Journal
RENAL FAILURE
Volume 39, Issue 1, Pages 613-622Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/0886022X.2017.1361835
Keywords
Far infrared; hemodialysis; arteriovenous fistulas; meta-analysis
Categories
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Background: Far infrared (FIR) therapy may have a beneficial effect on maturity and function of arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) in hemodialysis (HD) patients. Therefore, we performed this pooled analysis to assess the protective effects of FIR therapy in HD patients. Methods: The randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and quasi-RCTs of FIR therapy for HD patients were searched from multiple databases. Relevant studies were screened according to the predefined inclusion criteria. The meta-analyses were performed using RevMan 5.2 software (The Cochrane Collaboration, Oxford, UK). Results: Meta-analysis showed that FIR therapy could significantly increase the vascular access blood flow level (MD, 81.69ml/min; 95% Cl, 46.17-117.21; p < .001), AVFs diameter level (MD, 0.36mm; 95% Cl, 0.22-0.51; p <.001), and the primary AVFs patency (pooled risk ratio = 1.24; 95% Cl, 1.12-1.37, p < .001). In addition, therapy with FIR ray radiation could decrease AVFs occlusion rates (pooled risk ratio = 0.20; 95% Cl, 0.08-0.46; p <.001) and the level of needling pain (pooled risk ratio = 0.08; 95% Cl, 0.06-0.10, p < .001). Conclusions: FIR therapy can reduce AVFs occlusion rates and needling pain level, while significantly improve the level of vascular access blood flow, AVFs diameter and the primary AVFs patency.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available