Hemodialysis(HD)is a crucial renal replacement therapy for patients with end-stage renal disease.Despite improvements in dialysis technology,mortality for maintenance HD(MHD)patients remains high.To improve the qualit...Hemodialysis(HD)is a crucial renal replacement therapy for patients with end-stage renal disease.Despite improvements in dialysis technology,mortality for maintenance HD(MHD)patients remains high.To improve the quality of life among MHD patients,it is necessary to examine the risk factors associated with mortality.In this study,we retrospectively analyzed patients5 conditions at the beginning of dialysis and assessed the risk factors for mortality in MHD patients treated at the Center for Hemodialysis in West China Hospital,Sichuan University,China.The aim of this study was to identify significant risk factors to guide the treatment of MHD patients and targeted early preventions to improve prognosis.展开更多
To the editor: Patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) are more vulnerable to nosocomial infection, with less ability to combat the infection and a greater susceptibility to contaminants in the dialysis ...To the editor: Patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) are more vulnerable to nosocomial infection, with less ability to combat the infection and a greater susceptibility to contaminants in the dialysis environment.展开更多
基金supported by a grant of Sichuan Medical Association Scientific Research Project(No.2017SHD001).
文摘Hemodialysis(HD)is a crucial renal replacement therapy for patients with end-stage renal disease.Despite improvements in dialysis technology,mortality for maintenance HD(MHD)patients remains high.To improve the quality of life among MHD patients,it is necessary to examine the risk factors associated with mortality.In this study,we retrospectively analyzed patients5 conditions at the beginning of dialysis and assessed the risk factors for mortality in MHD patients treated at the Center for Hemodialysis in West China Hospital,Sichuan University,China.The aim of this study was to identify significant risk factors to guide the treatment of MHD patients and targeted early preventions to improve prognosis.
文摘To the editor: Patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) are more vulnerable to nosocomial infection, with less ability to combat the infection and a greater susceptibility to contaminants in the dialysis environment.