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Carbon Monoxide Against Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury: A Tour into the Immune System
Carbon monoxide (CO) is quickly moving past its historic label as a molecule once feared, to a therapeutic drug that modulates inflammation. The...
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Physiological Role of Hydrogen Sulfide in the Renal System
Hydrogen sulfide (H2S), a gas with a characteristic rotten-egg smell, gained historic notoriety for its toxicity and death at high concentrations...
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Carbon Monoxide Protection Seen Through the Lens of Pancreatic Islet Transplantation
Pancreatic islet transplantation is a minimally invasive procedure to replace β-cells in a subset of patients with autoimmune type 1 diabetic...
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Beneficial Effects of Nitric Oxide in Lung and Liver Transplantation
Lung transplantation is an evolutionary procedure from its experimental origin in the twentieth century and is now recognized as an established and...
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Gasotransmitters
Gasotransmitters are a class of small endogenously produced gaseous signaling molecules. They are dissolved gases in blood and other body fluids, and...
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Kidney Transplantation
It is well recognized that a kidney transplant is the best treatment option for many people with kidney failure. The role of the specialist nurse is...
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Quality of Life in People Receiving Kidney Replacement Therapy
The life of the patients receiving kidney replacement therapy is subject to different stressful and threatening situations. Those patients can suffer...
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Management of the Elderly Patient with Kidney Disease
Due to the increase in life expectancy, the number of elderly people undergoing dialysis has been increasing in recent years. Knowledge about the...
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General Vaccination Scheme for Patients with CKD: Management of Kidney Care During the COVID-19 Pandemia-Vaccination for COVID-19
People with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are at an increased level for infectious complications. Vaccination represents an important prevention...
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Oral Care for Adults with CKD
People with CKD may experience a wide range of oral manifestations related to their underlying disease and/or its treatment. Additionally, poorer...
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Vascular Access Management and Care: CVC
Vascular access in hemodialysis (HD) is essential to ensure the quality of treatment and improve the health status of people with chronic kidney...
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Patient Education in Kidney Care
This chapter gives an overview about what to take into consideration when performing education in kidney care in order to enhance learning outcomes...
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Psychosocial Approach in People with CKD: Psychosocial Implications
A diagnosis of chronic kidney disease impacts on the individual both physically and psychologically. The psychological trauma can be on a continuum...
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Infection Prevention and Control: The Importance of Hygiene in Dialysis Care
Over the last two decades, significant improvements have been made in hand hygiene and infection prevention practices. Such improvements have...
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Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy
The different types of renal replacement therapy (RRT) available are intermittent, prolonged, and continuous. Slow continuous ultrafiltration is used...
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Basics of Peritoneal Dialysis
Peritoneal dialysis is a dialysis modality that involves transpost of solutes and water across peritoneal membrane. The principles governing...
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Plasmapheresis
Plasmapharesis is an extracorporeal procedure in which blood separation technology is used to remove the plasma constituents.
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Anticoagulation During Hemodialysis
Unfractionated Heparin, low molecular weight heparin, argatroban, heparinoids, and citrate are some of the anticoagulants used in dialysis.
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Dialyzer Reuse
Some dialysis centres reuse dialyzers. The reuse can be done manually or by automated method. Though reuse reduces cost and prevents dialyzer...
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Hemodialysis Adequacy
Hemodialysis adequacy is assessed by both clinical as well as urea removal. Urea reduction ratio and Kt/V are commonly used measures of urea removal.