Haemodialysis

ASSOCIATIONS OF COGNITIVE FUNCTION AND EDUCATIONAL LEVEL WITH ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY IN ADULTS ON HAEMODIALYSIS: THE COGNITIVE-HD COHORT STUDY

A VAN ZWIETEN1,2, G WONG1,2,3, M RUOSPO4,5, S PALMER6, A TEIXEIRA-PINTO1,2, M BARULLI7, A IURILLO7, V SAGLIMBENE1,4, P NATALE4,8, L GARGANO4, M MURGO4, C LOY1,9, R TORTELLI7, J CRAIG1,2,10, D JOHNSON11,12, M TONELLI13, J HEGBRANT4, C WOLLHEIM4, G LOGROSCINO7,14, G...

IMPACT OF EXTENDED HOURS DIALYSIS ON UTILITY-BASED QUALITY OF LIFE: RESULTS FROM THE ACTIVE DIALYSIS TRIAL

B SMYTH1,2, K HOWARD1, L ZUO3, J DE ZOYSA4,5, C CHAN6, N GRAY7,8, A CASS9, M GALLAGHER2,10,11, V PERKOVIC2, M JARDINE2,11 1Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 2The George Institute for Global Health, UNSW, Sydney, Australia,...

COMPARATIVE COST EVALUATION OF DIALYSIS SERVICE MODELS IN REMOTE AND REGIONAL AUSTRALIA: DXMOC STUDY

G GORHAM1, K HOWARD2, Y ZHAO3, A AHMED1, P LAWTON1, C SAJIV3, S MAJONI3, P WOOD3, S SIGNAL3, T CONLON3, S ROBINSON3, S BROWN4, A CASS1 1Menzies School Of Health Research, Casuarina, Australia, 2Sydney School of Public Health, University of...

ASSOCIATION OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLE INTAKE WITH ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY IN HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS (DIET-HD): A PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY

V SAGLIMBENE1,2, G WONG1, M RUOSPO2, S PALMER3, P NATALE2,6, V GARCIA-LARSEN4, K CAMPBELL5, A TEIXEIRA-PINTO1, J-J CARRERO7, P STENVINKEL7, L GARGANO2, A MURGO2, D JOHNSON8, M TONELLI9, R GELFMAN2, E CELIA2, T ECDER2, A BERNAT2, D CASTILLO2, D TIMOFTE2,...

LONGITUDINAL CHANGES IN BODY MASS INDEX AND THE COMPETING OUTCOMES OF DEATH AND TRANSPLANT IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING HEMODIALYSIS: A LATENT CLASS JOINT MODELLING APPROACH

S BRILLEMAN2, M MORENO-BETANCUR1,4, K POLKINGHORNE1,2, S MCDONALD3, M CROWTHER5, J THOMSON6, R WOLFE2 1Department of Nephrology, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia, 2Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 3ANZDATA...

GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOMS IN PATIENTS RECEIVING DIALYSIS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

J ZUVELA1, A MEADE1,2, C TRIMINGHAM2, S JESUDASON2,3, R LE LEU2, 1Flinders University, Adelaide, SA; 2Central Northern Adelaide Renal and Transplantation Service, Adelaide, SA; 3University of Adelaide, SA Aim: To describe the prevalence of all Gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms reported by dialysis patients,...

CONTACT PRECAUTIONS FOR COLONISATION WITH MULTI-DRUG REISTANT ORGANISMS AND HAEMODIALYSIS PATIENT QUALITY OF LIFE AND MOOD: A PILOT CASE CONTROL STUDY

R KRISHNASAMY1,2, C WILKINSON2,3, CJ CLARK1,2, C MCCLURE2, M WILSON2, J BASHFORD1,2, NA GRAY1,2 1Sunshine Coast University Hospital Queensland; 2The University of Queensland, Sunshine Coast Clinical School, Queensland; 3The Townsville Hospital, Queensland, Aim: To compare quality of life and mood of haemodialysis...

AN UNUSUAL CASE OF HYPERCALCAEMIA IN A HAEMODIALYSIS PATIENT

C WILKINSON1,2, G KAN1,2, V MANICKAM1,2, V SRIVASTAVA1,2 1The Townsville Hospital, Queensland; 2James Cook University Clinical School, Queensland Background: There were 37 notifications for active tuberculosis (TB) infection in Australian haemodialysis patients between 2001 and 2006. The incidence of TB in...

HIGH-DOSE INTRAVENOUS METHOTREXATE WITH HIGH-FLUX HAEMODIALYSIS IN TREATMENT OF POST-TRANSPLANT, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LYMPHOMA WITH END-STAGE KIDNEY DISEASE

E VAUGHAN1, J YEUNG2, C BROWN2,S CHADBAN1, N THIAGARAJAH2, J SAUNDERS1 1Renal Department Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW; 2Institute of Haematology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW Background: High-dose intravenous methotrexate (HD-MTX) is an integral part in primary central nervous...

IS DIABETIC MYONECROSIS MORE COMMON THAN WE THOUGHT? A CLUSTER OF CASES IN PATIENTS WITH END STAGE KIDNEY DISEASE IN CENTRAL AUSTRALIA

P SUBRAMANI1,2, P GEORGE1, M BROWN1, 1Alice Springs Hospital, Alice Springs, NT; 2Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, NT Background: Diabetic myonecrosis, or diabetic muscle infarction (DMI) is a rare condition thought to be a complication of longstanding diabetes mellitus (DM). Since its...