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Antidepressant Usage in Haemodialysis Patients: Evidence of Sub-optimal Practice Patterns
Guirguis, Ayman; Almond, Michael; Chilcot, Joseph; Davenport, A.; Wellsted, David; Farrington, Kenneth (2020-06-01)Background: Depression is common in patients on haemodialysis and associated with adverse outcomes. Antidepressant use is widespread though evidence of efficacy is limited. Objectives: To study antidepressant management ... -
Dialysis dose in acute kidney injury and chronic dialysis
Davenport, A.; Farrington, Ken (2010)The major function of the kidneys is to remove metabolic waste products. Patients with acute kidney injury, especially in the context of multiple-organ failure, are often highly catabolic, and hence have increased production ... -
Do differences in dialysis prescription impact on KDOQI bone mineral targets? The Pan Thames Renal Audit
Davenport, A.; Gardner, C.; Delaney, M. (2010)Background and Objectives: Patients achieving the Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) bone mineral clinical practice guidelines have been reported to have improved survival. Many factors affecting calcium ... -
Kt/V underestimates the hemodialysis dose in women and small men
Spalding, E.M.; Chandra, S.M.; Davenport, A.; Farrington, Ken (2008)Current guidelines suggest a minimum Kt/V of 1.2 for three weekly hemodialysis sessions; however, using V as a normalizing factor has been questioned. Parameters such as weight^0.67 (W0.67) and body surface area (BSA) that ... -
The Pan-Thames EPS study : treatment and outcomes of encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis
Balasubramaniam, G.; Brown, E.A.; Davenport, A.; Cairns, H.; Cooper, B.; Fan, S.L.; Farrington, Ken; Gallagher, H.; Harnett, P.; Krausze, S.; Steddon, S. (2009)Background: Encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis (EPS) is a disease process that can occur as a complication of peritoneal dialysis (PD). The aim of this study was to make a general assessment of the clinical features, ... -
A sensitive radioimmunoassay measuring endothelin-like immunoreactivity in human plasma : comparison of levels in patients with essential hypertension and normotensive control subjects
Davenport, A.; Ashby, M.J.; Easton, P.; Ella, S.; Bedford, J.; Dickerson, Claire; Nunez, D.J.; Capper, S.J.; Brown, M.J. (1990)1. A radioimmunoassay has been developed for measuring endothelin-like immunoreactivity in human plasma using an antibody raised against endothelin-1 which also cross-reacts with big endothelin-1 and endothelin-2 but not ...