End Stage Renal Disease

DDOT: A Swiss Army Knife for Investigating Data-Driven Biological Ontologies.

Systems biology requires not only genome-scale data but also methods to integrate these data into in...

Machine Learning Accurately Predicts Short-Term Outcomes Following Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Ankle Fractures.

Ankle fractures are common orthopedic injuries with favorable outcomes when managed with open reduct...

Hyperoncotic Albumin Reduces Net Fluid Loss Associated With Hemodialysis.

The purpose of this study was to compare the volume of fluid removal associated with and without 25...

Prediction of Hemodialysis Timing Based on LVW Feature Selection and Ensemble Learning.

We propose an improved model based on LVW embedded model feature extractor and ensemble learning for...

Influence of Pre-renal Transplant Secondary Hyperparathyroidism on Later Evolution After Transplantation.

Persistence of secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) is common after renal transplantation. Good diag...

Anticoagulant Related Nephropathy Induced by Dabigatran.

We describe a case of biopsy-proven dabigatran related nephropathy in a patient without underlying I...

A Unique Case of Severe Anemia Secondary to Copper Deficiency in an Adult Patient.

Anemia is a frequently encountered problem in the healthcare system. Common causes of anemia include...

Development of an Artificial Intelligence Model to Guide the Management of Blood Pressure, Fluid Volume, and Dialysis Dose in End-Stage Kidney Disease Patients: Proof of Concept and First Clinical Assessment.

BACKGROUND: Fluid volume and blood pressure (BP) management are crucial endpoints for end-stage kidn...

Blood Pressure Assessment with Differential Pulse Transit Time and Deep Learning: A Proof of Concept.

BACKGROUND: Modern clinical environments are laden with technology devices continuously gathering ph...

Minimally invasive, robot-assisted procedure for kidney transplantation among morbidly obese: Positive outcomes at 5 years post-transplant.

The pre-transplant weight loss required of end-stage renal disease patients is often unachievable. T...

Progress in the Development and Challenges for the Use of Artificial Kidneys and Wearable Dialysis Devices.

BACKGROUND: Renal transplantation is the treatment of choice for chronic kidney disease (CKD) patien...

Artificial Intelligence and Dialysis.

Changes of Early Sepsis Biomarker Presepsin Level during Hemodialysis: Influence of β-Microglobulin Clearance of Dialysis Membrane: A Preliminary Study.

BACKGROUND: Although presepsin (P-SEP) is an early sepsis biomarker, sepsis is often suspected after...

Non-surgical management of primary hyperparathyroidism.

The purpose of this chapter is to discuss the options available for patients with primary hyperparat...

Second branchial cleft anomalies in children: a literature review.

Branchial cleft anomalies are the second most common head and neck congenital lesions in children. I...

Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System-Based Exploration of the Interrelationships of 25-Hydroxyvitamin D, Calcium, Phosphorus with Parathyroid Hormone Production.

The rationale of the current study was to assess the prevalence of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD) defi...

Societal Issues Concerning the Application of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine.

BACKGROUND: Medicine is becoming an increasingly data-centred discipline and, beyond classical stati...

Increased vitamin B levels in children with zinc deficiency.

Additional nutritional deficiencies may accompany zinc deficiency. We determined the vitamin B level...

Synbiotic meal decreases uremic toxins in hemodialysis individuals: A placebo-controlled trial.

Generation of uremic toxins p-cresylsulfate (p-CS), indoxyl sulfate (IS) and indole 3-acetic acid (I...

Quality of life with conservative care compared with assisted peritoneal dialysis and haemodialysis.

BACKGROUND: There is little information about quality of life (QoL) for patients with end-stage kidn...

Levenberg-Marquardt Neural Network Algorithm for Degree of Arteriovenous Fistula Stenosis Classification Using a Dual Optical Photoplethysmography Sensor.

This paper proposes a noninvasive dual optical photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor to classify the deg...