Background. Sleep complaints are common in haemodialysis patients. In the general population,
insomnia impacts negatively on health‐related quality of life (HRQoL). The objective of …

Background. Sleep disorders are common in patients with renal failure on dialysis; however,
the prevalence of ‘poor sleep’ in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) not yet on …

A 60-year-old man is discharged from hospital after his second bout of renal colic in 2 years.
Both times, he passed a stone without any need for surgical intervention. There is no other …

Oral intake (OI) of food and fluid has been associated with hypotension during hemodialysis
(HD). Trials evaluating this relationship are small. The objective of this study was to quantify …

Rationale & Objective The Kidney Failure Risk Equation (KFRE) is widely used to predict the
risk of kidney replacement therapy (KRT) initiation in chronic kidney disease (CKD) stages …

OBJECTIVE—We sought to measure the prevalence of inadequate glycemic control in
prevalent hemodialysis patients with diabetes and to examine independent predictors of …

Peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients lose significant quantities of protein and albumin during the
dialysis procedure. The losses are greater in high transporters. The aim of the present study …

♦ Objective To examine the associations between lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] level, apolipoprotein(a)
[apo(a)] phenotype, and patient mortality in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. ♦ Design …

Both anemia and sleep disordered breathing are common in patients with dialysis‐dependent
stage 5 chronic kidney disease. Erythrocytosis resulting from obstructive sleep apnea (…

Objective The aim of the present study was to examine the association between infection
with Chlamydia pneumoniae and symptomatic atherosclerosis in peritoneal dialysis (PD) …