https://www.selleckchem.com/products/sbfi-26.html esidents may have different expectations and perceptions. Published by Elsevier Inc.PURPOSE The purpose of the study was to investigate changes in the anxiety levels of patients receiving preoperative Reiki. MATERIAL AND METHODS This study used a quasi-experimental model with a pretest-posttest control group. METHODS Subjects (n = 210) were recruited from a hospital in Turkey, from June 2013 to July 2014. Subjects were then assigned to experimental (n = 105) and control (n = 105) groups. RESULTS The level of anxiety of experimental group patients did not change according to their state anxiety scores (p > 0.10); however, the anxiety level of control group patients increased (p less then 0.001). CONCLUSION The results of this study imply that the administration of Reiki is effective in controlling preoperative anxiety levels and in preventing them from increasing. BACKGROUND Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is increasingly performed in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), including in end-stage renal disease (ESRD), however studies on vascular access are limited. OBJECTIVE We sought to describe vascular access choice and outcomes of PCI from transfemoral (TFA) compared to transradial access (TRA) in ESRD patients on dialysis. METHODS Patients with ESRD on dialysis undergoing PCI from October 2010 to January 2017 at two hospitals in a health system reporting to the National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) CathPCI registry as well as their respective electronic medical records (Epic) were analyzed. Baseline characteristics, procedural and in-hospital outcomes were compared according to access site, TFA versus TRA. RESULTS There were 270 patients with ESRD on dialysis who underwent PCI, 234 via the TFA and 36 via the TRA. Mean age of the patients was 67 and 67.4% were male. The TFA patients had a lower body-mass-index (BMI) (P  less then  0.001) and were more likely to have prior coronary artery bypass