Anxiety and depression in patients undergoing haemodialysis can be reduced by a variety
of treatment methods, including pharmacological therapy, cognitive-behavioural therapy …

Background: Unplanned dialysis initiation is common in patients with chronic kidney disease
(CKD). Objective: To determine common definitions and patient risk factors for unplanned …

Background Although arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is the preferred vascular access for
hemodialysis (HD), the association between vascular access types and quality of life is not …

Introduction Emergency dialysis start (EDS) is frequent for patients with chronic kidney
disease (CKD). To improve CKD management, new trajectory-based care policies are …

Although some study has been made into quality of life in patients with peritoneal dialysis,
little is known about how this relates to social support. The aim of this paper was to study …

Unplanned dialysis initiation is associated with poor outcomes. It is controversial whether
patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) should receive renin-angiotensin …

Background: Hemodialysis (HD) and peritoneal dialysis (PD) are medically equivalent
alternatives for symptomatic therapy of end-stage renal disease (ESRD). An early referral …

Background: Recent reports have suggested the possible benefit of beginning hemodialysis
(HD) at a rate less frequent than three times weekly and incrementally increasing the …

Background: More older patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) are starting dialysis.
Elderly patients often prefer treatments that focus on quality of life rather than primarily …

Predicting the risk of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) progression facilitates appropriate
nephrology care of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Previously, the kidney failure …