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Hemodialysis

Known as: Artificial Kidney Dialysis, Renal Dialysis, Kidney Dialysis 
A therapeutic procedure used in patients with kidney failure. It involves the extracorporeal removal of harmful wastes and fluids from the blood… (More)

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1957-2018
0500100019572017

Related topics

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18 relations
Acute Kidney InsufficiencyBlood TransfusionContinuous venovenous hemofiltrationExtracorporeal immunoadsorption
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Broader (3)

Dialysis procedureHemodiafiltrationblood treatment

Narrower (2)

Extracorporeal DialysisPeritoneal Dialysis

Related mentions per year

Related mentions per year

1936-2018
19401960198020002020
Hemodialysis
Kidney Failure, Chronic
Blood Transfusion
Peritoneal Dialysis
Kidney Failure, Acute
Hemofiltration

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2015
Review
2015
Epidemiological profile of patients with end stage renal disease in a referral hospital in Cameroon
BACKGROUND Data regarding the epidemiology of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and dialysis in sub-Saharan Africa are scarce and… (More)
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Statins and risk of incident diabetes: a collaborative meta-analysis of randomised statin trials.
BACKGROUND Trials of statin therapy have had conflicting findings on the risk of development of diabetes mellitus in patients… (More)
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Influence of renal impairment on the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of oral dabigatran etexilate: an open-label, parallel-group, single-centre study.
Dabigatran etexilate is an oral direct thrombin inhibitor in clinical development for the prevention and treatment of… (More)
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
The mortality risk of overhydration in haemodialysis patients
BACKGROUND While cardiovascular events remain the primary form of mortality in haemodialysis (HD) patients, few centres are aware… (More)
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2003
Highly Cited
2003
Arterial media calcification in end-stage renal disease: impact on all-cause and cardiovascular mortality.
BACKGROUND Cross-sectional and follow-up studies on end-stage renal disease patients showed that arterial calcifications are… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Association of low fetuin-A (AHSG) concentrations in serum with cardiovascular mortality in patients on dialysis: a cross-sectional study.
BACKGROUND Vascular calcification is the most prominent underlying pathological finding in patients with uraemia, and is a… (More)
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
[Infective endocarditis in adults].
OBJECTIVE The aim of the research was to demonstrate that the early diagnosis of infective endocarditis influences significantly… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risks in chronic hemodialysis patients.
BACKGROUND Cardiovascular diseases are the most common causes of death among chronic hemodialysis patients, yet the risk factors… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Arterial stiffening and vascular calcifications in end-stage renal disease.
BACKGROUND Epidemiological studies have identified aortic stiffness as an independent predictor of cardiovascular mortality in… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Secondary prevention with antioxidants of cardiovascular disease in endstage renal disease (SPACE): randomised placebo-controlled trial.
BACKGROUND Excess cardiovascular mortality has been documented in chronic haemodialysis patients. Oxidative stress is greater in… (More)
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