Unusual clinic presentation of polyarteritis nodosa: involvement of axillary and brachial artery.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:To investigate the effect of Atorvastatin (ATO) and Rosuvastatin (ROS) on blood lipid, high sensitivity CRP (hs-CRP), interleukin-6 (IL-6), albumin (ALB), prealbumin (PA), and transferring (TF) in maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients. METHODS:Eighty MHD patients were enrolled and divided into two group...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Tian J,Hou X,Hu L,Chen T,Wu K,Cai C,Bai X

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromogranin A (CGA) is a low MW (49,000) acidic hydrophilic protein. It is synthesized in the chromaffm granules of the neuroendocrine cells, and has been found circulating in the blood of healthy subjects. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between serum levels of CGA and renal function. One hundre...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Tramonti G,Ferdeghini M,Annichiarico C,Norpoth M,Donadio C,Bianchi R,Bianchi C

更新日期：2001-05-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of osteopenia and osteoporosis in HD patients at our center; to investigate whether HCV infection affects BMD in hemodialysis patients; to test for correlations between bone mineral density (BMD) and clinical and laboratory parameters in this population. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:The s...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Yücel AE,Kart-Köseoglu H,Isiklar I,Kuruinci E,Ozdemir FN,Arslan H

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight patients aged between 5 and 26 years developed rapid deterioration of renal function and became oliguric/anuric with duration ranging from 1 to 21 days. The initial functional assessment revealed severe degree of glomerular, tubular, and vascular dysfunctions. The magnitude of renal dysfunction was quantified an...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Futrakul N,Pochanugool C,Sitprija V,Singkhwa V,Futrakul P,Yenrudi S,Sensirivatana R,Watana D,Poshyachinda M

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) is a major problem, currently without treatments in clinical use. This reflects the failure of animal models to mimic the severity of IRI observed in clinical practice. Most described models lack both the ability to inflict a permanent reduction in renal function and the sensiti...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Whalen H,Shiels P,Littlejohn M,Clancy M

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Renal interstitial fibrosis is a common pathway of chronic kidney disease to end-stage renal disease, which is characterized by an imbalance between the synthesis and degradation of the collagen-rich extracellular matrix (ECM). While, discoidin domain receptor 2 (DDR2) can be activated when it binds to som...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Li X,Bu X,Yan F,Wang F,Wei D,Yuan J,Zheng W,Su J,Yuan J

更新日期：2019-11-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). We previously reported renal parenchymal damage in autopsy subjects with stroke or abdominal aortic aneurysm. The aim of this study is to evaluate the relationship between renal histology and clinical characteristics of pat...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Niizuma S,Nakamura S,Ishibashi-Ueda H,Yoshihara F,Kawano Y

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herein we present one of the largest single-center reports of the response of hemodialysis patients to a two-vaccine hepatitis B virus vaccination protocol in a European dialysis population. A hepatitis B recombinant DNA vaccine, HBvaxPRO, was given at a dose of 40 µg intramuscularly using a four-dose schedule at 0, 1...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Brown CM,Donlon S,O'Kelly P,Casey AM,Collier C,Conlon PJ,Walshe JJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left ventricular (LV) diastolic function was found to be a significant predictor of cardiovascular events and general mortality in dialysis. Studies have indicated that dialysate calcium concentrations were significantly associated with cardiac function. However, the relationship between low calcium dialysate and LV d...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Wang Z,Wen Y,Liang J,Liang X,Shi W

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple myeloma (MM) is a common malignancy that often results in many kinds of kidney injuries for the abnormal monoclonal immunoglobulin. Here, we present an IgG-kappa type MM case accompanied by renal IgA deposition combined with IgG-kappa. The patient was treated with prednisone plus mycophenolate mofetil, and go...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Wang F,Xing T,Li J,Zhang ZG,Wang N

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many Chinese like to drink alcohol soaked with creatures for promoting health. This study reports a 49-year-old male who presented with multiple focal neuropathies of the upper limbs, coagulopathy, erythematous swelling of the bilateral upper extremities and trunk with bullous skin lesions, and rhabdomyolysis associat...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Wang IK,Hsu SP,Chi CC,Lee KF,Lin PY,Chang HW,Chuang FR

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygen metabolites play an important role in the pathogenesis of myoglobinuric acute renal failure (ARF). Previously, we have reported a down regulation of peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) in glycerol-induced ARF, and the induction of PPARgamma has been shown to provide renal protection. In...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Yousefipour Z,Hercule H,Oyekan AO,Newaz MA

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contrast media (CM) is known to have nephrotoxic adverse effects. Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) is the most abundant and active catechin in green tea, and has strong antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. This study investigated whether EGCG can reduce contrast-induced nephrotoxicity (CIN), alone or with gl...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Palabiyik SS,Dincer B,Cadirci E,Cinar I,Gundogdu C,Polat B,Yayla M,Halici Z

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The relationships between increased wall stress, myocyte death, and ventricular repolarization instability in patients with heart failure were reported. DESIGN AND METHODS:The relationships between brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), a predictor of increased wall stress of hearth; troponin I (cTnI), a predicto...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Taskapan MC,Taskapan H,Ulutas O,Orhan M,Sahin I

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) belong to a family of ubiquitous and multifunctional enzymes that work as one of the endogenous antioxidants in our body. This study was designed to look into the association of GST polymorphism with oxidative stress in both diabetic and nondiabetic chronic kid...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Datta SK,Kumar V,Pathak R,Tripathi AK,Ahmed RS,Kalra OP,Banerjee BD

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine immune activation rate of interstitial and glomeruli infiltrating MNC in different conditions of human renal allograft function deterioration, 33 renal transplant biopsies were performed 1-30 months after transplantations. Forty-one patients observed were on immunosuppressives: Pr, Aza, CsA following renal ...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Savin M,Basta-Jovanovic G,Veljovic R,Sindjic M

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：:Iron accumulates within proximal tubular lysosomes in several models of renal disease and may play a role in the progression of proteinuric chronic renal disease by the generation of reactive oxygen species. In this study, tubular iron was examined at an ultrastructural level by energy dispersive x-ray spectrometry in...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Nankivell BJ,Tay YC,Boadle RA,Harris DC

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rate of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is high in the Chinese population, and the implications of HBV infection are widely recognized, and membranous nephropathy is the most common renal lesion to be associated with HBV infection. Minimal change disease (MCD) is one of the most important histopathological chara...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Zhou TB,Jiang ZP

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 39-year-old male suffered a myocardial infarction at work and cardiopulmonary resuscitation was initiated immediately. After 15 cardioversions, ventricular fibrillation converted to sinus rhythm. Rhabdomyolysis with a 100-fold increase of serum creatine kinase level and myoglobinuria with acute renal failure ensued,...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Hojs R,Sinkovic A,Hojs-Fabjan T

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are little data on the incidence of acute renal failure (ARF) from India due to the absence of central registry. The etiology, course, and outcome of ARF differ in various parts of India. Significant trend changes were reported even within a same center over a period of time. AIM:To find out the epide...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Jayakumar M,Prabahar MR,Fernando EM,Manorajan R,Venkatraman R,Balaraman V

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prevention of secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPTH) and treatment of the moderate cases by small p.os doses of Vitamin D has not been thoroughly investigated on the long term, while large doses of Vitamin D have been successful in the short term treatment of this entity. We administered calcitriol p.os 0.5-1.0 microgr...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Vlassopoulos D,Noussias C,Revenas K,Hadjilouka-Mantaka A,Arvanitis D,Tzortzis G,Hadjiconstantinou V

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have demonstrated the role of inflammation in diabetic nephropathy (DN). Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) rather than other white cell parameters was found to be a useful inflammatory marker to predict adverse outcomes in medical and surgical conditions. Nevertheless, the value of NLR in...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Azab B,Daoud J,Naeem FB,Nasr R,Ross J,Ghimire P,Siddiqui A,Azzi N,Rihana N,Abdallah M,Azzi N,Patel P,Kleiner M,El-Sayegh S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore the capacity of mutant lactobacilli to remove creatinine (Cr) and urea nitrogen (UN) via the gastrointestinal tract and its effects on renal pathology in the 5/6 nephrectomized rat model of chronic renal failure. METHODS:Sixty Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into a Sham group, a Model g...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Wang F,Jiang YS,Liu F

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Determination of clearance of endogenous creatinine using its plasma and urinary concentration (standard clearance), Cockroft and Gault formula, or MDRD formula (estimated clearance) is commonly performed for assessment of glomerular filtration rate. Although the evaluation of renal function in this way is u...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Kabat-Koperska J,Safranow K,Gołembiewska E,Domanski L,Ciechanowski K

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute renal failure (ARF) occurs in wide range of conditions, making the evaluation of its prognosis a difficult task. Data regarding prognostic factors in ARF in a general population in developing countries are scarce. The objective of the study was to describe predictors of mortality in ARF that are relevant in the ...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Kohli HS,Bhat A,Jairam A,Aravindan AN,Sud K,Jha V,Gupta KL,Sakhuja V

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The kidney is one of the prior damaged organs subjected to severe infection and sepsis shock. Our previous studies have shown that the normal mesenteric lymph (NML) obtained from healthy dogs could alleviate multiple organ injuries following endotoxic shock. In the current study, we further investigated the ...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Zhao ZG,Zhang LM,Song W,Du HB,Cui H,Niu CY

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: The present study assesses whether phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE-5) inhibitor or carnitine exert nephroprotective effects against clinical contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN).Materials and Methods: The present study consisted of three groups of CKD patients. The first group was control group, who were treate...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Armaly Z,Artol S,Jabbour AR,Saffouri A,Habashi N,Abd Elkadir A,Ghattas N,Farah R,Kinaneh S,Nseir W

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00