Immunotactoid glomerulopathy and cutaneous vasculitis.

abstract：:Skin ulceration is a well-characterized thrombotic complication of the heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) syndrome. We present the case of a 73-year-old diabetic woman nearing end-stage renal failure who developed extensive upper thigh, abdominal and buttock ulceration following initiation of subcutaneous heparin ...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Denton MD,Mauiyyedi S,Bazari H

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the period from April 4, 1988, to April 20, 1988, nine pyrogenic reactions and five gram-negative bacteremias occurred in 11 patients undergoing dialysis. All pyrogenic reactions and gram-negative bacteremias occurred among patients in whom a reprocessed dialyzer was used. The rate of pyrogenic reactions or bac...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Beck-Sague CM,Jarvis WR,Bland LA,Arduino MJ,Aguero SM,Verosic G

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Anthropometric parameters may play a role in modulating the risk of kidney dysfunction. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether anthropometric indices and the metabolic syndrome are associated with alterations of the renal resistive index (RI) in normoalbuminuric type 2 diabetic (T2DM) patients. METHOD...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Lamacchia O,Nicastro V,Camarchio D,Stallone G,Gesualdo L,Cignarelli M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A renal transplant recipient with a remote history of end-stage renal disease due to postpartum hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) presented with acute renal failure after having stable renal allograft function for 9 years. A diagnosis of thrombotic microangiopathy was made based on clinical and histologic findings at re...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Gohh RY,Williams ME,Crosson AW,Federman M,Zambetti FX

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Recent retrospective studies suggest an association of therapy with erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) and increased mortality in renal transplant recipients (RTR). Large artery structure and function are significantly impaired in RTR which contributes to their high cardiovascular morbidity and co...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Bartels V,Hillebrand U,Kosch M,Hausberg M,Kisters K,Di Marco GS,Reiermann S,Pavenstaedt H,Lang D

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepcidin synthesis in hepatocytes is modulated in response to anemia, hypoxia or inflammation. A cross-sectional study was performed to assess hepcidin correlations with markers of iron status, erythropoietin therapy and markers of inflammation in hemodialyzed patients and in the healthy volunteers. METHODS...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Małyszko J,Małyszko JS,Hryszko T,Pawlak K,Mysliwiec M

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and serious mental illness (SMI) are both associated with an increased risk for repeated hospitalization. The objective of this study was to determine if co-occurring SMI exacerbates the risk for subsequent hospitalization, particularly through the emergency department (ED),...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： McPherson S,Barbosa-Leiker C,Daratha K,Short R,McDonell MG,Alicic R,Roll J,Tuttle K

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole plasma from 6 normolipidemic chronic renal failure (CRF) patients undergoing hemodialysis treatment was passed through the anti-apolipoprotein (Apo) AI immunosorbent column connected to the anti-Apo B immunoaffinity column. Apo AI and B containing particles were analyzed for lipid and Apo contents. The results w...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Kandoussi AM,Hugue V,Parra HJ,Dracon M,Fruchart JC,Tacquet A,Cachera C

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Protein-energy wasting (PEW) is common and associated with poor outcome in hemodialysis patients. In hemodialysis patients, geriatric nutritional risk index (GNRI) and decoy receptor 3 (DcR3) have been shown as the nutritional and inflammatory markers, respectively. The present study aimed to assess the pred...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Tsai MT,Hu FH,Lien TJ,Chen PJ,Huang TP,Tarng DC

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accelerated atherosclerosis is both a cause and a consequence of chronic renal failure. Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) are an important component of atherosclerotic plaques, responsible for promoting plaque stability in advanced lesions. In contrast, VSMC apoptosis has been implicated in a number of deleterious ...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Clarke M,Bennett M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The proinflammatory cytokine S100A12 (also known as EN-RAGE) is associated with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in hemodialysis patients. In the current study, we tested the hypothesis that S100A12 expressed in vascular smooth muscle in nonatherosclerosis-prone C57BL/6J mice on normal rodent chow diet...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Gawdzik J,Mathew L,Kim G,Puri TS,Hofmann Bowman MA

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-one renal transplant recipients, submitted to treatment with cyclosporin in association with other immunosuppressive agents, were also treated for 9 months with two hydroxymethylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors, simvastatin (10 mg/day) or pravastatin (20 mg/day), for concomitant hypercholesterolemia and...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Capone D,Stanziale P,Gentile A,Imperatore P,Pellegrino T,Basile V

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Familial hypomagnesemia with hypercalciuria and nephrocalcinosis (FHHNC) is a rare renal tubular disorder complicated by progressive renal failure during childhood or adolescence. Recently, causative mutations in the CLDN19 gene have been identified in FHHNC patients presenting with severe ocular involv...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Naeem M,Hussain S,Akhtar N

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Although there are plenty of data about the differences in left ventricular tissue Doppler (TD) velocities by preload reduction, only a few studies regarding right ventricular function are found in the literature. We investigated the effect of intravascular volume reduction on right ventricular function by ultrafi...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Arinc H,Gunduz H,Tamer A,Ozhan H,Akdemir R,Saglam H,Oguzhan A,Uyan C

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:African Americans (AAs) suffer the widest gaps in chronic kidney disease (CKD) outcomes compared to Caucasian Americans (CAs) and this is because of the disparities that exist in both health and healthcare. In fact, the prevalence of CKD is 3.5 times higher in AAs compared to CAs. The disparities exist at al...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Harding K,Mersha TB,Vassalotti JA,Webb FA,Nicholas SB

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evidence suggests that recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) protects neurons and cardiomyocytes from acute insults. We investigated the protective effect of rHuEPO on cyclosporine (CsA)-induced renal injury. METHODS:CsA (15 mg/kg/day) was given to rats for 1 or 4 weeks, and rHuEPO was concurrently admi...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Lee SH,Li C,Lim SW,Ahn KO,Choi BS,Kim YS,Moon IS,Kim J,Bang BK,Yang CW

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heavy proteinuria in patients with essential hypertension raises the question of underlying primary renal disease. While malignant hypertension may be associated with proteinuria in the nephrotic range, it is generally held that protein excretion in benign nephrosclerosis is almost invariably less than 0.5-1.0 g/24 h....

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Mujais SK,Emmanouel DS,Kasinath BS,Spargo BH

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prolonged use of corticosteroids continues to be the mainstay in the management of most proteinuric glomerulopathies, but is limited by extensive side effects. Alternative medications such as adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) have been recently used to treat refractory glomerulopathies and have shown superi...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Shrivastava S,Chen B,Dworkin LD,Malhotra DK,Gong R

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:The long-term renal outcomes of patients with IgA nephropathy (IgAN) who present with recurrent macroscopic hematuria (RMH) have not been described in previous studies. METHODS:Patients with biopsy-proven primary IgAN in Jinling Hospital were divided into three groups according to different patterns of...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Le W,Liang S,Chen H,Wang S,Zhang W,Wang X,Wang J,Zeng CH,Liu ZH

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nephrology research is expanding, and harnessing the much-needed information and data for the practice of evidence-based medicine is becoming more challenging. In this study, we used the natural language processing and text mining approach to mitigate some of these challenges. METHODS:We analyzed 17,412 abs...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Zengul FD,Lee T,Delen D,Almehmi A,Ivankova NV,Mehta T,Topuz K

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Man-made or massive natural disasters may be followed by 'epidemics' of the muscle crush syndrome. The first descriptions of the crush syndrome were in the German-language literature following the earthquake of Messina in 1909 and World War II. On the threshold of World War II, the English-language literature was stil...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Better OS

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) induce epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) in renal proximal tubular epithelial cells (PTECs) by promoting the two EMT regulators, transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) and connective tissue growth factor (CTGF). However, the exact signaling mechanism remains...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Cheng M,Liu H,Zhang D,Liu Y,Wang C,Liu F,Chen J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparative clinicopathological study was retrospectively performed in 61 children and 51 adults with IgA nephropathy. Hematuria and/or proteinuria as a chance finding was the most common initial clinical sign, being observed in 82.0% of the children and in 52.9% of the adults. At renal biopsy, hypertension and seve...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Okada K,Funai M,Kawakami K,Kagami S,Yano I,Kuroda Y

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This study was conducted prospectively to ascertain the prevalence of anticardiolipin antibodies (ACAs) in patients with lupus nephritis and to determine whether this subgroup of patients differed clinically and histologically from patients without the antibody. PATIENTS AND METHODS:40 SLE patients (26 Blacks, 14...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Naiker IP,Rughubar KN,Duursma J,Pudifin DJ,Seedat YK

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred twenty-eight hemodialysis patients and 64 medical personnel consisting of dialysis nurses and technicians, hemodialysis access surgeons and nephrologists were surveyed about their preferences and concerns in regard to the hemodialysis vascular access. The access preferred by physicians was the A-V fistula ...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Bay WH,Van Cleef S,Owens M

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed blood volume (BV) in 20 edematous patients with nephrotic syndrome and in 32 subjects without renal or other disease liable to induce BV variation. Two methods were chosen, one using 131I-albumin and the other 51Cr red blood cells. Among the 20 patients, 11 presented minimal-change lesions, and 9 had histo...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Olmer M,Berland Y,Purgus R,Schultz G

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have compared the renal effects of ioxitalamate, ioxaglate, and iopamidol in patients with chronic renal failure. Sixty consecutive patients with an estimated creatinine clearance (ECRCl) less than 60 ml/min were randomly assigned to receive either ioxitalamate, iopamidol, or ioxaglate. All patients received 500 cm...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Deray G,Bellin MF,Boulechfar H,Baumelou B,Koskas F,Baumelou A,Grellet J,Jacobs C

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The identification of nephrin and CD2AP, podocyte proteins which modulate the properties of glomerular barrier selectivity, has made it possible to unravel the mechanisms undergoing foot process effacement and proteinuria. Here we explored the role of nephrin and CD2AP together with the integrity of the slit...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Gagliardini E,Benigni A,Tomasoni S,Abbate M,Kalluri R,Remuzzi G

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the determinants of rhabdomyolysis in the diabetic state, we compared biochemical and clinical features of diabetic patients with (group 1, 41 patients) and without (group 2, 36 patients) rhabdomyolysis. There was no difference in values for serum potassium, bicarbonate, phosphate and calcium between the t...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Singhal PC,Abramovici M,Ayer S,Desroches L

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a female renal transplant recipient with cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infections who developed aggressive polymorphous polyclonal B cell proliferation. She received two courses of OKT3. We found a majority of transformed B cells bearing EBV membrane receptor CR2 and EBV nuclear antigen. Pos...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Franco A,Muñoz C,Aranda I,Cabezas A,Perdiguero M,Prados C

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00