Medical Flashlight 02/2012: Solar-Assisted Hemodialysis (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 01/2012: A predictive algorithm for the management of anaemia in haemodialysis patients based on ESA pharmacodynamics: better results for less work (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 51/2011: Association between cardiac biomarkers and the development of ESRD in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, anaemia, and CKD (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 50/2011: Aspirin resistance in patients with chronic renal failure  (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 49/2011: Vitamin D deficiency, self-reported physical and health-related quality of life: the Comprehensive Dialysis Study (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 48/2011: Prehemodialysis care by dietitians and first-year mortality after initiation of hemodialysis (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 47/2011: All-cause Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients with Heart Valve Calcification (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 46/2011: Long Interdialytic Interval and Mortality among Patients Receiving Hemodialysis (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 45/2011: Vascular access cannulation in hemodialysis patients - A survey of current practice and its relation to dialysis dose (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 44/2011: Treatment of severe neurological deficits with IgG depletion through immunoadsorption in patients with Escherichia coli O104:H4-associated haemolytic uraemic syndrome: a prospective trial (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 43/2011: Circadian variations in body temperature during dialysis (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 42/2011: Nocturnal, every-other-day, online haemodiafiltration: an effective therapeutic alternative (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 41/2011: What influences patient choice of treatment modality at the pre-dialysis stage? (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 40/2011: Sex differences in the impact of diabetes on mortality in chronic dialysis patients (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 39/2011: Determination of Dialysis Dose: A Clinical Comparison of Methods (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 38/2011: Comparable outcome of acute unplanned peritoneal dialysis and haemodialysis (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 37/2011: Choosing not to take phosphate binders: The role of dialysis patients’ medication beliefs (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 36/2011: The effects of lowering LDL cholesterol with simvastatin plus ezetimibe in patients with chronic kidney disease (Study of Heart and Renal Protection): a randomised placebo-controlled trial (SHARP) (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 35/2011: A composite score of protein-energy nutritional status predicts mortality in haemodialysis patients no better than its individual components (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 34/2011: Calcium, phosphorus, PTH and death rates in a large sample of dialysis patients from Latin America. The CORES Study (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 33/2011: Non-Adherence in Patients on Chronic Hemodialysis: An International Comparison Study (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 32/2011: Simultaneous blood temperature control and blood volume control reduces intradialytic symptoms (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 31/2011: Individualised Dialysate Temperature Improves Intradialytic Haemodynamics and Abrogates Haemodialysis-Induced Myocardial Stunning, without Compromising Tolerability (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 30/2011: Water-soluble vitamin levels in extended hours hemodialysis (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 29/2011: Long-term effects of high-efficiency on-line haemodiafiltration on uraemic toxicity. A multicentre prospective randomized study (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 28/2011: The beneficial influence on the effectiveness of automated peritoneal dialysis of varying the dwell time (short/long) and fill volume (small/large): a randomized controlled trial (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 27/2011: The Increasing Prevalence of Atrial Fibrillation among Hemodialysis Patients (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 26/2011: Hemoglobin Variability and Mortality: Confounding by Disease Severity (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 25/2011: Full loss of residual renal function causes higher mortality in Dialysis patients; findings from a marginal structural model (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 24/2011: Prevention of dialysis catheter malfunction with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 23/2011: Fluid Status in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: The European Body Composition Monitoring (EuroBCM) Study Cohort (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 22/2011: Vitamin D status and mortality in chronic kidney disease (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 21/2011: Vegetarian Compared with Meat Dietary Protein Source and Phosphorus Homeostasis in Chronic Kidney Disease (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 20/2011: Evidence for severe atherosclerotic changes in chronic hemodialysis patients: Comparative autopsy study against cardiovascular disease patients without chronic kidney disease (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 19/2011: Effect of Bone Mineral Guideline Target Achievement on Mortality in Incident Dialysis Patients: An Analysis of the United Kingdom Renal Registry (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 18/2011: Infectious Complications Following Conversion to Buttonhole Cannulation of Native Arteriovenous Fistulas: A Quality Improvement Report (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 17/2011: Risk factors associated with patency loss of haemodialysis vascular access within 6 months (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 16/2011: Naturally occurring higher hemoglobin concentration does not increase mortality among hemodialysis patients (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 15/2011: An Epidemiological Study of Hemodialysis Patients Based on the European Fresenius Medical Care Hemodialysis Network: Results of the ARO Study (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 15/2011: An Epidemiological Study of Hemodialysis Patients Based on the European Fresenius Medical Care Hemodialysis Network: Results of the ARO Study (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 14/2011: Phosphate binder is not phosphate binder! Sevelamer may be different! (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 13/2011: Effects of telmisartan added to angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors on mortality and morbidity in haemodialysis patients with chronic heart failure (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 01/2011: Comparison of 4- and 8-h dialysis sessions in thrice-weekly in-centre haemodialysis (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 49/2010: Modifiable risk factors associated with sudden cardiac arrest within hemodialysis clinics (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 48/2010: In-Center Hemodialysis Six Times per Week versus Three Times per Week (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 47/2010: Costs of dialysis - a regional population-based analysis (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 46/2010: Rapid fluid removal during dialysis is associated with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 45/2010: Hemoglobin Variability Does Not Predict Mortality in European Hemodialysis Patients (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 44/2010: Digoxin Associates with Mortality in ESRD (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 43/2010: The quantitative evaluation of online haemodiafiltration effect on skin hyperpigmentation (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 42/2010: Infection-related hospitalizations in older patients with ESRD (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 41/2010: The link between bone and coronary calcifications in CKD-5 patients on haemodialysis (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 40/2010: Prognostic Value of Aortic Stiffness and Calcification for Cardiovascular Events and Mortality in Dialysis Patients: Outcome of the Calcification Outcome in Renal Disease (CORD) Study (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 39/2010: Vitamin D deficiency is associated with sudden cardiac death, combined cardiovascular events, and mortality in haemodialysis patients (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 38/2010: A longitudinal study of uremic pruritus in hemodialysis patients (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 37/2010: Hemofiltration and Hemodiafiltration Reduce Intradialytic Hypotension in ESRD (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 36/2010: Comparative Performance of the CKD Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) and the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) Study Equations for Estimating GFR Levels Above 60 mL/min/1.73 m² (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 35/2010: Patient and Technique Survival among a Canadian Multicenter Nocturnal Home Hemodialysis Cohort (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 34/2010: Left ventricular growth after 1 year of haemodialysis does not correlate with arteriovenous access flow: a prospective cohort study (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 33/2010: Glycemic Control and the risk of Death in 1,484 Patients Receiving Maintenance Hemodialysis (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 32/2010: Association of residual urine output with mortality, quality of life, and inflammation in incident haemodialysis patients: The Choices for Healthy Outcomes in Caring for End-Stage Renal Disease (CHOICE) Study (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 31/2010: Mineral and bone disease pattern in elderly haemodialysis patients (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 30/2010: Impact of haemoglobin and erythropoietin dose changes on mortality: a secondary analysis of results from a randomized anaemia management trial (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 29/2010: Is the inverse relation between blood pressure and mortality normalized in “low-risk” dialysis patients? (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 28/2010: Variability of Creatinine Measurements in Clinical Laboratories: Results from the CRIC Study (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 27/2010: Hospital treatment for fluid overload in the Medicare haemodialysis population (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 26/2010: Effect of high-dose allopurinol on exercise in patients with chronic stable angina: a randomised, placebo controlled crossover trial (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 25/2010: Evaluation of calcium acetate/magnesium carbonate as a phosphate binder compared with sevelamer hydrochloride in haemodialysis patients: a controlled randomized study (CALMAG study) assessing efficacy and tolerability (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 24/2010: Dose of Dialysis Based on Body Surface Area Is Markedly Less in Younger Children Than in Older Adolescents (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 23/2010: Association of dietary phosphorus intake and phosphorus to protein ratio with mortality in haemodialysis patients (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 22/2010: Nephrology visits and health care resource use before and after reporting estimated glomerular filtration rate (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 21/2010: A Phase III, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of Tenecteplase for Improvement of Hemodialysis Catheter Function: TROPICS 3 (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 20/2010: Self-adjustment of phosphate binder dose to meal phosphorus content improves management of hyperphosphataemia in children with chronic kidney disease  (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 19/2010: Serum iPTH, calcium and phosphate, and the risk of mortality in a European haemodialysis population (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 18/2010: Propensity-matched mortality comparison of incident hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 17/2010: Blood Pressure and Mortality among Hemodialysis Patients (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 16/2010: Iron, Inflammation, Dialysis Adequacy, Nutritional Status, and Hyperparathyroidism Modify Erythropoietic Response (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 15/2010: Cholecalciferol supplementation in hemodialysis patients: effects on mineral metabolism, inflammation, and cardiac dimension parameters (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 14/2010: New-Onset Diabetes after Hemodialysis Initiation: Impact on Survival (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 13/2010: Clinical measures identify vitamin D deficiency in dialysis (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 12/2010: Relation Between Kidney Function, Proteinuria, and Adverse Outcomes (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 11/2010: Results of a randomized controlled trial on statin use in dialysis patients had no influence on statin prescription (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 10/2010: Guided optimization of fluid status in haemodialysis patients (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 09/2010: Shorter dialysis times are associated with higher mortality among incident hemodialysis patients (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 08/2010: Daily online-haemodiafiltration promotes catch-up growth in children on chronic dialysis (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 07/2010: End-of-life care preferences and needs: perceptions of patients with chronic kidney disease (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 06/2010: Buttonhole needling of haemodialysis arteriovenous fistulae results in less complications and interventions compared to the rope-ladder technique (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 05/2010: Glycemic Control and Cardiovascular Events in Diabetic Hemodialysis Patients (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 04/2010: Monthly cholecalciferol administration in haemodialysis patients: a simple and effective strategy for vitamin D supplementation (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 03/2010: Association between achievement of haemodialysis quality-of-care indicators and quality-of-life scores (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight 01/2010: High-flux or low-flux dialysis: a position statement following publication of the Membrane Permeability Outcome study (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Medical Flashlight: Homocysteine as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease in patients treated by dialysis: A meta-analysis (PDF, 0.1 MB)