (MYH9-RD), is an autosomal-dominant genetic disorder. It is caused by abnormalities in the MYH9 gene, which encodes the non...

    Authors: Eriko Yoshida Hama, Shintaro Yamaguchi, Kiyotaka Uchiyama, Daiki Kojima, Tomoki Nagasaka, Norifumi Yoshimoto, Takaya Tajima, Takeshi Kanda, Kohkichi Morimoto, Tadashi Yoshida, Kenjiro Kosaki, Hiroshi Itoh and Kaori Hayashi
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2023 9:50
  30. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is linked to a higher mortality rate in hemodialysis (HD) patients. We aimed to see if HCV eradication using interferon-free direct acting antivirals (DAAs) can affect bone-mi...

    Authors: Mahmoud M. Elnokeety, Rasha Ahmed Darwish, Mohamed Tharwat Hegazy, Sameh Abouzeid and Ahmed Fayed
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2023 9:49
  31. Given rapid aging of the global population, preventing adverse events such as falls is essential for preserving functional capacity and quality of life among older adults, especially those at high risk due to ...

    Authors: Hiroki Yabe, Tomoya Yamaguchi, Kenichi Kono, Aiko Sakakibara, Hiroko Sugimoto, Yumiko Ishikawa, Yoshiko Yamaguchi and Hisanori Azekura
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2023 9:48
  32. The Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy is conducting the survey annually since 1968. The results provide a comprehensive picture of dialysis therapy in Japan. The survey for the year 2019 was performed as o...

    Authors: Norio Hanafusa, Masanori Abe, Nobuhiko Joki, Tetsuya Ogawa, Eiichiro Kanda, Kan Kikuchi, Shunsuke Goto, Masatomo Taniguchi, Shigeru Nakai, Toshihide Naganuma, Takeshi Hasegawa, Junichi Hoshino, Kenichiro Miura, Atsushi Wada and Yoshiaki Takemoto
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2023 9:47
  33. Although transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is assumed to be a less invasive therapy in high-risk patients with aortic valve stenosis (AS), there have been limited data suggesting its beneficial ef...

    Authors: Masahiro Sakai, Koichi Hayashi, Yuki Hara, Akihiro Miyake, Keisuke Takano, Taro Hirai, Michi Kobayashi, Keita Endo, Kaede Yoshino, Koichi Kitamura, Shinsuke Ito, Tatsuya Ikeda, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Joji Ito, Kotaro Obunai, Hiroyuki Watanabe…
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2023 9:46
  34. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is an emerging public health problem worldwide and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. The high mortality rate can be attributed to the lack of pharmacological therapies ...

    Authors: Shigeo Negi, Tatsuya Wada, Naoya Matsumoto, Jun Muratsu and Takashi Shigematsu
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2023 9:45
  35. Compassionate care is one of the concepts that is important to the care of patients with chronic diseases, especially for patients undergoing hemodialysis who deal with all kinds of problems and sufferings. Th...

    Authors: Shayan Nikpey, Mansour Ghafourifard and Akram Ghahramanian
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2023 9:43
  36. Propofol is commonly used for sedation in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). When administered in high doses and for a prolonged time, it can cause a rare but hazardous complication: Propofol Infusion Syndrome (PR...

    Authors: Marjorie Gosdal Zambon, Luana Caroline Miantti Ghellere Bonfim, Isadora Schwaab Guerini and Marcela de Almeida Lopes
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2023 9:42
  37. Alactic base excess (ABE) is a novel biomarker that estimates the renal capability of handling acid–base alterations during the sepsis. Hence, the aim of this study was to evaluate the use of ABE to predict th...

    Authors: Jesús S. Sánchez Díaz, Karla Gabriela Peniche Moguel, Fabiola Buelna Gaxiola, José M. Reyes Ruiz, Orlando R. Pérez Nieto and María V. Calyeca Sánchez
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2023 9:41
  38. Walking ability is an important prognostic factor for patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis (HD). Since complications such as poor nutrition, anemia, malnutrition, and inflammation in patients undergoin...

    Authors: Hiroki Yabe, Haruka Nakano, Tomoya Yamaguchi, Ren Takahashi, Kenichi Kono, Yoshifumi Moriyama and Tetsuya Yamada
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2023 9:40
  39. Hemodialysis-associated pruritus (HAP) occurs in 60–80% of hemodialysis patients. This significant complication not only decreases quality of life through sleep disturbance and depression, but also leads to po...

    Authors: Naoko Takahashi, Jun Mano, Kenta Uchida, Taku Yoshizawa, Junko Kumagai, Hideki Kawanishi, Shinichiro Tsuchiya, Misaki Moriishi and Takao Masaki
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2023 9:39
  40. Hemodialysis patients have chronic kidney disease, are often elderly, and have many complications such as hypertension, type 2 diabetes, cardiac disease, and cerebrovascular disease. Therefore, hemodialysis pa...

    Authors: Ryoichi Miyazaki, Kyoko Miyagi, Misaki Yoshida, Yasunori Suzuki and Shinya Hibino
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2023 9:38
  41. Therefore, reports on the risk of HTLV-1-related diseases in organ transplantation have increased in recent years, and the management of HTLV in renal transplantation remains a challenge.

    Authors: Noriaki Kawano, Yamada Kyohei, Hiroaki Miyoshi, Noriaki Yoshida, Kouichi Ohshima, Fumiko Arakawa, Kazutaka Nakashima, Takuro Kameda, Yasunori Kogure, Yuta Ito, Shuro Yoshida, Takuro Kuriyama, Takashi Nakaike, Taro Tochigi, Ken Takigawa, Kiyoshi Yamashita…
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2023 9:36
  42. The weakened immune system of patients on hemodialysis (HD) may prolong SARS-CoV-2 infection compared to the general population. Current international guidelines recommend ending isolation in conjunction with ...

    Authors: Gaetano Alfano, Niccolò Morisi, Camilla Ferri, Francesco Fontana, Silvia Giovanella, Giulia Ligabue, Giacomo Mori, Erica Franceschini, Annachiara Ferrari, Mariacristina Gregorini, Gianni Cappelli, Sara Tagliazucchi, Monica Pecorari, Giovanni Guaraldi, Riccardo Magistroni and Gabriele Donati
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2023 9:35
  43. Preventing peritoneal dialysis (PD)-associated peritonitis remains a major concern in continuing safe treatment and improving patient quality of life. This study aimed to determine the self-care education and ...

    Authors: Haruna Kugai, Ayumi Igarashi, Saori Anezaki, Chie Fukui, Nami Saito, Yoshifumi Hamasaki and Noriko Yamamoto-Mitani
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2023 9:34
  44. When polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) membranes are used in continuous renal replacement therapy, especially in patients with high cytokine levels, inflammatory cytokines and other substances are removed by the ...

    Authors: Yoshitaka Kurihara, Kenichi Kokubo, Yuta Kobayashi, Yosuke Ushiroda, Shunichi Ueki, Hiroshi Tsukao, Kozue Kobayashi, Masaru Kubota and Hirosuke Kobayashi
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2023 9:33
  45. Survival is equivalent between super high-flux hemodialysis (SHF-HD) and online hemodiafiltration (OHDF) with similar albumin leakage. According to the 2013 Japanese dialyzer performance classification, surviv...

    Authors: Kazuyoshi Okada, Manabu Tashiro, Hiroyuki Michiwaki, Tomoko Inoue, Hisato Shima, Jun Minakuchi and Shu Kawashima
    Citation: Renal Replacement Therapy 2023 9:32

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