Despite the high prevalence and enormous public health implications of chronic kidney
disease (CKD), the factors responsible for its development and progression are incompletely …

Online hemodiafiltration (HDF) is an established renal replacement modality for patients with
end stage chronic kidney disease that is now gaining rapid clinical acceptance worldwide …

Results Worse overall sleep quality was associated with higher likelihood of being high or
very high risk for CKD (multiadjusted odds ratio, 2.69; 95% confidence interval, 1.30 to 5.59 …

Objective: Measurements of heart rate variability (HRV) during sleep have become
increasingly popular as sleep could provide an optimal state for HRV assessments. While …

Measures of heart rate variability (HRV) are major indices of the sympathovagal balance in
cardiovascular research. These measures are thought to reflect complex patterns of brain …

Background In patients with end‐stage kidney disease, sudden cardiac death is more
frequent after a long interdialytic interval, within 6 hours after the end of a hemodialysis …

Objectives To assess the feasibility and acceptability of a randomized controlled trial
compared auricular acupressure (AA) on specific acupoints with AA on non-specific …

Results Most heart rate variability indices were lower in stage 5 CKD patients. In multivariate
stepwise regression models, serum intact parathyroid hormone was correlated with mean …

Although the annual mortality rate for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is decreasing, likely
due to an increase in kidney transplantation rate, the survival probability for ESRD patients …

Leptin is an adipokine that regulates various metabolism, but its association with secondary
hyperparathyroidism (SHPT), a clinical manifestation of chronic kidney disease-mineral and …