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| S V JassalSummaryAffiliation: University of Toronto Country: Canada Publications
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Geriatric comorbidities, such as falls, confer an independent mortality risk to elderly dialysis patientsMarilyn Li
Department of Medicine, Toronto General Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nephrol Dial Transplant 23:1396-400. 2008..The objective of this study was to assess whether falls remained predictive of increased mortality risk even after controlling for age, comorbidity, dialysis vintage and laboratory variables...- The 'Sit-to-Scale' score--a pilot study to develop an easily applied score to follow functional status in elderly dialysis patientsG Kenzo Saito
Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, Toronto Canada
Nephrol Dial Transplant 22:3318-21. 2007 - Continued transplant immunosuppression may prolong survival after return to peritoneal dialysis: results of a decision analysisSarbjit V Jassal
Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Am J Kidney Dis 40:178-83. 2002..We set out to test the hypothesis that patients returning to peritoneal dialysis after a failed transplant benefit from continued immunosuppression... 
Geriatric hemodialysis rehabilitation careSarbjit Vanita Jassal
Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Adv Chronic Kidney Dis 15:115-22. 2008..Nephrologists increasingly will be faced with problems arising from functional decline. We conclude by offering suggestions for future changes that may help to stem the rising tide of dialysis disability...- A randomized controlled trial comparing mupirocin versus Polysporin Triple for the prevention of catheter-related infections in peritoneal dialysis patients (the MP3 study)Sarbjit V Jassal
Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, and Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Perit Dial Int 28:67-72. 2008.... - Improvements in cognition in patients converting from thrice weekly hemodialysis to nocturnal hemodialysis: a longitudinal pilot studyS V Jassal
Department of Medicine, University of Health Network, and Neurobehavioural Research Unit, St Michael s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Kidney Int 70:956-62. 2006..04) was seen. Learning efficiency scores were unchanged. NHD may be associated with improved general cognitive efficiency as measured by psychomotor efficiency and attention and working memory... - Differential impairment of psychomotor efficiency and processing speed in patients with chronic kidney diseaseSarbjit V Jassal
Department of Medicine, University Health Network, 8N 857, 200 Elizabeth St, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 2C4
Int Urol Nephrol 40:849-54. 2008..Based on these findings, we hypothesized that functional decline may occur differentially in some domains more than others... - Predicting mortality after kidney transplantation: a clinical toolSarbjit V Jassal
Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Transpl Int 18:1248-57. 2005..We suggest annual or biannual tables generated by national registries across Europe and N. America, may be useful to those physicians faced with counseling patients and families... - Baseline comorbidity in kidney transplant recipients: a comparison of comorbidity indicesSarbjit V Jassal
Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Am J Kidney Dis 46:136-42. 2005..Our objective is to report baseline comorbidity and compare the use of different indices for recipients of kidneys from both deceased and living donors... - Offering peritoneal dialysis to the older patient: medical progress or waste of time?Sarbjit V Jassal
Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
Semin Nephrol 31:225-34. 2011.... 
Changes in survival among elderly patients initiating dialysis from 1990 to 1999Sarbjit Vanita Jassal
University Health Network, Toronto, Ont
CMAJ 177:1033-8. 2007..We sought to determine the life expectancy of elderly patients after starting dialysis and to identify changes in survival rates over time...- Geriatric nephrology units: the way of the futureS V Jassal
Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Liverpool, UK
Int Urol Nephrol 32:469-74. 2001..These issues are discussed under the headings prevention, documentation and planning... - Attitudes of British Isles nephrologists towards dialysis modality selection: a questionnaire studySarbjit Vanita Jassal
Division of Nephrology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Nephrol Dial Transplant 17:474-7. 2002..We set out to determine the opinions and attitudes of British Isles nephrologists about dialysis modality decisions and optimal dialysis system design... - Dialysis in late life: benefit or burdenSarbjit V Jassal
University of Toronto, University Health Network, 8NU 857, Toronto, Canada
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 4:2008-12. 2009..This mini-review addresses some of the challenges, increases awareness of specific issues, and highlights new opportunities in this field... - Kidney transplantation in the elderly: a decision analysisSarbjit V Jassal
Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Am Soc Nephrol 14:187-96. 2003..Prolonged waiting times dramatically decrease the clinical benefits and economic attractiveness of transplantation, suggesting that living donor transplantation may be of particular benefit in this population... - Clinical presentation of renal failure in the aged: chronic renal failureSarbjit Vanita Jassal
University Health Network, 8NU 857, 200 Elizabeth Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2C4 Canada
Clin Geriatr Med 25:359-72. 2009..This review addresses some of the important aspects of chronic kidney disease, and summarizes some of the clinical and laboratory features associated with progressive disease... - Increased mortality of elderly female peritoneal dialysis patients with diabetes--a descriptive analysisS Maitra
Home Peritoneal Dialysis Unit, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Adv Perit Dial 17:117-21. 2001..No factor was found to be predictive of death from infection. It appears that elderly diabetic women on PD die mainly of the long-term complications of diabetes... - Predictors of peritonitis in patients on peritoneal dialysis: results of a large, prospective Canadian databaseSharon J Nessim
Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, St Michael s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 4:1195-200. 2009..Determining factors that are associated with PD peritonitis may facilitate the identification of patients who are at risk... - Clinical outcomes after failed renal transplantation-does dialysis modality matter?Jeffrey Perl
Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Semin Dial 21:239-44. 2008..Practical considerations will be discussed with a specific emphasis on patients treated by PD... - Impact of age on peritonitis risk in peritoneal dialysis patients: an era effectSharon J Nessim
Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, St Michael s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 4:135-41. 2009..We therefore studied the impact of age on infection rates, organisms and outcomes... - Functional dependencies among the elderly on hemodialysisW L Cook
Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, Providence Health Care, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Kidney Int 73:1289-95. 2008..Our study shows that the disability in self-care is common among older patients on hemodialysis. Strategies are needed to routinely identify those older dialysis patients at risk of functional impairment and to limit their disabilities... - Conversion from conventional to nocturnal hemodialysis improves vitamin D levelsS J Nessim
Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Kidney Int 71:1172-6. 2007..Additionally, normalization of serum phosphorus may improve 1alpha-hydroxylation thereby enhancing substrate-dependent generation of 1,25-dihydroxy-vitamin D in chronic dialysis patients... - Arteriovenous fistula outcomes in the era of the elderly dialysis populationCharmaine E Lok
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University Health Network Toronto General Hospital, and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Kidney Int 67:2462-9. 2005..This study compared the outcomes of AVF in patients <65 years old (65- group) versus those > or =65 years old (65+ group)... - Epidemiology and demographic aspects of treated end-stage renal disease in the elderlyMurali Krishnan
Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Semin Dial 15:79-83. 2002..Changes over time and across registries are discussed with reference to patient characteristics, survival statistics, and the trends seen with transplantation in the elderly... - Comparative cost-analysis of two different chronic care facilities for end-stage renal disease patientsS V Jassal
Wellesley Hospital, Toronto, Canada
Geriatr Nephrol Urol 8:69-76. 1998..To investigate the cost and quality of life associated with the first specialized chronic care facility for disabled dialysis patients... - Routine use of mupirocin at the peritoneal catheter exit site and mupirocin resistance: still low after 7 yearsThierry Lobbedez
Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
Nephrol Dial Transplant 19:3140-3. 2004..7% of the patients. Compared with our previous study, 3 years earlier, there is no significant increase in the MuRSA prevalence in peritoneal dialysis patients who routinely apply mupirocin ointment at the catheter exit site... - Quality improvement through the introduction of interdisciplinary geriatric hemodialysis rehabilitation careMarilyn Li
Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
Am J Kidney Dis 50:90-7. 2007..Provision of rehabilitation with the aim of restoring personal independence in elderly hemodialysis patients faces several challenges... - Relationship between double-cuff versus single-cuff peritoneal dialysis catheters and risk of peritonitisSharon J Nessim
Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Nephrol Dial Transplant 25:2310-4. 2010..It has been hypothesized that double-cuff catheters might be superior to single-cuff catheters in preventing peritonitis caused by periluminal entry of organisms... - A prospective pilot study to measure changes in functional status associated with hospitalization in elderly dialysis-dependent patientsDerek Lo
Department of Physiatry and Kinesiology, University of Western Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Am J Kidney Dis 52:956-61. 2008..Based on the high prevalence of disability in the dialysis population, we undertook a pilot study to determine functional impairment at the time of admission and again at 1 week after discharge... - Chiropody may prevent amputations in diabetic patients on peritoneal dialysisJennifer Lipscombe
Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Perit Dial Int 23:255-9. 2003..70, p< 0.01). Being seen by a chiropodist was protective (HR = 0.39, p < 0.01). CONCLUSION: The current study suggests that a chiropody program may help to prevent amputation in patients with diabetes on PD... - Causes of death in older peritoneal dialysis patients--can we depend on registry reports?Sanjay Maitra
University of Health Network, 200 Elizabeth St, Room 8N 857, M5G 2C4 Toronto, ON, Canada
Int Urol Nephrol 39:345-50. 2007.... - Acinetobacter peritoneal dialysis peritonitis: description and relation to the SPICE family of organismsOded Friedman
Division of Nephrology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Perit Dial Int 28:195-7. 2008 - Neuropsychiatric complications of chronic kidney diseaseRory McQuillan
Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth Street, 8N 825, Toronto, ON M5G 2C4, Canada
Nat Rev Nephrol 6:471-9. 2010..This Review summarizes the clinical features of various forms of cognitive dysfunction that occur in individuals with renal disease and describes the evidence for the high burden of disease in such patients... - Visual impairment in elderly patients receiving long-term hemodialysisErnest Chiu
Nephrology Division, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Am J Kidney Dis 52:1131-8. 2008..Based on data from the general population, we hypothesized that more than 30% of dialysis patients 65 years or older would have visual impairment manifested by loss of visual acuity, depth perception, or contrast sensitivity... - Peritoneal dialysis in the nursing homeTao Wang
Home Peritoneal Dialysis Unit, The Toronto Hospital (General and Western Division, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Int Urol Nephrol 34:405-8. 2002..This is crucial to the success of the program. It is important that patients, their families and ESRD care professionals are informed of the limited survival expectation particularly for very old and severely impaired patients... - Gastric acid suppression and the risk of enteric peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis patientsSharon J Nessim
Division of Nephrology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Perit Dial Int 28:246-51; discussion 236-7. 2008..The objective of this study was to determine, using a larger patient population, whether gastric acid suppressants are associated with an increased risk of EP. Patients and.. - Survival and morbidity of HIV patients on hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis: one center's experience and review of the literatureTayebeh Soleymanian
Nephrology Ward, Shariati Hospital, North Kargar Street, Postal code 14114, Tehran, Iran
Int Urol Nephrol 38:331-8. 2006..This article presents our experience with complications and survival rate among our HIV-infected ESRD patients on peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis. We reviewed the literature on this subject... - Clinical outcomes of elderly patients undergoing chronic peritoneal dialysis: experiences from one center and a review of the literatureXiao Yang
Peritoneal Dialysis Programme, Toronto Western Hospital, University Network and University of Toronto, 399 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Canada, M5T 2S8
Int Urol Nephrol 39:1295-302. 2007..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the outcome and to identify predictors of mortality in elderly patients on chronic peritoneal dialysis (CPD)... - Prevalence of falls among seniors maintained on hemodialysisWendy L Cook
Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine and Providence Health Care, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Int Urol Nephrol 37:649-52. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: Falls are very common amongst seniors on hemodialysis. Further prospective study of the incidence and risk factors for falls in this population is needed to allow targeted interventions... - K/DOQI guideline requirements for calcium, phosphate, calcium phosphate product, and parathyroid hormone control in dialysis patients: can we achieve them?Mingxin Wei
Home Peritoneal Dialysis Unit, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and Department of Nephrology, Guangxi People s Hospital, Guangxi, PR China
Int Urol Nephrol 38:739-43. 2006..4-9.5 mg/dl, 3.5-5.5 mg/dl, <55 mg2/dl2 and 150-300 pg/ml, respectively... - Factors influencing exercise participation by older adults requiring chronic hemodialysis: a qualitative studyPia C Kontos
Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, 11035 550 University Ave, Toronto, ON, Canada, M5G 2A2
Int Urol Nephrol 39:1303-11. 2007..A shift is required in the culture of ESRD treatment programs towards a wellness perspective that includes expectations of exercise encouragement by the health care team and participation by patients...