Search Results - "Scatizzi, Laura"
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Cannulation technique influences arteriovenous fistula and graft survival
Published in Kidney international (01-10-2014)“…Hemodialysis patient survival is dependent on the availability of a reliable vascular access. In clinical practice, procedures for vascular access cannulation…”
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Dynamics of the erythropoiesis stimulating agent resistance index in incident hemodiafiltration and high-flux hemodialysis patients
Published in Kidney international (01-07-2016)“…Hyporesponsiveness to erythropoiesis-stimulating agent therapy in dialysis patients is poorly understood. Some studies report an improvement in the…”
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Longitudinal Changes in Body Composition in Patients After Initiation of Hemodialysis Therapy: Results From an International Cohort
Published in Journal of renal nutrition (01-03-2016)“…Objective In patients with advanced kidney disease, metabolic and nutritional derangements induced by uremia interact and reinforce each other in a deleterious…”
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Interdialytic weight gain, systolic blood pressure, serum albumin, and C-reactive protein levels change in chronic dialysis patients prior to death
Published in Kidney international (01-07-2013)“…Reports from a United States cohort of chronic hemodialysis patients suggested that weight loss, a decline in pre-dialysis systolic blood pressure, and…”
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Survival of incident patients on high-volume online hemodiafiltration compared to low-volume online hemodiafiltration and high-flux hemodialysis
Published in International urology and nephrology (01-06-2014)“…Background Hemodiafiltration is becoming a preferred treatment modality for dialysis patients in many countries. The volume of substitution fluid delivered has…”
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Body composition and survival in dialysis patients: results from an international cohort study
Published in Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology (07-07-2015)“…High body mass index appears protective in hemodialysis patients, but uncertainty prevails regarding which components of body composition, fat or lean body…”
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Season affects body composition and estimation of fluid overload in haemodialysis patients: variations in body composition; a survey from the European MONDO database
Published in Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation (01-04-2015)“…Seasonal variations in blood pressure (BP) and inter-dialytic weight gain (IDWG) are well established in dialysis patients. However, no study has assessed…”
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Relationship of Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio and Serum Albumin Levels with C-Reactive Protein in Hemodialysis Patients: Results from 2 International Cohort Studies
Published in Nephron (2015) (01-01-2015)“…The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), defined as the neutrophil count divided by lymphocyte count, is an inexpensive and readily available parameter, which…”
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Improved survival of incident patients with high-volume haemodiafiltration: a propensity-matched cohort study with inverse probability of censoring weighting
Published in Nephron (2015) (01-01-2015)“…Haemodiafiltration (HDF) is the preferred dialysis modality in many countries. The aim of the study was to compare the survival of incident patients on…”
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TO006ANALYSIS OF CREATININE AND ALBUMIN CHANGE DYNAMICS DURING THE FIRST TWO YEARS ON EXTRACORPOREAL DIALYSIS THERAPY
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Self-Organising Maps: A new way to screen the level of satisfaction of dialysis patients
Published in Expert systems with applications (01-08-2012)“…► FME as dialysis services global provider monitors patient satisfaction in its network. ► A specific questionnaire was developed and administered to the…”
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Converting to a capitation system for dialysis payment--the Portuguese experience
Published in Blood purification (01-01-2012)“…Due to the challenge of operating within an economically strained healthcare budget, Portuguese health authorities convened with dialysis providers and agreed…”
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Delivering quality of care while managing the interests of all stakeholders
Published in Blood purification (01-01-2011)“…National healthcare systems worldwide face growing challenges to reconcile interests of patients for high-quality medical care and of payers for sustainable…”
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What causes an improved safety climate among the staff of a dialysis unit? Report of an evaluation in a large network
Published in Journal of nephrology (01-09-2011)“…Clinical staff's safety perception is considered an important indicator of the implementation level of safety climate and safety culture. For this purpose, the…”
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Monitoring dialysis outcomes across the world--the MONDO Global Database Consortium
Published in Blood purification (01-01-2013)“…Dialysis providers frequently collect detailed longitudinal and standardized patient data, providing valuable registries of routine care. However, even large…”
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Is it necessary to check outcomes to improve quality of care? The example of anemia management
Published in Journal of nephrology (01-03-2008)“…The aim of this study was to verify the importance of continuously monitoring the level of adherence to the anemia guideline recommendations in order to…”
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Assessment of quality guidelines implementation using a continuous quality improvement programme
Published in Blood purification (01-01-2007)“…Data from the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS) study suggest that the level of implementation of the European Best Practice Guidelines…”
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Adopting on-line hemodiafiltration as standard therapy in EMEA NephroCare centers
Published in Contributions to nephrology (01-01-2011)“…This paper describes the historical journey that led to the adoption of on-line hemodiafiltration (HDF) as a standard therapy for the patients in the Fresenius…”
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Haemodiafiltration: Present time technical, clinical, and financial issues
Published in Portuguese journal of nephrology & hypertension (01-06-2015)“…Online haemodiafiltration (HDF) is not a generic term that covers all convection-based renal replacement modalities - an optimal convection dose must be…”
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