Journal Watch - Dialysis
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Amino acid and protein losses in adult patients receiving maintenance dialysis: a literature review
Patients on dialysis lose amino acids/protein on HD, hemodiafiltration (HDF). home HD, peritoneal dialysis (PD) and nocturnal HD (NHD). Protein losses were greater with HDF compared to HD. Patients on daily PD lose more amino acids/protein than those on HD.
Read the abstract » | (added 2025-09-15)
Tags: Amino Acids, Protein Loss, Dialysis
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Home Dialysis Associated with Higher Patient Activation
Increased patient activation is linked with better health outcomes. Among 182 people starting dialysis who took the Patient Activation Measure (PAM) survey at month 1 and month 4, those who did home dialysis tended to have higher PAM scores than those who did in-center treatments.
Read the abstract » | (added 2022-07-13)
Tags: Patient Activation, Health Outcomes, Dialysis, Patient Activation Measure, PAM, Home Dialysis
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Effect of a Nurse-led Program on PD Nutritional Status
In a controlled trial, 203 PD patients were randomly assigned to a study or control group. The study group received health education, treatments, case management, and nurse-led surveillance based on the Omaha system. The control group received usual care. After intervention, the study group had significantly more well-nourished patients (6.19% to 29.9%), and several other parameters were significantly improved as well. Hemoglobin, albumin, and pre-albumin were also significantly higher in the study group.
Read the abstract » | (added 2020-04-13)
Tags: Peritoneal Dialysis, Dialysis, Chronic Kidney Disease, Nursing, Nutritional Status, Omaha System