43rd Annual ASAIO Conference, Atlanta --Apr: 1997

Selected Abstracts




Dialysis, Chronic Renal Failure


Vascular Access: graft/fistula

d Detection of access strictures and outlet stenoses in vascular access: which test is best?
d A comparison of methods for the measurement of access recirculation and access flow

(Intermittent) dialysis for ARF

d Urea kinetic modeling for acute renal failure

Vascular Access: venous

d Delivered blood flow in cuffed central venous catheters

Adequacy, prescription, urea kinetics

d Calculating Kt/V using intradialytic urea values taken 30 minutes before the end of dialysis

Anemia/Erythropoietin/Iron

d Anemia of chronic renal failure, sleep disorders, and daytime alertness: benefits of normalizing hematocrit (the SLEEPO trial)
d Pain at the injection site of subcutaneously administered EPO: new EPO-alpha compared to original EPO-alpha and EPO-beta

Outcomes (Morbidity, Mortality)

d Stability of hematocrit impacts survival
d Effect of missed hemodialysis treatments on mortality in patients with end-stage renal disease

PD catheters

d Hydroxyapatite-coated silastic peritoneal dialysis catheter implants in rabbits induce a greater degre of pericatheter tissue healing than uncoated silastic catheters


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