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7 (22.4-26.5)L. The mean mTNS (SE) worsened by 1.7 (0.4)/28 and 1.2 (0.4)/28 in the hemodiafiltration and hemodialysis groups respectively, with a mean difference of 0.5 (95% confidence interval -0.7 to 1.7, p=0.37). There was no difference in survival (HR 1.24 (0.61 to 2.51), log rank p=0.55) or any of the pre-specified adverse events. There was no difference between groups in the number of participants who suffered an adverse event adjusted by follow-up time (Relative risk 1.05 (0.83-1.32) p=0.68).

Neuropathy is still a common complication of kidney disease without disease-altering therapy. RU58841 mouse Hemodiafiltration did not affect neuropathy progression compared with hemodialysis.

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ACTRN12609000615280.Background and objectives. Residual native kidney function confers health benefits in dialysis patients. It can facilitate control of extracellular volume and inorganic ion concentrations. Residual kidney function can also limit the accumulation of uremic solutes. This study assessed whether lower plasma concentrations of uremic solutes were associated with residual kidney function in pediatric patients on peritoneal dialysis. Design, setting, participants, and measurements. Samples were analyzed from 29 pediatric peritoneal dialysis patients including 13 without residual kidney function and 10 with residual kidney function. Metabolomic analysis by untargeted mass spectrometry compared plasma solute levels in patients with and without residual kidney function. Dialytic and residual clearances of selected solutes were also measured by assays employing chemical standards. Results. Metabolomic analysis showed that plasma levels of 256 uremic solutes in patients with residual kidney function averaged 64 (51-81 IQR) percent of the values in patients without residual kidney function who had similar total Kt/Vurea The plasma levels were significantly lower for 59 of the 256 solutes in the patients with residual kidney function and significantly higher for none. Assays employing chemical standards showed that residual kidney function provides a higher portion of the total clearance for non-urea solutes than it does for urea. Conclusions. Concentrations of many uremic solutes are lower in peritoneal dialysis patients with residual kidney function than in those without residual kidney function receiving similar treatment as assessed by Kt/Vurea.Immunosuppressive therapy in kidney transplantation is associated with numerous toxicities. CD28-mediated T cell costimulation blockade using belatacept may reduce long-term nephrotoxicity, compared with calcineurin inhibitor-based immunosuppression. The efficacy and safety of simultaneous calcineurin inhibitor avoidance and rapid steroid withdrawal were tested in a randomized, prospective, multi-center study. Methods All kidney transplants were performed using rapid steroid withdrawal immunosuppression. Recipients were randomized to 111 to receive belatacept with alemtuzumab induction, belatacept with rabbit antithymocyte globulin (rATG) induction, or tacrolimus with rATG induction. The composite endpoint consisted of death, kidney allograft loss, or an MDRD calculated eGFR of less then 45 ml/min/1.73m2 at 2 years. Results The composite endpoint was observed for 11/107 (10%) participants assigned to belatacept/alemtuzumab, 13/104 (13%) assigned to belatacept /rATG, and 21/105 (21%) assigned to tacrolimus/rA tacrolimus, each protocol with rapid steroid withdrawal. The incidence of eGFR less then 45 ml/min/1.73m2 was significantly lower but the incidence of biopsy proven acute rejection significantly higher with belatacept compared with tacrolimus.Advances in our understanding of uremic retention solutes, as well as improvements in hemodialysis membranes and other techniques designed to remove uremic retention solutes, offer opportunities to readdress the definition and classification of uremic toxins. A consensus conference was held to develop recommendations for an updated definition and classification scheme based upon a holistic approach that incorporates physicochemical characteristics, and, dialytic removal patterns of uremic retention solutes and their linkage to clinical symptoms and outcomes. The major focus is on removal of uremic retention solutes by hemodialysis. The identification of representative biomarkers for different classes of uremic retention solutes and their correlation to clinical symptoms and outcomes may facilitate personalized and targeted dialysis prescriptions to improve quality of life, morbidity, and mortality. Recommendations for areas of future research were also formulated, aimed at improving understanding of uremic solutes and improving outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease.Synthetic cannabinoids are a heterogenous group of novel, legally regulated psychoactive substances that can result in broad, multisystemic, dangerous effects. Despite growing literature regarding synthetic cannabinoid toxicity, little is known about the extent of these effects in young children. Caregivers of drug-endangered children may not provide an accurate history of exposure when children present with symptoms of intoxication, and lack of swift detection on routine urine drug screens may further obscure and delay the diagnosis. Clinical recognition carries forensic relevance that may support interventions to aid in protecting vulnerable children. We describe a case of near-fatal child maltreatment due to supervisory neglect resulting from ingestion of an increasingly common synthetic cannabinoid. Furthermore, we highlight clinical findings that should increase a physician's index of suspicion for synthetic cannabinoid toxicity, even in the absence of a history of exposure.

Most studies investigating the impact of coronavirus infectious disease-19 (COVID-19) on mortality among patients with cancer were performed in a hospital setting, and the evidence is thus based on a selected and frail subset of patients. This study evaluates the excess mortality during the first wave of COVID-19 in a nationwide, prevalent cancer cohort in Belgium.

Mortality was studied among almost 240,000 patients with cancer diagnosed between 2013 and 2018 and alive on January 1, 2020. The observed number of deaths in the months January to June 2020 was compared with the expected number of deaths applying the monthly mortality rates observed in the cancer cohort during the previous years. A comparison using the excess mortality rates from the general population was performed.

An excess number of deaths of about 400 was observed in the month of April, coinciding with a peak of COVID-19 diagnoses in Belgium and corresponding to a 33% rise in mortality. A comparable number of excess deaths was estimated if the COVID-19 excess mortality rates from the general Belgian population were applied to the cancer cohort, stratified by age and sex.