Browsing by Author "Çolak, HB"

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    Effects of nutritional parameters on nocturnal blood pressure in patients undergoing hemodialysis
    Tekçe, H; Kürsat, S; Çolak, HB; Aktas, G
    Background: Malnutrition is a common problem in uremic patients. It is unclear whether there is an association between the degree of malnutrition and 24-h ambulatory blood pressure patterns in patients undergoing hemodialysis. In the present study, we observed the relationship between the degree of malnutrition and deterioration of the rhythm of diurnal blood pressure, which are both risk factors for cardiovascular morbidity-mortality and associated with hypervolemia. Method: We observed 148 patients undergoing hemodialysis in the Nephrology Department of Celal Bayar University Hospital. All cases were assessed for body weight alterations, dietary food intake, gastrointestinal symptoms, loss of subcutaneous fat and muscle tissue, presence and severity of comorbidities, functional capacity (subjective global assessment), and anthropometric indices. Ambulatory blood pressure measurements were performed for all cases on the day between the two hemodialysis sessions. Results: We found that the circadian blood pressure rhythm deteriorated in patients with a high-malnutrition score, and that malnutrition was more common and severe in those subjects with the non-dipper and reverse-dipper blood pressure patterns. Malnutrition score was positively correlated with the nighttime systolic and nighttime mean blood pressures and mean 24-h arterial blood pressure (all p <= 0.01). We identified a positive correlation between malnutrition score and the reduction in serum albumin and anthropometric indices. Conclusion: This is the first study to demonstrate an association between malnutrition and deterioration in the circadian blood pressure rhythm in a hemodialysis population. Nutritional disturbance is associated with an increase in night-time blood pressure. Low serum albumin levels and hypervolemia may contribute this situation.
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    Relationship between the degree of malnutrition and echocardiographic parameters in hemodialysis patients
    Kürsat, S; Tekçe, H; Ekmekçi, C; Çolak, HB; Alici, T
    Background: The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between the degree of malnutrition and inadequate volume control evidenced by echocardiography. Methods: In this study 72 chronic hemodialysis patients were investigated in a cross-sectional manner. The malnutrition score was calculated using Subjective Global Assessment. M-mode echocardiography was performed in all patients. Results: The highest malnutrition score (23.2 +/- 1.5 points) and lowest vena cava inferior collapse index (35 +/- 2%) were observed in the eccentric left ventricular hypertrophy group. The malnutrition index was found to be in positive relationship with the left atrium diameter and index, left ventricular mass and index, and left ventricular end-diastolic diameter. On the other hand, a negative correlation was detected with the vena cava inferior collapse index. When all parameters that were found to be related to malnutrition were assessed by multivariate analyses, a statistically significant relation was found between the left ventricular end-diastolic diameter and the malnutrition index. Conclusion: The results of our study show that the progressive worsening of the nutritional status follows a parallel course along with the deterioration in the echocardiographic parameters concerning hypervolemia. This in turn suggests that increasing degrees of malnutrition are associated with more profound derangements in the volume status. Volume excess might be a mechanism explaning the increased mortality and morbidity caused by malnutrition in hemodialysis patients. Owing to its cross-sectional design, this study cannot provide unequivocal evidence regarding the cause and effect relationship between volume overload and malnutrition in hemodialysis patients. Copyright (c) 2007 S. Karger AG, Basel.
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    Recurrent Renal Cell Carcinoma in a Pregnant Hemodialysis Patient
    Çolak, HB; Inci, A; Kutsal, DA; Gök, F; Baytur, YB; Lekili, M; Kürsat, S
    Renal cell carcinoma is the most common renal neoplasm reported in pregnancy. A successful pregnancy outcome is very important in women with serious chronic renal failure. Our case was a pregnant women diagnosed with renal failure due to a renal mass in the second trimester of her pregnancy. A healthy baby was delivered following intensified hemodialysis sessions.