Carlo Lomonte

TL;DR: It is the first study to clearly show the high predictive power for high-output cardiac failure occurrence of Qa cut-off values >or= 2.0 l/min and a third-order polynomial regression model best fits this relationship.

TL;DR: Low-dose aspirin does not prevent thrombovascular accidents in low-risk haemodialysis patients during treatment with recombinant human erythropoietin.

TL;DR: Screening for objective quantitative criteria to be applied early after vascular access placement in order to evaluate the suitability of AVFs for dialysis should integrate clinical assessment, thus allowing sound judgment of the level of maturation of an AVF and of its outcome.

TL;DR: The present controlled study using a crossover design indicates that small and middle molecules are removed more adequately from the deeper compartments when performing a prolonged HD, even if blood and dialysate volumes are kept constant.

TL;DR: A dialysate tCa concentration of 2.75 mEq/L might be preferable to 2.5 or 3.0 mEQ/L because it is associated with mildly positive tCa mass balance values, plasma water iCa levels in the reference range, and stable PTH levels during dialysis.