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- Title
The dialysis scenario in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
- Authors
Cucchiari, David; Graziani, Giorgio; Ponticelli, Claudio
- Abstract
Although prognosis of lupus nephritis has improved over time, a substantial amount of lupus patients still reach end-stage renal disease and require dialysis. Treatment of these patients can be challenging, since the disease poses a number of problems that can portend a poor prognosis, such as infections, lupus reactivations, vascular access thrombosis and cardiovascular complications. Consensus is lacking among investigators about the real incidence of these complications and related diagnosis and treatment. Moreover, the choice of the type of dialysis treatment and the overall prognosis are still a matter of debate. In this paper, we have reviewed the currently available literature in an attempt to answer the most controversial issues about the topic.
- Subjects
SYSTEMIC lupus erythematosus; HEMODIALYSIS patients; LUPUS nephritis; THROMBOSIS complications; MEDICAL literature reviews; PROGNOSIS; PATIENTS; DIAGNOSIS; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 2014, Vol 29, Issue 8, p1507
- ISSN
0931-0509
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ndt/gft420