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Estigma percebido por homens em tratamento hemodialítico

Resumo Objetivo Analisar a experiência do estigma em narrativas sobre o adoecimento crônico de homens em tratamento hemodialítico. Métodos Estudo qualitativo desenvolvido com 24 homens em Unidade de Hemodiálise em cidade localizada na região nordeste do Brasil. Os dados foram extraídos de entr...

Teoria de médio alcance do risco de volume de líquidos excessivo

RESUMO Objetivo construir uma teoria de médio alcance para o desenvolvimento da proposição diagnóstica risco de volume de líquidos excessivo em pacientes em hemodiálise. Método trata-se de um estudo metodológico, desenvolvido para a validade teórico-causal de um diagnóstico de enfermagem. O e...

Effects of a 16-week physical training on clinical outcomes in patients with hypertension and chronic kidney disease: NEPHROS post-trial follow-up

The NEPHROS is a randomized controlled trial which applied a 16-week aerobic and resistance training to patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and high blood pressure. This report describes a long-term post-trial follow-up, comparing survival, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and estimated glo...

Qualidade de vida de idosos em tratamento hemodialítico

Objetivo: analisar a qualidade de vida de idosos em tratamento em um centro de hemodiálise no município de Tangará da Serra, Mato Grosso, Brasil. Método: estudo de corte transversal realizado com 35 idosos. Aplicaram-se instrumentos para caracterização sociodemográfica e avaliação de condiçõe...

Hyperuricemia and chronic kidney disease: to treat or not to treat

J. bras. nefrol; 43 (4), 2021
Abstract Hyperuricemia is common in chronic kidney disease (CKD) and may be present in 50% of patients presenting for dialysis. Hyperuricemia can be secondary to impaired glomerular filtration rate (GFR) that occurs in CKD. However, hyperuricemia can also precede the development of kidney disease and pre...

Evaluación de la calidad de vida de pacientes chilenos en diálisis peritoneal mediante el cuestionario KDQOL-36

Rev. méd. Chile; 149 (12), 2021
BACKGROUND: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is an important predictor of health outcomes in chronic kidney disease (CKD) including those patients in renal replacement therapy. Its evaluation through validated questionnaires is essential for comprehensive care in people undergoing renal replacement...

La importancia de la evidencia y de la adherencia a los protocolos clínicos en bienestar de los pacientes. Caso clínico de morbimortalidad

Rev. méd. Chile; 149 (11), 2021
We report a 32-year-old woman with chronic kidney disease on hemodialysis undergoing a nephrectomy for left xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis with a coralliform calculus and septic shock. Her clinical evolution was torpid, subfebrile, with persistent elevation of inflammatory parameters and with the fin...

Síndrome de Lowe, enfermedad renal crónica y síndrome de Lennox-Gastaut
Lowe syndrome, chronic kidney disease and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome

Rev. cuba. pediatr; 93 (3), 2021
Introducción: El síndrome de Lowe o síndrome oculocerebrorenal es un trastorno multisistémico. Es una enfermedad rara e infrecuente. Objetivo: Exponer un caso clínico típico, con fracaso renal controlado sin método dialítico y que de manera tardía en su adolescencia se diagnostica con síndro...

High prevalence of biochemical disturbances of chronic kidney disease - mineral and bone disorders (CKD-MBD) in a nation-wide peritoneal dialysis cohort: are guideline goals too hard to achieve?

J. bras. nefrol; 43 (2), 2021
Abstract Introduction: Chronic kidney disease - mineral and bone disorders (CKD-MBD) are common in dialysis patients. Definition of targets for calcium (Ca), phosphorus (P), parathormone (iPTH), and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and their treatment recommendations, are provided by international guidelines....

Living well with kidney disease by patient and care-partner empowerment: kidney health for everyone everywhere

J. bras. nefrol; 43 (2), 2021
Abstract Living with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with hardships for patients and their care-partners. Empowering patients and their care-partners, including family members or friends involved in their care, may help minimize burden and consequences of CKD-related symptoms to enable life pa...