A nationwide survey of 4325 dialysis facilities was conducted at the end of 2013, among
which 4268 (98.7%) responded. The number of new dialysis patients was 38 095 in 2013 …

In patients with diabetes receiving chronic haemodialysis, both very high and low glucose
levels are associated with poor outcomes, including mortality. Conditions that are associated …

Cognitive impairment (CI) associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD) has received
attention as an important problem in recent years. Causes of CI with CKD are multifactorial …

A nationwide statistical survey of 4279 dialysis facilities was conducted at the end of 2012,
among which 4238 responded (99.0%). The number of new dialysis patients was 38 055 in …

The international burden of secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) is unknown, but it may
be estimable through the available chronic kidney disease and SHPT literature. Structured …

The Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy (JSDT) collects the clinical data from all the
facilities to create a nation-wide registry system named JSDT Renal Data Registry (JRDR) …

Objective Muscle atrophy and weakness impair activity of daily living (ADL). We examined
whether chair stand exercise can improve ADL of hemodialysis patients. Design A …

Carnitine is a naturally occurring amino acid derivative that is involved in the transport of
long-chain fatty acids to the mitochondrial matrix. There, these substrates undergo β …

Endotoxins as the outer membrane of most Gram-Negative Bacteria (GNB) and typical toxic
biochemical produced by microorganisms are identified as one of the emerging pollutants …

Background Patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD) often develop cerebral disease
complications. Furthermore, cerebral regional saturation of oxygen (rSO2) was previously …