Browsing by Author "Andrić, Branislav (26433154600)"

Objectives: The aims of the study were to determine the percentage of patients on regular hemodialysis (HD) in Serbia failing to meet KDOQI guidelines targets and find out factors associated with the risk of time to death and the association between guidelines adherence and patient outcome. Methods: A cohort of 2153 patients on regular HD in 24 centers (55.7% of overall HD population) in Serbia were followed from January 2010 to December 2012. The percentage of patients failing to meet KDOQI guidelines targets of dialysis dose (Kt/V > 1.2), hemoglobin (>110 g/L), serum phosphorus (1.1-1.8 mmol/L), calcium (2.1-2.4 mmol/L) and iPTH (150-300 pg/mL) was determined. Cox proportional hazards analysis was used to select variables significantly associated with the risk of time to death. Results: The patients were on regular HD for 5.3 ± 5.3 years, dialyzed 11.8 ± 1.9 h/week. Kt/V < 1.2 had 42.4% of patients, hemoglobin <110 g/L had 66.1%, s-phosphorus <1.1 mmol/L had 21.7% and >1.8 mmol/L 28.6%, s-calcium <2.1 mmol/L had 11.7% and >2.4 mmol/L 25.3%, iPTH <150 pg/mL had 40% and >300 pg/mL 39.7% of patients. Using Cox model (adjustment for patient age, gender, duration of HD treatment) age, duration of HD treatment, hemoglobin, iPTH and diabetic nephropathy were selected as significant independent predictors of time to death. When targets of five examined parameters were included in Cox model, target for KtV, hemoglobin and iPTH were found to be significant independent predictors of time to death. Conclusion: Substantial proportion of patients examined failed to meet KDOQI guidelines targets. The relative risk of time to death was associated with being outside the targets for Kt/V, hemoglobin and iPTH. © 2015 The Authors.

Objectives: The aims of the study were to determine the percentage of patients on regular hemodialysis (HD) in Serbia failing to meet KDOQI guidelines targets and find out factors associated with the risk of time to death and the association between guidelines adherence and patient outcome. Methods: A cohort of 2153 patients on regular HD in 24 centers (55.7% of overall HD population) in Serbia were followed from January 2010 to December 2012. The percentage of patients failing to meet KDOQI guidelines targets of dialysis dose (Kt/ V> 1.2), hemoglobin (>110. g/L), serum phosphorus (1.1-1.8. mmol/L), calcium (2.1-2.4. mmol/L) and iPTH (150-300. pg/mL) was determined. Cox proportional hazards analysis was used to select variables significantly associated with the risk of time to death. Results: The patients were on regular HD for 5.3. ± 5.3 years, dialyzed 11.8. ± 1.9. h/week. Kt/ V< 1.2 had 42.4% of patients, hemoglobin <110. g/L had 66.1%, s-phosphorus <1.1 mmol/L had 21.7% and >1.8 mmol/L 28.6%, s-calcium <2.1 mmol/L had 11.7% and >2.4. mmol/L 25.3%, iPTH <150 pg/mL had 40% and >300 pg/mL 39.7% of patients. Using Cox model (adjustment for patient age, gender, duration of HD treatment) age, duration of HD treatment, hemoglobin, iPTH and diabetic nephropathy were selected as significant independent predictors of time to death. When targets of five examined parameters were included in Cox model, target for KtV, hemoglobin and iPTH were found to be significant independent predictors of time to death. Conclusion: Substantial proportion of patients examined failed to meet KDOQI guidelines targets. The relative risk of time to death was associated with being outside the targets for Kt/ V, hemoglobin and iPTH. © 2015 The Authors.

Introduction Sleep disorders and psychological disturbances are common in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. However, despite their frequency and importance, such conditions often go unnoticed, since all patients do not clearly manifest fully expressed symptoms.; Objective This study aimed to determine the prevalence of depression and poor sleep quality and to examine the association between these disorders and demographic, clinical and treatment-related characteristics of ESRD patients on hemodialysis (HD).; Methods The study included 222 patients (132 men and 90 women), mean age 57.3 ± 11.9 years, from 3 HD centers in Central Serbia, which provided us with biochemical parameters and demographic data. Sleep quality and depression were assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), respectively.; Results The average BDI was 16.1 ± 11. 3. Depressed patients were significantly older (p=0.041), had a significantly lower dialysis adequacy (p=0.027) and a significantly worse quality of sleep (p<0.001), while they did not show significant difference as regarding sex, employment, marital status, comorbidities, dialysis type, dialysis vintage, shift and laboratory parameters. The average PSQI was 7.8 ± 4.5 and 64.2% of patients were poor sleepers. Poor sleepers were significantly older (p=0.002), they were more often females (p=0.027) and had a significantly higher BDI (p<0.001), while other investigated variables were not correlated with sleep quality. A statistically significant positive correlation was found between BDI and PSQI (r=0.604; p<0.001).; Conclusion Depression and poor sleep quality are frequent and interrelated among HD patients. © 2014, Srp Arh Celok Lek. All rights reserved.