- Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Trace Elements in Health
- Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
- Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Venous Diseases
- Peripheral Artery Disease Management
- Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis
- Magnesium in Health and Disease
Medical University of Graz
2021
: Guidelines recommend walking trainings for peripheral arterial disease (PAD) management. Supervised training is superior to advise improve the distance. Telehealth service with nurse support may close this gap.
Introduction: Magnesium (Mg2+) deficiency is a common finding in the early phase after kidney transplantation (KT) and has been linked to immune dysfunction infections. Data on association of hypomagnesemia rate infections transplant recipients (KTRs) are sparse. Methods: We conducted single-center retrospective cohort study KTRs transplanted between 2005 2015. Laboratory data, including serum Mg2+ (median time measurement from KT: 29 days), mainly urinary tract (UTI), transplant-related...
Infectious complications are the leading cause of technical failure in peritoneal dialysis (PD); however, targeted anti-infective therapy is not feasible at onset, as effluent cultures take days and may be inconclusive. Although recommended by guidelines, divergent positivity rates Gram-stained microscopy question value its usefulness. This study aimed to evaluate if cell types serves an additional timely diagnostic approach.This single-center retrospective analysis included prevalent PD...