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Glycated albumin is a better indicator of the glucose excursion than predialysis glucose and hemoglobin A1c in hemodialysis patients

Glycated albumin (GA) has been reported to be a better indicator of glycemic control than hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) in diabetic hemodialysis (HD) patients.

Authors: Yuki Tsuruta, Akiko Ichikawa, Kan Kikuchi, Yoshihisa Echida, Takako Onuki and Kosaku Nitta

Peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis patients in Japan: a 2013 retrospective questionnaire survey of Japanese Society for Peritoneal Dialysis member institutions

Peritonitis is the main cause of withdrawal from peritoneal dialysis (PD) therapy in Japan. The precise extent of PD-associated peritonitis in Japan has not been investigated since 2005; we aimed to clarify th...

Authors: Chieko Higuchi, Minoru Ito, Ikuto Masakane and Hiroshi Sakura

Successful non-surgical treatment on bilateral spontaneous perirenal giant hematomas in rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis with MPO-ANCA positive

Perirenal hematomas are most frequently caused by neoplasm, followed by polyarteritis nodosa (PN), but may also be a rare complication of MPA.

Authors: Yuri Nakashima, Maki Ohura, Toru Mima, Asuka Masumoto, Masaki Ohya, Shigeo Negi and Takashi Shigematsu

A simple protein-energy wasting score for survival prediction of maintenance hemodialysis patients

The nutritional status of patients on maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) is a strong predictor of their survival. We assessed the reliability of a protein-energy wasting (PEW) score as a predictor of the survival ...

Authors: Sonomi Kobayashi, Keiko Suzuki, Mio Ueda, Yoshiko Tanaka and Kosaku Nitta

Kinetic modeling for blood purification in critical care: this article is based on a study first reported in kidney and dialysis (in Japanese)

In blood purification therapies for critical care, there are no guidelines for selecting modalities of the treatment or for determining the treatment schedule, treatment time, and operating conditions, such as...

Authors: Michio Mineshima

Use of big data in medicine

As a result of the advances in computers, data collection has become easy. The huge amount of data now available through computers is called big data. The characteristics of big data are represented by three V...

Authors: Eiichiro Kanda

Associations between the erythropoiesis-stimulating agent resistance index and the geriatric nutritional risk index of maintenance hemodialysis patients and increased mortality

There may be an association between the responsiveness to erythropoiesis-stimulating agent (ESA) and the nutritional status on mortality of maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients. Therefore, we assessed the a...

Authors: Masayuki Okazaki, Mizuki Komatsu, Shunji Shiohira, Hiroshi Kataoka, Ken Tsuchiya, Hiroshi Kawaguchi and Kosaku Nitta

Maintenance of activities of daily living despite risk from genetic polymorphism in hemodialysis patients under nutritional management who survived an average of 30 years

Only 4 % of hemodialysis (HD) patients survive over 25 years after their initiation of HD even in Japan. To elucidate their clinical characteristics, we investigated their lifestyle and genetic factor. TT geno...

Authors: Kaori Sakamoto, Yoshihiko Kanno, Mami Hiraoka, Matsuhiko Hayashi, Yoshiko Kontai and Yasuo Kagawa

Effects of L-carnitine supplementation on nutritional, immunological, and cardiac parameters in hemodialysis patients: a pilot study

L-carnitine is an essential compound that facilitates the transport of long-chain fatty acid across the inner mitochondrial membrane for β-oxidation. However, the effect of L-carnitine supplementation remains ...

Authors: Haruki Sada, Akihiko Kato, Ryo Sumimoto, Hiromitsu Ohmori and Hideki Ohdan

Introducing “Renal Replacement Therapy”: a new global perspective

Authors: Takashi Shigematsu