End Stage Renal Disease

Application of explainable ensemble artificial intelligence model to categorization of hemodialysis-patient and treatment using nationwide-real-world data in Japan.

BACKGROUND: Although dialysis patients are at a high risk of death, it is difficult for medical prac...

Predictive modeling of blood pressure during hemodialysis: a comparison of linear model, random forest, support vector regression, XGBoost, LASSO regression and ensemble method.

BACKGROUND: Intradialytic hypotension (IDH) is commonly occurred and links to higher mortality among...

Prediction of the Mortality Risk in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients using Machine Learning Models: A Nation-wide Prospective Cohort in Korea.

Herein, we aim to assess mortality risk prediction in peritoneal dialysis patients using machine-lea...

Neurotransmitter networks in mouse prefrontal cortex are reconfigured by isoflurane anesthesia.

This study quantified eight small-molecule neurotransmitters collected simultaneously from prefronta...

Characterization of sodium removal to ultrafiltration volume in a peritoneal dialysis outpatient cohort.

BACKGROUND: Failure to control volume is the second most common cause of peritoneal dialysis (PD) te...

Sulodexide modulates the dialysate effect on the peritoneal mesothelium.

Peritoneal membrane damage during chronic peritoneal dialysis is the main cause of that treatment fa...

Control of hyperparathyroidism with the intravenous calcimimetic etelcalcetide in dialysis patients adherent and non-adherent to oral calcimimetics.

BACKGROUND: In dialysis patients, non-adherence to oral cinacalcet adds complexity to the control of...

Robotic repair of colovesical fistula due to complicated Crohn's disease - a video vignette.

Decreased Hemoglobin Concentration and Iron Metabolism Disorder in Periodontitis: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Periodontitis is a chronic inflammatory disease with a possible infectious component. Anemia of inf...

First-in-human evaluation of a hand-held automated venipuncture device for rapid venous blood draws.

Obtaining venous access for blood sampling or intravenous (IV) fluid delivery is an essential first ...

[Long-term efficacy of parathyroidectomy in secondary and tertiary hyperparathyroidism].

BACKGROUND: Secondary and tertiary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT and THPT), are complications of chronic...

Diagnosis of Parathyroid Adenomas with New Ultrasound Imaging Modalities.

Ultrasound technology is becoming an integral part of diagnosing parathyroid adenomas. Careful ultra...

Temozolomide radiochemotherapy for high-grade glioma patients with hemodialysis: a case series of 7 patients.

BACKGROUND: The pharmacokinetics of temozolomide (TMZ) in patients with severe renal impairments (cr...

Biotin supplement interference with immunoassays for parathyroid hormone and 25-hydroxyvitamin D in a patient with metabolic bone disease on maintenance hemodialysis.

Biotin (vitamin B7) is a dietary supplement that can lead to falsely abnormal endocrine function tes...

The potential of machine learning to predict postoperative pancreatic fistula based on preoperative, non-contrast-enhanced CT: A proof-of-principle study.

BACKGROUND: Postoperative pancreatic fistula remains an unsolved challenge after pancreatoduodenecto...

Natural language processing of electronic health records is superior to billing codes to identify symptom burden in hemodialysis patients.

Symptoms are common in patients on maintenance hemodialysis but identification is challenging. New i...

The low-protein diet for chronic kidney disease: 8 years of clinical experience in a nephrology ward.

BACKGROUND: Guidelines indicate that a low-protein diet (LPD) delays dialysis in severe chronic kidn...

ThalPred: a web-based prediction tool for discriminating thalassemia trait and iron deficiency anemia.

BACKGROUND: The hypochromic microcytic anemia (HMA) commonly found in Thailand are iron deficiency a...

Poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(ε-caprolactone)-based micelles for solubilization and tumor-targeted delivery of silibinin.

Silibinin is a naturally occurring compound with known positive impacts on prevention and treatment...

Using machine learning techniques to develop risk prediction models to predict graft failure following kidney transplantation: protocol for a retrospective cohort study.

A mechanism to predict graft failure before the actual kidney transplantation occurs is crucial to ...

Estimating Residual Native Kidney Urea Clearance in Hemodialysis Patients with and without 24-Hour Urine Volume.

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVE: Quantification of residual native kidney function (RKF) is rarely performed...