Angélica Nickel Adamoli, Bruno Nunes Razzera, Raphaele Nonnenmacher Colferai, Maitê Freitas Ranheiri, Wagner de Lara Machado, Ana Maria Pandolfo Feoli, Ana Regina Noto, Margareth da Silva Oliveira
{"title":"Feasibility of the Hemomindful Program: a mindfulness-based program performed during hemodialysis.","authors":"Angélica Nickel Adamoli, Bruno Nunes Razzera, Raphaele Nonnenmacher Colferai, Maitê Freitas Ranheiri, Wagner de Lara Machado, Ana Maria Pandolfo Feoli, Ana Regina Noto, Margareth da Silva Oliveira","doi":"10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2024-0068en","DOIUrl":"10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2024-0068en","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Recent evidence indicates that mindfulness-based programs (MBPs) improve overall well-being and the ability to cope with kidney failure and hemodialysis stressors. However, intradialytic MBPs are poorly investigated.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The aim of this study was to describe the study protocol, evaluate the feasibility and perceived effects of the Hemomindful Program.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The results presented are from a mixed-methods randomized controlled trial. Thirty-two adults with kidney failure were randomized into the Hemomindful Program, which consisting of 8 weekly individual sessions of 1 hour delivered at chairside during hemodialysis combined with the treatment as usual (TAU), or TAU alone. Feasibility was assessed based on retention of the study protocol, adherence to the Hemomindful Program, its safety, and participant satisfaction. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with participants in the intervention arm immediately following treatment. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and discursive textual analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The overall rate of adherence to the study protocol was 84.38%. Among the participants in the Hemomindful Program (n = 16), 15 had four or more sessions (93.7%) and 12 completed the protocol (75%). Degree of importance attributed to the intervention was 8.58 (SD = 2.06) and intention to maintain the formal and informal mindfulness practices after the intervention was 6.67 (SD = 2.93) and 8.5 (SD = 2.31). The qualitative analysis indicated satisfaction with the perceived changes (greater awareness in daily activities, less reactivity, management of pain and discomfort) and the structure of the program.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The Hemomindful Program showed positive indicators of feasibility, with good retention, acceptability and safety.</p>","PeriodicalId":14724,"journal":{"name":"Jornal brasileiro de nefrologia : 'orgao oficial de Sociedades Brasileira e Latino-Americana de Nefrologia","volume":"47 1","pages":"e20240068"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11648740/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142828564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"C3 glomerulonephritis associated with monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance: a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge.","authors":"Bárbara Beirão, Mariana Freitas, Natália Silva, Patrícia Ferraz, Catarina Prata, Teresa Morgado","doi":"10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2024-0092en","DOIUrl":"10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2024-0092en","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14724,"journal":{"name":"Jornal brasileiro de nefrologia : 'orgao oficial de Sociedades Brasileira e Latino-Americana de Nefrologia","volume":"46 4","pages":"e20240092"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11542637/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142287602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Underscoring the challenges in the training of kidney transplant surgeons.","authors":"Renato Demarchi Foresto, Lúcio Requião-Moura","doi":"10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2024-E011en","DOIUrl":"10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2024-E011en","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14724,"journal":{"name":"Jornal brasileiro de nefrologia : 'orgao oficial de Sociedades Brasileira e Latino-Americana de Nefrologia","volume":"46 4","pages":"e2024E011"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11588315/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142620668","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Chronic kidney disease stages and changes in ambulatory blood pressure monitoring: letter to the editor.","authors":"Hineptch Daungsupawong, Viroj Wiwanitkit","doi":"10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2024-0128en","DOIUrl":"10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2024-0128en","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14724,"journal":{"name":"Jornal brasileiro de nefrologia : 'orgao oficial de Sociedades Brasileira e Latino-Americana de Nefrologia","volume":"46 4","pages":"e20240128"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11469576/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142406386","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
André Murad Nagahama, Vanessa Dos Santos Silva, Vanessa Burgugi Banin, Roberto Jorge da Silva Franco, Pasqual Barretti, Silmeia Garcia Zanati Bazan, Luis Cuadrado Martin
{"title":"Association between chronic kidney disease stages and changes in ambulatory blood pressure monitoring parameters.","authors":"André Murad Nagahama, Vanessa Dos Santos Silva, Vanessa Burgugi Banin, Roberto Jorge da Silva Franco, Pasqual Barretti, Silmeia Garcia Zanati Bazan, Luis Cuadrado Martin","doi":"10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2024-0128rpen","DOIUrl":"10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2024-0128rpen","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14724,"journal":{"name":"Jornal brasileiro de nefrologia : 'orgao oficial de Sociedades Brasileira e Latino-Americana de Nefrologia","volume":"46 4","pages":"e20220128rp"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11533900/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142568928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kelly Cristiane Rocha Lemos, Anália Nusya de Medeiros Garcia, Thais Oliveira Claizoni Dos Santos, Nathalia Fidelis Lins Vieira, Ana Célia Oliveira Dos Santos
{"title":"Association between malnutrition-inflammation score (MIS) and quality of life in elderly hemodyalisis patients.","authors":"Kelly Cristiane Rocha Lemos, Anália Nusya de Medeiros Garcia, Thais Oliveira Claizoni Dos Santos, Nathalia Fidelis Lins Vieira, Ana Célia Oliveira Dos Santos","doi":"10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2023-0171en","DOIUrl":"10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2023-0171en","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The malnutrition-inflammation process is one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), influencing quality of life. The aim of this study was to identify the inflammatory and nutritional status of elderly hemodialysis (HD) and its association with quality of life.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study was carried out in health services in three different cities. The Malnutrition-Inflammation Score (MIS) was used to assess the inflammatory and nutritional status, with anthropometric measurements, protein status, lean mass and function. The quality of life was assessed using KDQOL-SFTM. Data were analyzed using multivariate analysis and the Poisson model to evaluate the factors that increased the risk of developing malnutrition and inflammation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The MIS identified a 52.2% prevalence of malnutrition and inflammation in the population. In univariate analysis, most KDQOL-SFTM domains presented higher scores for nourished elderly. Anthropometric measures associated with muscle mass and functionality were lower in the malnourished elderly. Multivariate modeling revealed a higher nutritional risk of 50.6% for women and older age, since with each additional year of life the risk of malnutrition increased by 2.4% and by 0.4% with each additional month on HD. Greater arm muscle circumference (AMC) and higher serum albumin were factors for reducing malnutrition by 4.6% and 34.7%, respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Higher serum albumin and preserved AMC have been shown to be good indicators of better nutritional status. Higher MIS was associated with poorer quality of life, older age, lower income and education, longer time on dialysis, and presence of comorbidities.</p>","PeriodicalId":14724,"journal":{"name":"Jornal brasileiro de nefrologia : 'orgao oficial de Sociedades Brasileira e Latino-Americana de Nefrologia","volume":"46 4","pages":"e20230171"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11539957/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142287601","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jorge Rico-Fontalvo, Maricely Reina, María José Soler, Mario Unigarro-Palacios, Juan Pablo Castañeda-González, Javier Jiménez Quintero, María Raad-Sarabia, Thyago Proença de Moraes, Rodrigo Daza-Arnedo
{"title":"Kidney effects of Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 (GLP1): from molecular foundations to a pharmacophysiological perspective.","authors":"Jorge Rico-Fontalvo, Maricely Reina, María José Soler, Mario Unigarro-Palacios, Juan Pablo Castañeda-González, Javier Jiménez Quintero, María Raad-Sarabia, Thyago Proença de Moraes, Rodrigo Daza-Arnedo","doi":"10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2024-0101en","DOIUrl":"10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2024-0101en","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>GLP1 receptor agonists (GLP1-RAs) are drugs that mimic the effects of the incretin hormone GLP1 and were initially introduced in medicine for the treatment of diabetes in 2005 and for obesity in 2014. Over time, data from secondary and exploratory objectives of large randomized controlled-trials suggested that GLP1-RAs could also exert renal action by slowing the progression of kidney disease in patients with and without diabetes. Based on this rationale, the Flow study (1 mg semaglutide vs placebo) was designed and recruitment began in 2019 until May 2021. The recently published results confirmed the effect of semaglutide in reducing the composite renal outcome. However, similar to SGLT2 inhibitors, the potential mechanisms behind the renal effects of GLP1-RAs still need to be elucidated. The aim of this review is to address the different physiological mechanisms of GLP1-RAs at the renal level, using evidence from experimental studies and current scientific literature.</p>","PeriodicalId":14724,"journal":{"name":"Jornal brasileiro de nefrologia : 'orgao oficial de Sociedades Brasileira e Latino-Americana de Nefrologia","volume":"46 4","pages":"e20240101"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11548866/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142604541","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tainá Veras de Sandes-Freitas, Raoni de Oliveira Domingues-da-Silva, Fernando Barroso Duarte
{"title":"Challenges and advances in the management of post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease.","authors":"Tainá Veras de Sandes-Freitas, Raoni de Oliveira Domingues-da-Silva, Fernando Barroso Duarte","doi":"10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2024-E012en","DOIUrl":"10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2024-E012en","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14724,"journal":{"name":"Jornal brasileiro de nefrologia : 'orgao oficial de Sociedades Brasileira e Latino-Americana de Nefrologia","volume":"46 4","pages":"e2024E012"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11588344/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142716299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"In Memoriam: Professor Marcello Marcondes.","authors":"Vanda Jorgetti, Roberto Zatz","doi":"10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2024-IM002en","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2024-IM002en","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14724,"journal":{"name":"Jornal brasileiro de nefrologia : 'orgao oficial de Sociedades Brasileira e Latino-Americana de Nefrologia","volume":"46 4","pages":"e2024IM002"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142604538","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tainá Veras de Sandes-Freitas, Raoni de Oliveira Domingues-da-Silva, Helady Sanders-Pinheiro
{"title":"Frailty in the context of kidney transplantation.","authors":"Tainá Veras de Sandes-Freitas, Raoni de Oliveira Domingues-da-Silva, Helady Sanders-Pinheiro","doi":"10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2024-0048en","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2024-0048en","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Frailty, defined as an inappropriate response to stressful situations due to the loss of physiological reserve, was initially described in the elderly population, but is currently being identified in younger populations with chronic diseases, such as chronic kidney disease. It is estimated that about 20% of patients are frail at the time of kidney transplantation (KT), and there is great interest in its potential predictive value for unfavorable outcomes. A significant body of evidence has been generated; however, several areas still remain to be further explored. The pathogenesis is poorly understood and limited to the extrapolation of findings from other populations. Most studies are observational, involving patients on the waiting list or post-KT, and there is a scarcity of data on long-term evolution and possible interventions. We reviewed studies, including those with Brazilian populations, assessing frailty in the pre- and post-KT phases, exploring pathophysiology, associated factors, diagnostic challenges, and associated outcomes, in an attempt to provide a basis for future interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":14724,"journal":{"name":"Jornal brasileiro de nefrologia : 'orgao oficial de Sociedades Brasileira e Latino-Americana de Nefrologia","volume":"46 4","pages":"e20240048"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11435774/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142346987","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}