Clinic- and home-based renal rehabilitation improves spKt/V and uremic syndrome in hemodialysis patients: a case report

Abstract There was an increasing uptake of hemodialysis and patient life expectancy due to improved treatment efficiency. However, the quality of life (QOL) of chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients is not parallelly improved, leading to a shift in focus towards promoting the QOL. Among the common co...

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Main Authors: Danshu Xie, Chaolun Wu, Lu Yao, Qin Zhu, Jianxin Lu, Wei Ding
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Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-04-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-025-04102-6
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author Danshu Xie
Chaolun Wu
Lu Yao
Qin Zhu
Jianxin Lu
Wei Ding
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Qin Zhu
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Wei Ding
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description Abstract There was an increasing uptake of hemodialysis and patient life expectancy due to improved treatment efficiency. However, the quality of life (QOL) of chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients is not parallelly improved, leading to a shift in focus towards promoting the QOL. Among the common complications of CKD such as anaemia and mineral bone disorder, uremic syndrome has been found as the main contributor to poor QOL. We present the case of an 80-year-old man with hemodialysis, who presented with poor appetite and weakness following recovering from COVID-19. Biochemical, echocardiographic, body composition, psychological, nutritional, and QOL assessments suggested multi-organ dysfunction attributable to uremic syndrome. Renal rehabilitation involving the combination of clinic- and home-based exercise and nutritional interventions effectively improved his symptoms while elevating spKt/V. Our case report not only demonstrated exercise and nutritional rehabilitation as an effective approach to managing uremic syndrome in hemodialysis patients, but also provided insight into the effects of improved nutritional status on spKt/V.
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spelling doaj-art-3ebaf8b79c4748fbb991f0e14a3cd11f2025-08-20T02:12:03ZengBMCBMC Nephrology1471-23692025-04-012611510.1186/s12882-025-04102-6Clinic- and home-based renal rehabilitation improves spKt/V and uremic syndrome in hemodialysis patients: a case reportDanshu Xie0Chaolun Wu1Lu Yao2Qin Zhu3Jianxin Lu4Wei Ding5Department of Nephrology, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of MedicineDepartment of Nephrology, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of MedicineDepartment of Nephrology, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of MedicineDepartment of Nephrology, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of MedicineDepartment of Nephrology, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of MedicineDepartment of Nephrology, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of MedicineAbstract There was an increasing uptake of hemodialysis and patient life expectancy due to improved treatment efficiency. However, the quality of life (QOL) of chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients is not parallelly improved, leading to a shift in focus towards promoting the QOL. Among the common complications of CKD such as anaemia and mineral bone disorder, uremic syndrome has been found as the main contributor to poor QOL. We present the case of an 80-year-old man with hemodialysis, who presented with poor appetite and weakness following recovering from COVID-19. Biochemical, echocardiographic, body composition, psychological, nutritional, and QOL assessments suggested multi-organ dysfunction attributable to uremic syndrome. Renal rehabilitation involving the combination of clinic- and home-based exercise and nutritional interventions effectively improved his symptoms while elevating spKt/V. Our case report not only demonstrated exercise and nutritional rehabilitation as an effective approach to managing uremic syndrome in hemodialysis patients, but also provided insight into the effects of improved nutritional status on spKt/V.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-025-04102-6HemodialysisRenal rehabilitationspKt/VUremic syndrome
spellingShingle Danshu Xie
Chaolun Wu
Lu Yao
Qin Zhu
Jianxin Lu
Wei Ding
Clinic- and home-based renal rehabilitation improves spKt/V and uremic syndrome in hemodialysis patients: a case report
BMC Nephrology
Hemodialysis
Renal rehabilitation
spKt/V
Uremic syndrome
title Clinic- and home-based renal rehabilitation improves spKt/V and uremic syndrome in hemodialysis patients: a case report
title_full Clinic- and home-based renal rehabilitation improves spKt/V and uremic syndrome in hemodialysis patients: a case report
title_fullStr Clinic- and home-based renal rehabilitation improves spKt/V and uremic syndrome in hemodialysis patients: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Clinic- and home-based renal rehabilitation improves spKt/V and uremic syndrome in hemodialysis patients: a case report
title_short Clinic- and home-based renal rehabilitation improves spKt/V and uremic syndrome in hemodialysis patients: a case report
title_sort clinic and home based renal rehabilitation improves spkt v and uremic syndrome in hemodialysis patients a case report
topic Hemodialysis
Renal rehabilitation
spKt/V
Uremic syndrome
url https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-025-04102-6
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