Pneumatic compression devices during hemodialysis: a randomized crossover trialDavina J Tai
Correspondence and offprint requests to Jennifer MacRae
Nephrol Dial Transplant 28:982-90. 2013
..Further studies are required to better understand physiological and hemodynamic changes in patients during HD...
A randomized trial comparing buttonhole with rope ladder needling in conventional hemodialysis patientsJennifer M MacRae
Faculty of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 7:1632-8. 2012
..Buttonhole needling is reported to be associated with less pain than standard needling. The purpose of this study was to compare patient perceived pain and fistula complications in buttonhole and standard needling...
- Overview of the Alberta Kidney Disease Network
Brenda R Hemmelgarn
Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
BMC Nephrol 10:30. 2009
..The Alberta Kidney Disease Network is a collaborative nephrology research organization based on a central repository of laboratory and administrative data from the Canadian province of Alberta...
- Utilization and outcome of 'out-of-center hemodialysis' in the United States: a contemporary analysis
Jennifer M MacRae
Division of Nephrology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta, Canada
Nephron Clin Pract 116:c53-9. 2010
..There is increasing interest in the delivery of out-of-center hemodialysis (HD), particularly in the home setting, but little systematic information about its use and outcome in contemporary incident patients is available...
- Associations between hemodialysis access type and clinical outcomes: a systematic review
Pietro Ravani
University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Foothills Medical Centre, 1403 29th Street NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 2T9
J Am Soc Nephrol 24:465-73. 2013
..In conclusion, persons using catheters for hemodialysis seem to have the highest risks for death, infections, and cardiovascular events compared with other vascular access types, and patients with usable fistulas have the lowest risk...
- Hemodialysis prescription education decreases intradialytic hypotension
Davina J Tai
Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta Canada and Department of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
J Nephrol 26:315-22. 2013
..Intradialytic hypotension (IDH) is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. We studied the impact of an education program and hemodialysis (HD) prescription optimization on the frequency of IDH...
- Evaluation of an electronic warfarin nomogram for anticoagulation of hemodialysis patients
Benjamin K A Thomson
Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta Canada
BMC Nephrol 12:46. 2011
..We evaluated the effectiveness of anticoagulation using an electronic warfarin nomogram administered by nurses in outpatient hemodialysis patients, compared to physician directed therapy...
- Increased urinary protein excretion in the "normal" range is associated with increased renin-angiotensin system activity
David D M Nicholl
Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 302:F526-32. 2012
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- Morphometric and biological characterization of biofilm in tunneled hemodialysis catheters
Steven M Jones
Division of Nephrology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Am J Kidney Dis 57:449-55. 2011
..We studied biofilm characteristics in patients with and without catheter-related bloodstream infection, accounting for catheter locking solution (citrate 4% or heparin 1:1,000)...
- Oral estrogen therapy in postmenopausal women is associated with loss of kidney function
Sofia B Ahmed
Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Kidney Int 74:370-6. 2008
..Our study shows an independent association in a dose-dependent manner of estrogen use and loss of kidney function in this elderly population...
