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A clinical nomogram for the prediction of early mortality in elderly patients initiating dialysis for end-stage renal disease

The number of elderly patients (> 80 years of age) with end-stage renal disease is rapidly increasing. The initiation of dialysis extends the duration of survival; however, the rate of early mortality, that wh...

Authors: Masaki Yoshida, Masanori Otsuka, Yoshikazu Watanabe, Takako Harigai, Noriyuki Sakurai, Keiko Kobatake, Hiroaki Yoshida, Satsuki Kobayashi, Takayuki Matsumoto, Tatsuhiko Sakamoto and Kazue Ueki

Glycated hemoglobin and glycated albumin in patients with diabetes undergoing hemodiafiltration

Online hemodiafiltration (OHDF), which results in high albumin leakage, is now widely used in Japan for dialysis, since the national insurance system began reimbursing its costs in 2012. Glycated albumin (GA) ...

Authors: Yukie Kitajima, Shunichiro Urabe, Takashi Hosono, Satoshi Yoshikawa, Yuzuru Sato and Toru Hyodo

Prevalence of inherited changes of uric acid levels in kidney dysfunction including stage 5 D and T: a systematic review

Familial juvenile hereditary nephropathy (FJHN) is characterized by hyperuricemia due to severely impaired urinary excretion of urate. Hereditary renal hypouricemia is an inborn error of membrane transport. Be...

Authors: Fateme Shamekhi Amiri and Zohreh Rostami

Proposal of peritoneal biopsy procedures for patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis

Prolonged peritoneal dialysis (PD) is responsible for progressive morphological changes such as deterioration of the peritoneal membrane. These changes increase the risk of encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis (...

Authors: Tohru Mizumasa, Kazuho Honda, Shigehisa Aoki, Chieko Hamada, Masanobu Miyazaki, Yasuhiko Ito, Yudo Tanno, Toshiaki Nakano and Masaaki Nakayama

Comparison of clinical effects between icodextrin and glucose solutions on outcomes of peritoneal dialysis: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Icodextrin enhances peritoneal filtration for patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD). However, clinically important outcomes have not yet been analyzed using authentic, objective statistical methods. The present...

Authors: Atsuhiro Kanno, Yasushi Tsujimoto, Takayuki Fujii, Emi Fujikura, Kimio Watanabe, Hidemichi Yuasa, Munekazu Ryuzaki, Yasuhiko Ito and Hidetomo Nakamoto

Adequacy of decision-making based on each kidney function estimation method for Japanese living kidney donor candidates: a retrospective observational study

Living kidney transplantation comprises the majority of kidney transplantations in Japan. Living kidney donors should be assured of their own health. Therefore, Japanese guidelines define the criterion of kidn...

Authors: Koji Hashimoto, Makoto Harada, Yosuke Yamada, Mitsutoshi Sugano, Tomonori Minagawa, Teruyuki Ogawa, Osamu Ishizuka and Yuji Kamijo

Can we still ignore renal replacement therapy in sub-Saharan Africa? All living beings are created equal

This review addresses the social background and renal replacement therapy in the sub-Saharan African region. We also describe the hemodialysis treatment in countries that we have supported since 2008 and the r...

Authors: Shuzo Kobayashi and Sumi Hidaka

Relationship between blood pressure response during hemodialysis and exercise tolerance or heart rate recovery measured using cardio-pulmonary exercise testing in maintenance hemodialysis patients

This study investigated the association between the blood pressure response during hemodialysis (HD) and exercise tolerance or heart rate recovery (HRR) measured with cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPX).

Authors: Hiroki Yabe, Kenichi Kono, Ryota Shiraki, Akiho Masuda, Yoshifumi Moriyama and Hirotake Kasuga

Evaluation of fluorinated hydroxyapatite nanoparticles as an antibacterial material for catheter coating

Catheter-related infection of peritoneal dialysis (PD) is one of the serious factors of peritonitis. However, an antibacterial PD catheter has not been commercially available in Japan yet. From an infection co...

Authors: Hiroki Gyotoku, Yoshinano Azuma and Tsutomu Furuzono

Falls in systolic blood pressure during dialysis which require no nursing intervention are associated with increased patient intra-dialytic symptom self-reporting and prolonged post-dialysis recovery times

Haemodialysis (HD) patients may suffer symptoms during dialysis and take time to recover post HD. We wished to determine whether patients with symptomatic intra-dialytic hypotension (IDH), requiring nursing in...

Authors: Suree Yoowannakul, Surachet Vongsanim, Kamonwan Tangvoraphonkchai, Ahmed Mohamed and Andrew Davenport

A new assessment scale for post-dialysis fatigue in hemodialysis patients

Authors: Hirotoshi Kodama, Taisuke Togari, Yusuke Konno, Akira Tsuji, Akihiro Fujinoki, Saburou Kuwabara and Tatsuo Inoue

Annual dialysis data report 2017, JSDT Renal Data Registry

The annual survey of the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy Renal Data Registry (JRDR) was conducted for 4413 dialysis facilities at the end of 2017; among which 4360 facilities (98.8%) responded to the fac...

Authors: Kosaku Nitta, Ikuto Masakane, Norio Hanafusa, Masatomo Taniguchi, Takeshi Hasegawa, Shigeru Nakai, Shunsuke Goto, Atsushi Wada, Takayuki Hamano, Junichi Hoshino, Nobuhiko Joki, Masaki Abe, Keichi Yamamoto and Hidetomo Nakamoto

A 91-year-old woman with severe aortic stenosis successfully underwent maintenance hemodialysis via arteriovenous fistula after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: a case report with literature review

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has evolved to be a treatment of choice in high-risk patients with aortic stenosis (AS). However, it is not known whether TAVI is safe and beneficial for the crea...

Authors: Minoru Yasukawa, Hiroki Omizo, Kazuhiro Sakai, Sachiko Kitagawa, Takahiro Kikuyama, Masaki Yamanaka, Fumika Ochiai, Ryo Togashi, Yoshikazu Nemoto, Tatsuya Ota, Hideyuki Kawashima, Shintaro Takamura, Yusuke Watanabe, Ken Kozuma, Shigeru Shibata and Yoshihide Fujigaki

Constipation in chronic kidney disease: it is time to reconsider

Constipation is highly prevalent in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and is primarily characterized by decreased intestinal motility. This chronic disorder affects the quality of life of patients. Ho...

Authors: Ryota Ikee, Kazuhiro Yano and Tomomi Tsuru

Comparison of difficulty with activities of daily living in elderly adults undergoing hemodialysis and community-dwelling individuals: a cross-sectional study

Elderly adults undergoing hemodialysis (HD) have multiple comorbidities, physical frailty, and functional dependence with activities of daily living (ADL). ADL difficulty is an early predictor of ADL dependenc...

Authors: Toshiki Kutsuna, Yusuke Isobe, Takaaki Watanabe, Yusuke Matsunaga, Satomi Kusaka, Yasuaki Kusumoto, Junko Tsuchiya, Masaru Umeda, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Shinobu Shimizu, Atsushi Yoshida and Atsuhiko Matsunaga

A high likelihood of increase in end-stage renal disease among the Japanese HIV-infected population

Kidneys are affected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and its associated therapies. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has markedly reduced acquired immune deficiency syndrome–related deaths and oppor...

Authors: Minoru Ando and Yoko Ando

Plasma exchange for thrombotic microangiopathy secondary to dermatomyositis associated with acute kidney injury and complement activation: a case report with literature review

Thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) in patients with connective tissue disease is rare but life-threatening. In particular, the survival rate of patients with dermatomyositis (DM) that develop TMA is low. The eff...

Authors: Norifumi Hayashi, Keiichirou Okada, Yuko Tsuruyama, Yu Kagaya, Sho Kumano, Yuki Ishikura, Kiminobu Takeda, Masayuki Nanbu, Keiji Fujimoto, Hiroki Adachi and Hitoshi Yokoyama

Sex differences in uric acid levels in kidney transplant recipients and their donors: a preliminary retrospective cross-sectional study

Higher serum uric acid (UA) levels are associated with poorer renal prognosis. In kidney transplantation, both donors and recipients are diagnosed as having chronic kidney diseases (CKD) based on renal functio...

Authors: Mineaki Kitamura, Yasushi Mochizuki, Tsuyoshi Matsuda, Yuta Mukae, Hiromi Nakanishi, Yuki Ota, Tadashi Uramatsu, Yoko Obata, Hideki Sakai, Hiroshi Mukae and Tomoya Nishino

Sarcopenic obesity and its association with frailty and protein-energy wasting in hemodialysis patients: preliminary data from a single center in Japan

This study investigated the prevalence of sarcopenia or sarcopenic obesity and their association with frailty and protein-energy wasting (PEW) in hemodialysis patients.

Authors: Masakazu Saitoh, Masumi Ogawa, Hisae Kondo, Kiichi Suga, Tetsuya Takahashi, Haruki Itoh and Yoichiro Tabata

Diabetes-related knowledge in diabetic haemodialysis patients: a cross-sectional study from Palestine

Diabetes mellitus is the leading cause of end-stage renal disease. Monitoring and controlling normal blood sugar levels play a critical role in slowing the progression of micro- and macrovascular complications...

Authors: Mohammad K. Hemadneh, Sohaib T. Khatib, Samer A. Hasan, Ihab N. Tahboub, Emad Khazneh and Sa’ed H. Zyoud

Comparison of peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis as first renal replacement therapy in patients with end-stage renal disease and diabetes: a systematic review

Diabetes has become the most common cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) requiring renal replacement therapy (RRT) in most countries around the world. Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is valuable for patients newly...

Authors: Yukio Maruyama, Chieko Higuchi, Hiroaki Io, Keiichi Wakabayashi, Hiraku Tsujimoto, Yasushi Tsujimoto, Hidemichi Yuasa, Munekazu Ryuzaki, Yasuhiko Ito and Hidetomo Nakamoto

Urgent-start peritoneal dialysis after laparoscopic dialysis catheter implantation: a single-center experience

Appropriate timing of peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheter implantation and PD initiation is important. Several guidelines suggest starting PD at least 2 weeks after PD catheter implantation. Recently, urgent-sta...

Authors: Naohiro Toda, Motoko Yanagita and Hideki Yokoi

Assessment of the effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers in peritoneal dialysis patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis on clinical trials

Renin-angiotensin system inhibitors (RASIs), either angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers, are widely used in patients with non-dialysis chronic kidney disease, as a renin-a...

Authors: Minoru Ito, Yosuke Saka, Yusuke Kuroki, Kaoru Yasuda, Hiraku Tsujimoto, Yasushi Tsujimoto, Hidemichi Yuasa, Munekazu Ryuzaki, Yasuhiko Ito and Hidetomo Nakamoto

Factors associated with adherence to dietary prescription among adult patients with chronic kidney disease on hemodialysis in national referral hospitals in Kenya: a mixed-methods survey

Adherence to dietary prescriptions among patients with chronic kidney disease is known to prevent deterioration of kidney functions and slow down the risk for morbidity and mortality. This study determined fac...

Authors: Rose Okoyo Opiyo, Peter Suwirakwenda Nyasulu, Joyce Olenja, Moleen Zunza, Kim A. Nguyen, Zipporah Bukania, Esther Nabakwe, Alexander Mbogo and Anthony Omolo Were

The use of a tunneled permanent catheter as temporary vascular access in arteriovenous graft patients for long-term patency

Generally, the preferred route of vascular access in chronic kidney disease patients is an arteriovenous fistula (AVF) rather than grafts. However, approximately 7% of 300,000 Japanese hemodialysis (HD) patien...

Authors: Masatoshi Matsunami, Yuki Nakamura, Kiho Tanaka, Yoshifumi Ubara and Yasuo Ishii

Rationale and study design of a randomized controlled trial for development of a treatment strategy for chronic kidney disease–mineral and bone disorder by multilateral mechanism of etelcalcetide hydrochloride (the DUET study)

Secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) is a common complication in advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD). The aims of this study are to clarify the efficacy of etelcalcetide, a novel-approved intravenous calcimi...

Authors: Sawako Kato, Masato Tsuboi, Masahiko Ando, Yuya Itano and Shoichi Maruyama

Factors associated with gustatory threshold for salty taste in peritoneal dialysis patients

Taste disorder is a common problem in patients with chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease. Specifically, salty taste disorder is associated with excess salt intake. Many factors affect taste activ...

Authors: Kenta Torigoe, Yoko Obata, Shimpei Morimoto, Miki Torigoe, Satoru Oka, Tadashi Uramatsu, Hiroshi Mukae and Tomoya Nishino

Outcomes after peritoneal dialysis catheter placement by laparoscopic surgery versus open surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis

Success in peritoneal dialysis (PD) requires a well-functioning catheter, and catheter placement at PD initiation is extremely important for long-term PD. Although several randomized, controlled trials (RCTs) ...

Authors: Tsutomu Sakurada, Atsushi Ueda, Daisuke Komukai, Kiyotaka Uchiyama, Yasushi Tsujimoto, Hidemichi Yuasa, Munekazu Ryuzaki, Yasuhiko Ito, Masashi Tomo and Hidetomo Nakamoto

Prognostic markers of heart failure in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis

Heart failure is a significant cause of death and hospitalization in dialysis patients. Controlling the volume status in PD, especially, is difficult, and transferring the PD patients to hemodialysis results m...

Authors: Kohsuke Terada, Yukinao Sakai, Yuichiro Sumi, Koji Mugishima, Sayuri Kawasaki, Fumiaki Itagaki, Takehisa Yamada and Shuichi Tsuruoka

Lower urinary tract symptoms impair the quality of life in maintenance hemodialysis patients

With aging, and as the duration of their dependence on dialysis becomes longer, maintenance hemodialysis patients experience decreased urine volume and lose the need to urinate. It is not known whether lower u...

Authors: Tadasuke Ando, Takahisa Kamegawa, Toshitaka Shin and Hiromitsu Mimata

Oral tranexamic acid combined with low molecular weight heparin only during dialysis sessions successfully controlled chronic disseminated intravascular coagulation associated with aortic aneurysm and aortic dissection in a dialysis patient: a case report with literature review

Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is a relatively rare but important cause of bleeding diathesis in patients on maintenance dialysis. When the control of underlying disorders causing DIC is not achi...

Authors: Eriko Eguchi

Successful full-term delivery in a patient with maintenance hemodialysis using natriuretic peptides as volume markers without X-ray examination: a case report and literature review

A 38-year-old female undergoing maintenance hemodialysis became pregnant. To avoid X-ray exposure, plasma levels of natriuretic peptides were mainly used to determine dry weight. Dry weight was increased every...

Authors: Naomi Matsuo, Yushi Nakayama, Hideki Inoue, Yuichiro Izumi and Masashi Mukoyama

Publisher Correction to: Renal Replacement Therapy, volume 5

An error occurred during the publication of a number of articles in Renal Replacement Therapy. Several articles were published in volume 5 with a duplicate citation number.

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Far-infrared therapy for secondary vascular access patency of hemodialysis patients

Far-infrared radiation therapy (FIRT), which utilizes an invisible electromagnetic wave, has demonstrated its ability to improve vascular access flow for hemodialysis (HD) patients. Although previous overseas ...

Authors: Hiroaki Io, Junichiro Nakata, Rumi Aoyama, Hiroyuki Inoshita, Takanori Nakano, Masanori Ishizaka, Mitsumine Fukui, Yasuhiko Tomino and Yusuke Suzuki

Successful pre-emptive kidney transplantation in a cystinuria patient with nephrolithiasis-related end-stage renal disease

Cystinuria is a rare autosomal recessive metabolic disorder that affects renal and intestinal cystine transport. Cystine stones are found in only 1–2% of all stone formers. Patients with cystinuria are at high...

Authors: Masatoshi Matsunami, Kazuya Kinoshita, Kiho Tanaka, Yuki Nakamura, Kenichi Ohashi, Takeshi Fujii, Yoshifumi Ubara and Yasuo Ishii

Changes in serum indoxyl sulfate levels after acute myocardial infarction and the correlation with kidney injury: an observational study

Kidney function after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) correlates with patient prognosis. Several studies reported the role that indoxyl sulfate (IS), a uremic toxin, plays in the progression of chronic kidne...

Authors: Shuhei Watanabe, Hideki Fujii, Keiji Kono, Kentaro Watanabe, Shunsuke Goto, Susumu Sakamoto and Shinichi Nishi

Cost analysis of blood purification: a tool for decision-making and supply chain optimization

This study complies with the reorganization of health care provider processes based on the cost of life cycle of the product. The aim is to determine the costs of treatment administration of extracorporeal dia...

Authors: Silvia Grazzini, Claudia Razzauti, Lea Paola Fabbri, Michele Galatà, Stefano Bellucci, Ilaria Colivicchi and Maria Elvira Mancino

Clinical practice guideline for renal rehabilitation: systematic reviews and recommendations of exercise therapies in patients with kidney diseases

In recent years, a concept of renal rehabilitation has become widely known among nephrology specialists, dialysis specialists, kidney transplantation specialists, rehabilitation specialists, nutrition speciali...

Authors: Kunihiro Yamagata, Junichi Hoshino, Hitoshi Sugiyama, Norio Hanafusa, Yugo Shibagaki, Yasuhiro Komatsu, Tsuneo Konta, Naohiko Fujii, Eiichiro Kanda, Tadashi Sofue, Kiyonobu Ishizuka, Masashi Kitagawa, Keiji Kono, Norikazu Hinamoto, Takayuki Miyai, Kiyomi Koike…

Long-term safety and effectiveness of a continuous erythropoietin receptor activator (CERA) in patients with renal anemia: a prospective, observational, multicenter study

This observational study investigated the safety and effectiveness of continuous erythropoietin receptor activator in patients with renal anemia in Japan.

Authors: Hidehiro Tabata, Hiroyuki Kanno, Ayako Murayama, Tadashi Ishii, Ryosuke Harada and Yukio Udagawa

Associations between pulmonary congestion on chest ultrasound and survival in hemodialysis patients

Volume overload in hemodialysis patients is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular event-related mortality. The number of B-lines observed using lung ultrasound is correlated with the severity of pulmon...

Authors: Keiko Kawachi, Katsuya Kajimoto, Shigeru Otsubo and Kosaku Nitta

Unusual communication of an embedded peritoneal dialysis catheter with the colon before use: a case report with literature review

Bowel perforation in peritoneal dialysis (PD) is mainly caused during the perioperative period. Delayed bowel perforation is difficult to diagnose because of its heterogenous clinical signs and rarity. Previou...

Authors: Takaya Handa, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Hiroyuki Matsubara, Hiroaki Terajima and Tatsuo Tsukamoto

Serum myokine (myostatin and IGF-1) measurement as predictors in hemodialysis patients

Although individuals undergoing maintenance hemodialysis are a major sarcopenic population, there are few methods to assess their skeletal muscle mass conveniently. Here, we investigated the usefulness of seru...

Authors: Homare Shimohata, Marina Yamashita, Kentaro Ohgi, Ryuji Tsujimoto, Hiroshi Maruyama, Mamiko Takayasu, Kouichi Hirayama and Masaki Kobayashi

Pharmaceutical prevention strategy for arteriovenous fistula and arteriovenous graft failure

Vascular access failure (VAF) is a critical problem in patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD). Importantly, VAF impairs the quality of life in patients undergoing HD while imposing high medical costs. A variety...

Authors: Hiroyuki Tsukada, Motonobu Nakamura, Tomohito Mizuno, Nobuhiko Satoh and Masaomi Nangaku

Multipotentials of new asymmetric cellulose triacetate membrane for on-line hemodiafiltration both in postdilution and predilution

On-line hemodiafiltration (OL-HDF) has been generally provided mainly by the postdilution method in Europe and the rest of the world; however, in Japan, it has been provided mostly by the predilution method in...

Authors: Yusaku Tanaka, Hiroyuki Michiwaki, Hirofumi Asa, Daisuke Hirose, Tomohiro Tao and Jun Minakuchi

Effects of prolonged direct hemoperfusion using a polymyxin B immobilized fiber cartridge on interleukin-6 concentration in patients with septic shock: a prospective exploratory trial

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of prolonged direct hemoperfusion using polymyxin B immobilized fiber cartridges (PMX-DHP) on interleukin-6 (IL-6) concentration in patients with septic shock.

Authors: Kyohei Miyamoto, Yu Kawazoe, Shigeo Negi, Naoaki Shibata, Atsuhiro Ogawa, Nozomu Shima, Kosei Kunitatsu, Yukihiro Shima, Nobuko Yamamoto, Masahiro Kaneko, Maki Kida, Masaou Tanaka, Masaki Ohya, Takashi Shigematsu and Seiya Kato

Rapid regression of calciphylaxis in a hemodialysis patient after intensive management of disturbance of calcium and phosphate metabolism: a case report with literature review

Calciphylaxis, a multifactorial cutaneous vascular disease, is a rare but therapy-resistant and life-threatening disorder that usually occurs in patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). Although there ha...

Authors: Yuuki Mima, Yukihiro Wada, Yasuto Shikida, Toma Hamada, Nobuhiro Kanazawa, Ayana Iida, Motonori Sugiyama and Takanori Shibata

A critical review of current progress in 3D kidney biomanufacturing: advances, challenges, and recommendations

The widening gap between organ availability and need is resulting in a worldwide crisis, particularly concerning kidney transplantation. Regenerative medicine options are becoming increasingly advanced and are...

Authors: Nicholas M. Wragg, Liam Burke and Samantha L. Wilson

Association between serum ferritin levels and clinical outcomes in maintenance hemodialysis patients: a retrospective single-center cohort study

Ferritin is a well-known marker of iron deficiency anemia, but the target in maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients remains controversial. This study examined the association between baseline ferritin levels ...

Authors: Raku Son, Takuya Fujimaru, Takeshi Kimura, Fumika Taki, Miyuki Futatsuyama, Masahiko Nagahama, Masaaki Nakayama and Yasuhiro Komatsu

Restoration of renal anemia following therapy with etelcalcetide for refractory secondary hyperparathyroidism: a case report with mini-review

The patient was a 72-year-old woman who had been under dialysis for a long time to chronic renal failure of unknown etiology. Her dialysis vintage was 22 years. She was under treatment with cinacalcet for seco...

Authors: Yoshiyuki Oshiro, Takumu Nitta and Masaki Oomoto

Predictors and outcome of acute kidney injury after non-cardiac paediatric surgery

It is necessary to define the problem of acute kidney injury (AKI) after non-cardiac surgery in order to design interventions to prevent AKI. The study aimed to evaluate the occurrence, determinants and outcom...

Authors: Taiwo Akeem Lawal, Yemi Raheem Raji, Samuel Oluwole Ajayi, Adebowale Dele Ademola, Adeyinka Francis Ademola, Omobolaji O. Ayandipo, Tinuola Adigun, Olakayode Olaolu Ogundoyin, Dare Isaac Olulana, Adanze Onyenonachi Asinobi and Babatunde Lawal Salako