To treat or not to treat? Cost-effectiveness of ace inhibitors in non-diabetic advanced renal disease - a Dutch perspective.

abstract：UNLABELLED:Anaemia is frequently found in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) and has been associated with an increase in mortality and morbidity, impaired cardiac and renal function and a reduced quality of life (QoL) compared with non-anaemic CHF patients. Correction of anaemia with recombinant human erythropoi...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Silverberg DS,Wexler D,Blum M,Iaina A,Sheps D,Keren G,Scherhag A,Schwartz D

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Refugee dialysis is a worldwide growing dilemma with limited experience. This report presents the largest hemodialysis (HD) patient registry data of Syrian refugees in Turkey. METHODS:Demographic, clinical, laboratory, and dialysis practice data of 345 Syrian HD patients during one year were collected ...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Gursu M,Arici M,Ates K,Kazancioglu R,Yavas PG,Ozturk M,Altun B,Arinsoy T

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality is greatly enhanced in patients with chronic kidney disease, compared to the non-renal population. One key element of this high CV burden appears to be arterial stiffness, as an expression of premature vascular aging. Increased arterial stiffness in renal patients may be a c...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Gusbeth-Tatomir P,Covic A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a complex kidney disorder that leads to numerous complications, such as elevated nitrogenous wastes, metabolic acidosis, high potassium levels and even death. The pathogenesis of AKI is very complicated, and its causes are commonly categorized as prerenal, intrinsic or postrenal. In the pa...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Zhou P,Chen Z,Zou Y,Wan X

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diabetic nephropathy constitutes a large proportion of end-stage kidney failure in diabetic patients. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms remain unclear. METHODS:Db/db diabetic mouse models and high glucose (HG)-induced human renal mesangial cells (HRMCs) were used as research models in vivo and in...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Min XQ,Xie Y

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The antiproteinuric effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors appears to vary depending on the ACE insertion (I)/deletion (D) genotype in non-diabetic nephropathy. This interaction may be overcome by using an angiotensin II receptor blocker. We evaluated the short-term antiproteinuric effect o...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Park HC,Choi HY,Kim BS,Kang SW,Choi KH,Ha SK,Lee HY,Han DS

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:To date, there is no imaging technique to assess tubular function in vivo. Blood oxygen level-dependent magnetic resonance imaging (BOLD MRI) measures tissue oxygenation based on the transverse relaxation rate (R2*). The present study investigates whether BOLD MRI can assess tubular function using a tub...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Bauer F,Wald J,Bauer FJ,Dahlkamp LM,Seibert FS,Pagonas N,Gedat E,Babel N,Zidek W,von Bodman C,Noldus J,Liermann D,Westhoff TH

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients affected by end-stage renal disease (ESRD) show quite lower physical activity and exercise capacity when compared to healthy individuals. In addition, a sedentary lifestyle is favoured by lack of a specific counseling on exercise implementation in the nephrology care setting. Increasing physical activity leve...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Capitanini A,Lange S,D'Alessandro C,Salotti E,Tavolaro A,Baronti ME,Giannese D,Cupisti A

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Renal dysfunction is a frequent complication in patients suffering from β-thalassemia major (β-TM). The aim of this study was to analyze the renal function and urine metabolomic profile of β-TM patients undergoing transfusions and deferasirox (DFX) therapy, in order to better characterize and shed light on...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Capolongo G,Zacchia M,Beneduci A,Costantini S,Cinque P,Spasiano A,De Luca G,Di Pietro ME,Ricchi P,Trepiccione F,Capasso G,Filosa A

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiac death is increased in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. Pulse wave velocity (PWV) is a measurement of arterial stiffness, and previous reports linked PWV to increased extracellular water (ECW). As cyclers and icodextrin are increasingly used, we wished to determine whether this association between P...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Tangvoraphonkchai K,Davenport A

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:To identify the relationship between systemic and local hemodynamics, as well as segmental biomechanical properties in a musculocutaneous resistance artery during angiotensin-II hypertension and its recovery. METHODS:Rats were infused with angiotensin-II using implanted osmotic minipumps (ALZET 2ML4, 1...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Nádasy GL,Várbíró S,Szekeres M,Kocsis A,Székács B,Monos E,Kollai M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In developed countries, the incidence of end-stage renal failure is constantly increasing, and uremia will soon be a disease typically found in mature and elderly adults. Almost invariably, the physical condition of the elderly patient with terminal uremia is extremely poor, and therapeutic approach complex. Frequent ...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Buemi M,Lacquaniti A,Bolignano D,Donato V,Fazio MR,Campo S,Coppolino G,Sturiale A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the failing heart, the local angiotensin II concentration is increased, and the extent of cardiac angiotensin II release is related to the clinical signs of heart failure. The enzymes involved in myocardial generation of angiotensin II are the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) and chymases. While myocardial angio...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Schulz R,Heusch G

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:This study aimed to investigate the potential beneficial anti-proteinuric effect of an add-on aldosterone blockade and the impact of the aldosterone escape phenomenon. METHODS:We retrospectively analyzed data of 304 patients with persistent proteinuria, who were administered spironolactone (25 mg/day) ...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Kim HY,Bae EH,Ma SK,Kim SW

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The value of neutrophil-gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) was highlighted as a novel biomarker for the detection of acute renal failure. We tested the hypothesis whether NGAL could represent an early biomarker of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) in 100 patients with normal serum creatinine values undergoing per...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Bachorzewska-Gajewska H,Malyszko J,Sitniewska E,Malyszko JS,Pawlak K,Mysliwiec M,Lawnicki S,Szmitkowski M,Dobrzycki S

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart failure and chronic kidney disease share a number of risk factors and pathophysiological pathways. Renal insufficiency is common in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). The aim of the study was to assess whether neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) could represent a novel, sensitive marker of ...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Poniatowski B,Malyszko J,Bachorzewska-Gajewska H,Malyszko JS,Dobrzycki S

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:OSR1 (oxidative-stress-responsive kinase 1) participates in the regulation of renal tubular ion transport, cell volume and blood pressure. Whether OSR1 contributes to the regulation of organic solute transport remained; however, elusive. The present study thus explored the OSR1 sensitivity of the peptid...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Warsi J,Elvira B,Bissinger R,Shumilina E,Hosseinzadeh Z,Lang F

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS AND METHODS:By analyzing data from 2,861 individuals who underwent general health screening 2 years running, we have investigated the impact of changes in waist circumference (WC) and body mass index (BMI) over a 1-year period on systolic blood pressure (BPs). We termed WC, BMI, and BPs at the first visit as WC1, ...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Ishizaka N,Ishizaka Y,Toda E,Koike K,Yamakado M,Nagai R

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pravastatin is a potent inhibitor of HMG-CoA reductase and is effective in lowering serum lipid levels. Recent studies have shown that pravastatin also reduces the oxidative modification of low-density lipoprotein (LDL). To determine whether pravastatin has a direct effect on glomerular mesangial cells, we have measur...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Chen HC,Guh JY,Shin SJ,Tomino Y,Lai YH

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is often accompanied by hyperlipidemia, which accelerates progression of the disease. Podocyte injury can lead to dysfunction of the glomerular filtration barrier, which is associated with proteinuria, a risk marker for the progression of CKD. Our previous studies demonstrat...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Liu T,Chen XM,Sun JY,Jiang XS,Wu Y,Yang S,Huang HZ,Ruan XZ,Du XG

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The aim of this study was to screen several novel genes associated with renal cell carcinoma (RCC), and analyze the gene functions and signal pathways which were critical to RCCs with DNA microarray. METHODS:The gene expression profile of GSE781 was downloaded from Gene Expression Omnibus database, including 9 RC...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Li W,Zhu W,Che J,Sun W,Liu M,Peng B,Zheng J

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Hypertensive patients present with increased oxidative stress and frequently receive angiotensin II (ANGII) receptor type I blockers (ARB) for blood pressure (BP) reduction. Recent studies revealed an important role of ANGII in maintaining vascular oxidative homeostasis, including sustaining normal sodi...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Mihalj M,Tadzic R,Vcev A,Rucevic S,Drenjancevic I

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUNDS:ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) frequently present with a chronic relapsing course. Relapse leads to an increased need for therapeutic agents and consequent toxicity. SUMMARY:When referring to the available options for the management of AAV, the efficacy of glucocorticoids (GCs) is unquestionable. However...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Fenoglio R,Roccatello D,Sciascia S

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:Serum gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT), a biomarker of oxidative stress, is associated with an increased risk of diabetes and hypertension. However, it is not known whether higher serum GGT is independently associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Therefore, we examined the association between serum ...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Teppala S,Shankar A,Li J,Wong TY,Ducatman A

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The biological properties of oxidized and non-oxidized PTH are substantially different. Oxidized PTH (oxPTH) loses its PTH receptor-stimulating properties, whereas non-oxidized PTH (n-oxPTH) is a full agonist of the receptor. This was described in more than 20 well published studies in the 1970(s) and 80(s)....

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Hocher B,Oberthür D,Slowinski T,Querfeld U,Schaefer F,Doyon A,Tepel M,Roth HJ,Grön HJ,Reichetzeder C,Betzel C,Armbruster FP

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Renal involvement in Takayasu's arteritis (TA) effects the disease outcome and endovascular treatment is an effective treatment of choice. We investigated nitric oxide (NO) levels and the effect of endovascular treatment in renovascular hypertensive TA patients. METHODS:In five hypertensive patients with re...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Parildar Z,Gulter C,Parildar M,Oran I,Erdener D,Memis A

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The oxidative stress-responsive kinase 1 (OSR1) participates in the WNK-(with no K) kinase dependent regulation of renal salt excretion and blood pressure. Little is known, however, about the role of OSR1 in the regulation of further renal transport systems. The present study analyzed the effect of OSR1 on N...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Pathare G,Föller M,Daryadel A,Mutig K,Bogatikov E,Fajol A,Almilaji A,Michael D,Stange G,Voelkl J,Wagner CA,Bachmann S,Lang F

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:Expression of the constitutively active form of serum and glucocorticoid-dependent kinase ((S422D)SGK1) in Xenopus oocytes has recently been shown to upregulate endogenous Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase activity, an effect presumably participating in the regulation of cellular K(+) uptake and transepithelial Na(+) tr...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Henke G,Setiawan I,Böhmer C,Lang F

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In uremic patients coronary surgery and the entire perioperative management is demanding. METHODS:We analyzed retrospectively data from all patients requiring chronic hemodialysis who under went coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) between January 1 2001 and December 31 2004 at the Deutsches Herzzentrum B...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Krabatsch T,Yeter R,Hetzer R

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:The aim of our study was to retrospectively analyse data of 520 Czech patients with IgA nephropathy (IgAN) and to specify the risk factors affecting renal survival of IgAN patients. METHODS:Cox proportional hazards regression model was used to evaluate the effects of different variables on renal surviv...

journal_title：Kidney & blood pressure research

authors： Maixnerova D,Neprasova M,Skibova J,Mokrisova J,Rysava R,Reiterova J,Jancova E,Merta M,Zadrazil J,Honsova E,Tesar V

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00