Nephro-oncology: a link in evolution.

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe the epidemiologic features of acute renal failure related to pregnancy (PRARF) and to evaluate its prognostic impact. METHODS:Retrospective study conducted in a Tunisian intensive care unit over a period of 17 years (1995-2011). Women were included if they were more than 20 weeks pregnant and were ...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Bouaziz M,Chaari A,Turki O,Dammak H,Chelly H,Ammar R,Nasri A,Ben Algia N,Bahloul M,Ben Hamida C

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity results in necrosis of proximal tubular epithelial cells. In mammals, the injured nephron can be repaired by migration and division of surviving cells. We examined this repair process in the fresh-water goldfish, Carassius auratus. Fish were given a single intraperitoneal injection of...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Reimschuessel R,Williams D

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are conflicting results in studies concerning the best marker for liver histopathological features of HCV infection in HD patients. We planned a prospective study to follow HCV viremia and laboratory parameters of HD patients and correlate these with clinic features and histopathological findings. We included 68...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Sezer S,Ozdemir BH,Arat Z,Turan M,Ozdemir NF,Haberal M

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Cardiovascular diseases are the major cause of morbidity and mortality in renal transplant recipients. We report our experience in the treatment of patients with renal allograft who required cardiovascular surgery. METHODS:Indications for cardiovascular surgery, postoperative complications, and outcome were...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Basic-Jukic N,Ivanac-Jankovic R,Biocina B,Kes P

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute renal failure (ARF) is one of the most frequent and potentially life threatening complications following bone marrow transplantation (BMT). Several renal syndromes that occur are either unique or occur with a disproportionate frequency post-BMT. Clinically ARF can be classified according to the time of onset pos...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Pulla B,Barri YM,Anaissie E

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discoloration of effluent peritoneal dialysate, which is transparent in origin, is seen in some particular conditions including chyloperitoneum, calcium channel blocker usage, hemoperitoneum, perforated cholecystitis, iron administration, and hemorrhagic pancreatitis. We report a case of a 60-year-old woman who un...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Ling EK,Lin BS,Chiang SS,Tsai MH

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to investigate whether the treatment with the N-acetyl-L-cysteine prior to the administration of chemotherapy drug would prevent from nephrotoxicity and the loss of reproductive performance induced from chemotherapy treatment. Female rats were divided into five equal groups of six each: 1/contr...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Helal MA

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microalbumin is a basic biochemical test that is widely used at present. Owing to the concept of point-of-care testing (POCT), there are tools available for analysis of microalbumin. Here, the author performs a brief assessment on weight-turnaround time properties for available POCT for determination of microalbumin i...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Wiwanitkit V

更新日期：2010-05-01 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

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：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：:Amidinotransferase (transamidinase, L-arginine: glycine amidinotransferase, EC 2.1.4.1) is an enzyme that catalyses the first step in creatine synthesis primarily in the kidney and pancreas. The kidney is also the primary target organ for the toxic effect of mercury. Therefore, we studied the effect of acute uremic sy...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Nikolic J,Sokolovic D

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Conventional urea kinetic modeling and peritoneal equilibration test (PET) were performed on 73 patients undergoing CAPD in order to determine factors influencing morbidity. Dialysis adequacy (KT/V, creatinine clearance, efficacy number) and nutrition (PCR, nPCR, creatinine generation rate, body mass index, ...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Heaf J

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, we demonstrated that furosemide improves renal hemodynamics and attenuates ischemia/reperfusion (I/R)-associated changes in angiogenesis-related gene expression. However, the effect of furosemide on I/R-induced apoptosis is not known. We utilized a rat model of acute ischemic nephropathy to test the hypothes...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Aravindan N,Aravindan S,Riedel BJ,Weng HR,Shaw AD

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The relation of chronic kidney disease (CKD) with metabolic, psychiatric and endocrinologic disorder is well-known. Depressive mood and sexual dysfunction are frequently observed as renal functions deteriorate. We aimed to analyze the relationship of sexual dysfunction, depressive mood and life quality in patients ...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Esen B,Kahvecioglu S,Atay AE,Ozgen G,Okumus MM,Seyahi N,Sit D,Kadioglu P

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psoriasis, being limited to the skin, is generally a chronic inflammatory disorder. Several glomerular diseases have been distinguished due to renal histological findings of psoriatic patients to date. The underlying pathogenetic mechanisms of these associations remain unclear because of the limited number of cases. W...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Ceri M,Kurultak I,Unverdi S,Altay M,Duranay M

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：:The risk of tuberculosis (TB) is significantly increased in chronic kidney disease (CKD). Data on TB in CKD in the UK are sparse; most information stems from countries with high background prevalence. The aim of this study was to estimate the incidence of TB in CKD patients in South East London and to describe the epi...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Ostermann M,Palchaudhuri P,Riding A,Begum P,Milburn HJ

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute hyperammonemia caused by urea cycle disorder is a medical emergency for which immediate managements should be taken to minimize permanent brain damage. Among different enzyme defects, ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency (OTC) is one of the most common enzyme defect in urea cycle disorders. We utilize...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Chen CY,Chen YC,Fang JT,Huang CC

更新日期：2000-11-01 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：:A positive association between inflammation and chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been reported but the impact of hypertension on this relation remains unclear. The aim of this study is to investigate the association of various inflammation markers with risk of CKD in hypertensive patients. 387 hypertensive patients (m...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Xu TY,Zhang Y,Li Y,Zhu DL,Gao PJ

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autosomal dominant polycystic disease (ADPKD) is one of the most common monogenic disorders, and globally is among the most common hereditary causes of end stage kidney disease. Until recently, the causes of this disease remained obscure. However, in the past decade there have been enormous advances in the understandi...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Kazancioglu R,Gursu M

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The necessary exposure of blood to biomembranes during hemodialysis has been viewed by many as an immunogenic challenge leading to an acute phase response. In this study we examined the relationship between hemodialysis-induced immune activation and intradialytic hypotension, using the acute phase reactant serum C-rea...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Tomita M,Malhotra D,Dheenan S,Shapiro JI,Henrich WL,Santoro TJ

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has recently become the major cause of chronic liver disease among patients on chronic hemodialysis. The use of erythropoietin for treatment of anemia has reduced the number of blood transfusions, but the frequency of HCV infection has not declined in hemodialysis units. The exact mod...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Harmankaya O,Cetin B,Obek A,Seber E

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The derangements in bone metabolism in patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) are summarized as uremic bone disease (UBD). In this study, we planned to determine the serum prolidase to compare it with the other biochemical markers. This study was performed on 44 patients (19 females, 25 males, mean age = 56.8 +/- 1...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Evrenkaya TR,Atasoyu EM,Kara M,Unver S,Gultepe M

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:Angiotensin I converting enzyme (ACE) was measured in urine, serum, and tissues from rats with acute renal failure (ARF) induced by a single subcutaneous injection (15 mg/kg BW) of uranyl nitrate (UN). Urine was collected daily until day 5, when rats were sacrificed by decapitation for the obtention of blood serum and...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Pedraza-Chaverrí J,Cruz C,del Socorro Blancas M,Hernández-Pando R,Ibarra-Rubio ME,Larriva-Sahd J,Tapia E

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retroperitoneal fibrosis (RF) is a clinical entity characterized by the progressive proliferation of connective tissue that rarely forms a mass involving the periaortic area of the abdomen, which may be idiopathic as well as a result of an inflammatory process after aneurysmal dilatation of the aorta. This fibrotic ti...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Dişel U,Alpay NR,Paydas S

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Hakka are a sub-ethnicity with unique diet customs in South China. This study investigated hyperphosphatemia in hemodialysis patients in relation to the current Hakka dietary customs and explored health education patterns for hyperphosphatemia control. Two continuous cross-sectional surveys were conducted among th...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Chen Y,Li Z,Liang X,Zhang M,Zhang Y,Xu L,Zhong L,Shi W

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetaminophen (APAP), also known as paracetamol, is the commonest cause of toxic ingestion in the world. Because overdose of APAP has life-threatening effects on kidney, treatment of APAP-induced nephrotoxicity has life-saving importance. Aim of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of medical ozone therapy in experi...

journal_title：Renal failure

authors： Demirbag S,Uysal B,Guven A,Cayci T,Ozler M,Ozcan A,Kaldirim U,Surer I,Korkmaz A

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00