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Home dialysis is a primary objective of Italian Ministry of Health. As stated in the National Chronicity Plan and the Address Document for Chronic Renal Disease, it is mostly home hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis to be carried out in the patient's home. Home hemodialysis has already been used in the past and today has found new technologies and new applications. The patient's autonomy and the need for a caregiver during the sessions are still the main limiting factors. In this multicenter observational study, 7 patients were enrolled for 24 months. They underwent six weekly hemodialysis sessions of 180' each; periodic medical examinations and blood tests were performed (3, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months). After 3-6 months of home hemodialysis there was already an improvement in the control of calcium-phosphorus metabolism (improvement in phosphorus values, (p <0.01), a reduction in parathyroid hormone (p <0.01)); in the number of phosphorus binders used (p <0.02); in blood pressure control (with a reduction in the number of hypotensive drugs p <0.02). Home hemodialysis, although applicable to a small percentage of patients (10-15%), has improved blood pressure control, calcium-phosphorus metabolism and anemia, reducing the need for rhEPO.
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Fallo Renal Crónico , Diálisis Peritoneal , Calcio , Hemodiálisis en el Domicilio , Humanos , Hormona Paratiroidea , Fósforo , Diálisis RenalRESUMEN
The Cardiorenal Syndrome type 4 (CRS-4) defines a pathological condition in which a primary chronic kidney disease (CKD) leads to a chronic impairment of cardiac function. The pathophysiology of CRS-4 and the role of arterial stiffness remain only in part understood. Several uremic toxins, such as uric acid, phosphates, advanced glycation end-products, asymmetric dimethylarginine, and endothelin-1, are also vascular toxins. Their effect on the arterial wall may be direct or mediated by chronic inflammation and oxidative stress. Uremic toxins lead to endothelial dysfunction, intima-media thickening and arterial stiffening. In patients with CRS-4, the increased aortic stiffness results in an increase of cardiac workload and left ventricular hypertrophy whereas the loss of elasticity results in decreased coronary artery perfusion pressure during diastole and increased risk of myocardial infarction. Since the reduction of arterial stiffness is associated with an increased survival in patients with CKD, the understanding of the mechanisms that lead to arterial stiffening in patients with CRS4 may be useful to select potential approaches to improve their outcome. In this review we aim at discussing current understanding of the pathways that link uremic toxins, arterial stiffening and impaired cardiac function in patients with CRS-4.
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Síndrome Cardiorrenal/fisiopatología , Enfermedades Cardiovasculares/fisiopatología , Insuficiencia Renal Crónica/complicaciones , Rigidez Vascular/fisiología , Aorta , Arginina/análogos & derivados , Arginina/metabolismo , Enfermedades del Sistema Nervioso Autónomo/complicaciones , Enfermedades del Sistema Nervioso Autónomo/fisiopatología , Enfermedades Óseas Metabólicas/etiología , Enfermedades Óseas Metabólicas/metabolismo , Síndrome Cardiorrenal/etiología , Síndrome Cardiorrenal/metabolismo , Síndrome Cardiorrenal/mortalidad , Enfermedades Cardiovasculares/etiología , Enfermedades Cardiovasculares/metabolismo , Enfermedades Cardiovasculares/mortalidad , Enfermedad Crónica , Endotelio Vascular/fisiopatología , Productos Finales de Glicación Avanzada/metabolismo , Humanos , Inflamación/metabolismo , Inflamación/fisiopatología , Infarto del Miocardio/etiología , Estrés Oxidativo , Fósforo/metabolismo , Insuficiencia Renal Crónica/fisiopatología , Toxinas Biológicas/metabolismo , Túnica Íntima/diagnóstico por imagen , Ácido Úrico/metabolismo , Vasculitis/etiologíaRESUMEN
In a recent issue of Nephron, Abu-Amer et al.[
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Cardiotónicos/efectos adversos , Digoxina/efectos adversos , Magnesio/orina , Humanos , Riñón/metabolismo , Túbulos Renales/metabolismo , Magnesio/sangre , Magnesio/metabolismo , Nefronas/metabolismoRESUMEN
Heavy metals are extensively used in agriculture and industrial applications such as production of pesticides, batteries, alloys, and textile dyes. Prolonged, intensive or excessive exposure can induce related systemic disorders. Kidney is a target organ in heavy metal toxicity for its capacity to filter, reabsorb and concentrate divalent ions. The extent and the expression of renal damage depends on the species of metals, the dose, and the time of exposure. Almost always acute kidney impairment differs from chronic renal failure in its mechanism and in the magnitude of the outcomes. As a result, clinical features and treatment algorithm are also different. Heavy metals in plasma exist in an ionized form, that is toxic and leads to acute toxicity and a bound, inert form when metal is conjugated with metallothionein and are then delivered to the liver and possible causing the kidney chronic damage. Treatment regimens include chelation therapy, supportive care, decontamination procedures and renal replacement therapies. This review adds specific considerations to kidney impairment due to the most common heavy metal exposures and its treatment.