..., hypercalcemia, parathyroid hormone derangements, vitamin K deficiency, obesity, diabetes mellitus, warfarin use, and female sex. Bariatric surgery is known to cause altered absorption, leading to mineral and hormonal abnormalities in addition to nutritional deficiency. Prior case reports on calciphylaxis...

... Cognitive dysfunction Epidemiology Nutrition Potassium Risk factors Sodium The major strength of this study is the consideration of both sodium and potassium, as well as their ratio, as predictors of cognitive decline with aging, as these associations have not been examined previously...

... kidney disease Neutrophil Platelet Lymphocyte Mortality Nutrition Inflammation National Institutes of Health (NIH) 10.13039/100000002 Low-grade systemic and persistent inflammation may play an important role in the development and progression of various chronic conditions...

.... Epidemiology Disorders of calcium/phosphate metabolism Parathyroid hormone Alkaline phosphatase Nutrition Statistical methods National Institutes of Health (NIH) 10.13039/100000002 High serum concentrations of phosphorus (Phos), calcium, intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH) and alkaline...

...Hung-Yuan Chen; Yen-Ling Chiu; Shih-Ping Hsu; Mei-Fen Pai; Ju-Yeh Yang; Yu-Sen Peng Background: Fetuin A - a predictor of cardiovascular (CV) outcomes in dialysis patients - is correlated with over-nutrition in the general population. Whether fetuin A and nutritional status interact with each other...

... to these important questions will not only lead to better treatment strategies, but more importantly, to preventive strategies for CKD. References 1. de Brito-Ashurst I, Varagunam M, Raferty MJ, et al: Bicarbonate supplementation slows progression of CKD and improves nutritional status. J Am Soc Nephrol...

... Background: The relation of food insecurity (inability to acquire nutritionally adequate and safe foods) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) is unknown. We examined whether food insecurity is associated with prevalent CKD among lower-income individuals in both the general US adult population and an urban...

.... 32. Friedman AN, Fadem SZ: Reassessment of albumin as a nutritional marker in kidney disease. J Am Soc Nephrol 2010;21:223-230. 33. Mountantonakis S, Deo R: Biomarkers in atrial fibrillation, ventricular arrhythmias, and sudden cardiac death. Cardiovasc Ther 2012;30:e74-e80. 34. Mozaffarian...

...Cenk Demirci; Mehmet Ozkahya; Meltem Sezis Demirci; Gulay Asci; Timur Kose; Taskin Colak; Soner Duman; Huseyin Toz; Pinar Ergin; Siddik Momin Adam; Ercan Ok Background: This prospective cohort study compared the changes in body water composition and nutritional parameters measured...

... studies have in recent years raised the possibility that long-chain n–3 PUFA may also offer clinical benefits to hemodialysis patients in such areas as dialysis access patency, cardiovascular health, and mortality [ 4,5,6,7 ]. Omega–3 Fatty acids Hemodialysis Cardiovascular Nutrition...

...Antje Fürstenberg; Andrew Davenport Introduction: Protein energy wasting is closely related to increased morbidity and mortality in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. Simple reliable and easily available methods of determining nutritional status and recognition of short-term changes in body...

...Wen Tang; Li-Tao Cheng; Xin-Hong Lu; Tao Wang Background: A poor nutritional state is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events in end-stage renal disease. It is unclear whether malnutrition itself can induce cardiovascular disease (CVD). We examined the impact of nutritional...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Renal stone disease Idiopathic hypercalciuria Intact parathyroid hormone Calcitriol Nutrition Bone mineral density Clinical Study Am J Nephrol 1993:13:18-26 Bernhard Hessa Jean-Paul Caseza Ritva Takkinena Daniel Ackermann b...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Urea kinetic modeling Hemodialysis Protein catabolic rate Kinetic modeling Chronic renal failure Nutrition Clinical Study Am J Nephrol 1992;12:212-223 John P. Capelli Harvey Kushner Theodore Camiscioli Shwn-Miin Chen NinaM...

...Ahmad T. Azar; Khaled Wahba; Abdalla S.A. Mohamed; Waleed A. Massoud Background: Several studies suggest an association between improved survival and better nutritional status. It has been suggested that there is a correlation between dose of dialysis and nutritional status. However, in spite...

... between IDWG, dry weight, nutritional and demographic parameters. Results: Mean IDWG was 2.8 ± 1.2 kg (range –0.8 to 8.2 kg). Dry weight had a direct correlation with actual IDWG (r = 0.31; p = 0.001) but an inverse correlation with percent IDWG (r = –0.25; p = 0.001). IDWG was less in older patients (r...

... filtration rate W Leptin W Nutrition W Uremia Abstract Plasma leptin is associated with the body mass index and, more precisely, with the body fat mass. Plasma leptin has been found to be elevated in uremic patients. This study aimed at investigating the plasma leptin concentration and associations between...

...Roy G. Marcus; Edith Cohl; Jaime Uribarri The nutritional status is a strong predictor of outcome in hemodialysis patients. Adequate delivery of dialysis is necessary for hemodialysis patients to maintain their protein nutrition. In general, a single-pool Kt/V of 1.2 has been considered adequate...