Relationship between appetite levels and anxiety symptoms in chronic hemodialysis patients

Abstract

tendency to decrease with higher CRP levels. There was no change in fetuin-A levels during HD: 206 (167.1; 231.9) ug/ml before and 208.9 (170.3; 246.3) ug/ml after HD; respectively. When corrected for haemoconcentration, decrease in fetuin-A was only 2.8% (po 0.05). There was also no difference between effect of hemodialysis and hemodiafiltration procedure. The use of different calcium dialysate concentrations had distinct effect on iPTH levels during and after HD, however, we observed no associated changes in fetuin-A levels. The use of dialysate solution with citric acid had no effect on fetuin-A levels. In conclusion, standard bicarbonate HD with polysulfone dialyser and ultrapure dialysate induces only minor changes in fetuin-A and no changes in hsCRP levels. iPTH levels correlate positively with predialysis fetuin-A, but distinct acute changes in iPTH secretion induced by different dialysate calcium concentrations have no effect on serum fetuin-A levels after a single HD.http://dx.