Retroperitoneal fibrosis secondary to different etiologies (hemilaminectomy and hypothyroidism): reports of two cases.

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to compare peritonitis rates, peritoneal dialysis technique survival and patient survival between patients who started peritoneal dialysis earlier than 14 days (early starters) and 14 days or more (delayed starters) after insertion of a Tenckhoff catheter. METHODS:Observational analysis w...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Pai MF,Yang JY,Chen HY,Hsu SP,Chiu YL,Wu HY,Tsai WC,Peng YS

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten-Eleven Translocation (TET) proteins oxidize 5-methylcytosine (5mC) to 5-hydroxymethylcytonsie (5hmC). Our recent work found a decline in global 5hmC level in mouse kidney insulted by ischemia reperfusion (IR). However, the genomic distribution of 5hmC in mouse kidney and its relationship with gene expression remai...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Wang H,Huang N,Liu Y,Cang J,Xue Z

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) is a complex syndrome of acute nephropathy that occurs following infusion of intravascular contrast agents, and is associated with an increased risk for adverse cardiovascular events. While there is no ideal biomarker for making an early diagnosis of CIN, we hypothesized th...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Gutiérrez-Escolano A,Santacruz-Vázquez E,Gómez-Pérez F

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uremic patients are characterized by a "pro-arrhythmic substrate." Arrhythmia appearance during hemodialysis (HD) is an unexpected event with a high incidence of mortality and morbidity and difficult to record in patients repeatedly checked using electrocardiogram (ECG). Furthermore the carrying out of this important ...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Lacquaniti A,Donato V,Lucisano S,Buemi A,Buemi M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Renal artery stenosis is an important cause of hypertension and renal failure. When present in a solitary kidney, it is associated with extremely high morbidity and mortality. Although guidelines suggest an aggressive approach by revascularization in these cases, available evidence is too weak and contradict...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Feldman L,Beberashvili I,Averbukh Z,Weissgarten J

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and unfolded protein response (UPR) are implicated in many fibrotic diseases, including renal fibrosis. Whether Ginsenoside-Rg1 (G-Rg1) could attenuate renal fibrosis via suppression of ER stress and UPR has not been reported. The aim of this study was to explore the effect of G-Rg...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Li SS,Ye JM,Deng ZY,Yu LX,Gu XX,Liu QF

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a world-wide public health problem. Hypertension is both a cause and a complication of CKD, and a risk factor for progression of kidney disease. The effect of salt intake on blood pressure (BP) and the salt sensitivity in non-dialysis patients with CKD were studied. METHODS:O...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Meng L,Fu B,Zhang T,Han Z,Yang M

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since influenza increases the mortality of chronically ill patients we decided to study the effectiveness of influenza vaccination in hemodialysis (HD) patients. Nineteen HD patients aged from 20 to 60 years, on unrestricted diet and with no febrile episode, were studied. Blood samples were collected before the intram...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Grekas D,Alivanis P,Kotzadamis N,Kiriazopoulou V,Pyrpasopoulos M,Tourkantonis A

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proximal convoluted tubule (PCT) is the major target for injury in gentamicin nephrotoxicity but the necrosis is often patchy and focal. The PCT is structurally, functionally, and metabolically heterogeneous, and the possibility of differential vulnerability to gentamicin-induced necrosis based on this heterogenei...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Shanley PF,Burke TJ

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In this study, the cause of rapidly deteriorating renal functions in a follow-up period of a 65-year-old female patient, who applied with nephrotic syndrome findings and diagnosed as membranous nephropathy, is presented. CASE REPORT:A 65-year-old patient with findings of nephrotic syndrome had normal kidn...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Unver S,Haholu A,Atasoyu EM,Karatas M,Akcan R,Evrenkaya TR

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This aim of this multi-centric cross-sectional study was to assess the nutritional status in Indian chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients and to compare the nutritional indicators between stage 5 dialyzed (CKD-D) patients below the poverty line (BPL), and stage 3-4 non-dialyzed (CKD-ND) patients above (APL) ...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Vijayan M,Abraham G,Alex ME,Vijayshree N,Reddy Y,Fernando E,Mathew M,Nair S,Yuvaraj A

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigations were done in 10- and 55-day-old Wistar rats. Glutathione (GSH) level in kidney was decreased by 8 mmol buthionine sulfoximine (BSO)/100 g BW. There was no effect on the renal function and nephrotoxicity of cisplatin (0.6 mg CP/100 g BW) in adult rats. In young rats BSO treatment was followed by nephroto...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Appenroth D,Winnefeld K

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: To improve the mouse model of relief for unilateral ureteral obstruction (RUUO) and explore the pathological process of renal fibrosis after the obstruction was relieved. Methods: C57BL/6 mice in model group were randomly divided into RUUO group, improved RUUO group, and UUO group. After leaving Unilateral...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Song J,Liu J,Luo J,Zhang Q,Xia Y,Shao Q,Sun C,Jiang C,Zhang M,Zhu W

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Trendelenburg positioning (TP) is a common approach used during internal jugular vein (IJV) cannulation. No evidence indicates that TP significantly increases the cross-sectional area (CSA) of the IJV or decreases the overlap between the carotid artery (CA) and the IJV in dialysis patients. The prima...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Nayman A,Onal IO,Apiliogullari S,Ozbek S,Saltali AO,Celik JB,Temizoz O,Celik G

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Prolonged corticosteroid (CS) use induces osteoporosis; the pathogenesis of this condition is multifactorial and includes CS-induced hypercalciuria. We investigated the course of hypercalciuria and related markers of bone metabolism parameters during and after the CS treatment. MATERIALS AND M...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Duzen O,Erkoc R,Begenik H,Soyoral YU,Aldemir MN

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute renal failure (ARF) is a frequent complication in hospitalized patients and is strongly related to increase in mortality. In order to analyze the clinical outcome and the prognostic factors in hospital-acquired ARF, a prospective study was performed. Data from 200 patients with established ARF during the period ...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Barretti P,Soares VA

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) affects chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients more frequently than non-CKD patients, few reports have described SSNHL in dialysis patients. We aimed to review the characteristics of SSNHL in chronic dialysis patients and evaluate treatment responses to steroid therapy...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Kang SM,Lim HW,Yu H

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are few reports on the safety and efficacy of long-term treatment with statins in patients with chronic renal disease and hyperlipidemia. We evaluated these subjects treated with fluvastatin. METHODS:After a 4-week run-in period, a total of 80 patients with diabetic nephropathy or chronic glomerulonep...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Yasuda G,Kuji T,Hasegawa K,Ogawa N,Shimura G,Ando D,Umemura S

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thomas syndrome is a rare syndrome including Potter sequence, renal anomalies, heart defects, cleft palate with other oropharyngeal anomalies. Here, we report a newborn with Potter sequence, bilateral renal hypoplasia and cystic dysplasia, multiple cardiovascular malformations, long large ears, frontal bossing, small ...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Ozkaya H,Akcan AB,Aydemir G,Aydınöz S,Kul M,Karademir F,Süleymanoğlu S

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adiponectin is secreted specifically by adipose tissue. It was reported that the serum adiponectin level was markedly increased in patients with end-stage renal disease and was positively associated with abnormal renal function in type 2 diabetes. Recently, we found that urinary adiponectin level was significantly inc...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Shimotomai T,Kakei M,Narita T,Koshimura J,Hosoba M,Kato M,Komatsuda A,Ito S

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the treatment efficacy of adefovir dipivoxil combined with a corticosteroid on hepatitis B virus-associated glomerulonephritis (HBV-GN). METHODS:A total of 38 patients with nephrotic syndrome induced by HBV-GN were treated for 36 weeks between 2010 and 2012. RESULTS:The efficacy analysis show...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Li H,Yuan X,Qiu L,Zhou Q,Xiao P

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with markedly increased cardiovascular (CV) risk. This increase is not fully explained by traditional CV risk factors but may in part be mediated by nontraditional risk factors, such as inadequate vitamin D (vit D) levels and insulin resistance (IR). Although IR is ...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Lai S,Coppola B,Dimko M,Galani A,Innico G,Frassetti N,Mariotti A

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In this study, it was aimed to determine the effects of alfuzosin on experimentally generated unilateral partial ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPO) in rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Thirty Long-Evans rats were randomly allocated into five groups. In control group (C), nothing was performed; in group Sham...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Kose F,Turkyilmaz Z,Sonmez K,Karabulut R,Poyraz A,Gulbahar O,Aral A,Damar C,Kaya C,Can Basaklar A

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A unique form of postinfectious glomerulonephritis (PIGN) with IgA-dominant deposition mimicking IgA nephropathy has been increasingly reported. METHODS:We compared the clinical and histological features of 12 patients with postinfectious IgA-dominant glomerulonephritis to 134 patients with idiopathic IgA n...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Wen YK,Chen ML

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of curcumin in an experimental model of busulfan-induced renal toxicity with emphasis on importance of histological alterations. METHODS:In this study, we utilized 32 adult male Wistar rats (250 ± 10 g). All the animals were divided into four experimental groups ra...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Abdollahifar MA,Ebrahimi V,Aliaghaei A,Raoofi A,Khosravi A,Hasani A,Mehdizadeh A,Asadi M

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract TGF-β1 plays an important role in the pathogenesis of chronic renal diseases. Although the specific mechanism is unknown, a major factor is the potent fibrogenic activity of TGF-β1 in the chronic progression of renal diseases. TGF-β1 closely correlates with renal fibrosis in cooperation with several fibrosis-...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Qi R,Li W,Yu S

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In Taiwan, the widespread use of organophosphates (OPs) in agricultural and household environments results in numerous OP poisoning. To better understand the clinical significance of associated parameters on respiratory failure and patient outcome, we evaluate patients admitted to the Nephrology ward in our ...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Lin CL,Yang CT,Pan KY,Huang CC

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to evaluate the seroprevalence of hepatitis G virus (HGV) infection, its impact, and its relationship with other hepatotropic viruses among chronic renal failure patients undergoing hemodialysis at the Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi. The study group consisted of 100 consecutive cases of patients...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Kumar D,Arora A,Singh NP,Kohli R,Kar P,Das BC

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes several topics necessary for understanding the psychological impact of disasters. Topics discussed include characteristics of disaster that impact psychological response, stages of response, factors influencing individual and collective trauma, and important aspects of psychological intervention...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Flynn BW

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Creation of arteriovenous fistula (AVF) may lead to left ventricle hypertrophy and predispose for development or worsening of heart failure. It was postulated to reduce access blood flow if exceeded 2 L/min or cardiac index was higher than 3.0 L/min/m(2). Numbers of techniques decreasing flow were described. The major...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Letachowicz K,Kusztal M,Gołębiowski T,Letachowicz W,Weyde W,Klinger M

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00