...-diabetic PD patients. The role of HSP in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease in renal failure patients needs further investigation. [email protected] 8 01 2014 9 09 2014 20 11 2014 © 2014 S. Karger AG, Basel 2014 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright...

...Seetha Radhakrishnan; Rahul Chanchlani; Bairbre Connolly; Valerie Langlois Background: Desmopressin (DDAVP) is often used prior to procedures to minimize bleeding in patients with renal failure; however, there is little evidence to support this practice. The objectives of this study were...

... and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Renal failure Microcirculation Oxygenation Reactive oxygen species Nitric oxide National Institutes...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Renal failure Cardiovascular disease Survival Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are at high risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) [ 1,2 ]. Longitudinal studies have established that CVD events occur more...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Infective endocarditis Dialysis Renal failure Dialysis is an established risk factor for infective endocarditis (IE). Chronic haemodialysis (HD) patients are at higher risk of IE with 50-180 times the incidence compared...

.... Erythropoietin Dialysis Renal failure Anemia Electrolytes Physiology Although we have known since the 19th century that oxygen tension regulates erythrocyte production [ 1,2,3 ], and recent studies have shown that effect to be mediated through erythropoietin stimulated by hypoxia-inducible factor...

... and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Sunitinib Tyrosine kinase inhibitors Chemotherapy Renal failure Acute kidney injury Thrombotic microangiopathy...

.... Cystatin C Creatinine Renal failure It is well-known that renal function declines with advancing age [ 1,2 ]. It is also recognized that there is an individual variation of the decline due to various diseases [ 3 ]. Apart from the physiological processes, negative effects of atherosclerosis...

..., or approval of the products or services advertised or of their effectiveness, quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Renal...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Renal failure End-stage renal disease Medicare Mortality Neural network United States Renal Data System Files containing de-identified patient records from the USRDS were read in the program SAS (version 9.1, SAS...

.... Exercise Rehabilitation Endurance Resistance Renal failure Haemodialysis Chronic kidney disease The central demographic problem of modern nephrology is the rapid increase in the number of patients with advanced renal disease ultimately requiring renal replacement therapy (RRT). In the UK...

...Claudio Ponticelli; Giorgio Graziani; Emanuele Montanari Little attention has been paid by the renal literature to ureteral endometriosis, a rare and silent disorder that can eventually lead to renal failure. In endometriosis, the ureteral involvement can be limited to a single ureter, more often...

...(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Azotemia Renal failure Diagnosis Solute transport Renal physiology A common dilemma for the clinician...

... categories in the analysis. Paraoxonase Phenotype Genotype Renal failure Renal transplantation Dyslipidemia Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have been considered as individuals with elevated cardiovascular risk and accelerated atherogenesis, and the cardiovascular morbidity...

...Andrew C. Fry; Sadmeet Singh; Smita S. Gunda; Greg B. Boustead; Damian C. Hanbury; Thomas A. McNicholas; Ken Farrington Background/Aims: Retroperitoneal fibrosis (RPF) is a chronic inflammatory disorder causing obstructive nephropathy and renal failure. We reviewed our management of this condition...

... factors associated with less successful outcomes in patients with atheromatous renal artery stenosis and renal failure of varying degrees. Methods: The results of PTRA were analyzed retrospectively in 144 patients with serum creatinine levels of >130 µmol/l. Patients were divided into 5 groups...

...Sabine E. Haufe; K. Riedmüller; U. Haberkorn The focus of this review is on the current role of nuclear imaging studies in the clinical evaluation of patients with acute and chronic renal failure. In this setting nuclear imaging has two roles: diagnostic and prognostic, indicating...

... and multiorgan; renal involvement is common, usually leading to end-stage renal failure (ESRF). The reported benefits of specific enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) indicate the importance of screening for Fabry disease in high-risk populations, as this approach should make it possible to identify other family...

.... Advanced glycation end products Renal failure Haemodialysis, advanced glycation end products Low-flux dialyzer High-flux dialyzer Superflux dialyzer Long-term results, different haemodialysis modalities The uraemic syndrome is characterized by deterioration of specific biochemical...

...E.C. Vaux; D.J. Taylor; P. Altmann; B. Rajagopalan; K. Graham; R. Cooper; Y. Bonomo; P. Styles Background/Aim: A defect in skeletal muscle mitochondrial metabolism develops in patients with chronic renal failure on haemodialysis. Treatment with carnitine, a compound essential for normal...