Health Insurance Status Is Related to Risk of Mortality and Hospitalization in Korean Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients: A Longitudinal Cohort Study.

abstract：:The medical history of salt begins in ancient times and is closely related to different aspects of human history. Salt may be extracted from sea water, mineral deposits, surface encrustations, saline lakes and brine springs. In many inland areas, wood was used as a fuel source for evaporation of brine and this practic...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Cirillo M,Capasso G,Di Leo VA,De Santo NG

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythropoietin-stimulating agent (ESA) hyporesponsiveness is aggravated by chronic inflammation in maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients. Dyslipidemia is prevalent in MHD patients. Statin therapy has been demonstrated to not only be effective in lowering lipid levels, but also numerous pleiotropic effects including ...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Chiang CK,Yang SY,Peng YS,Hsu SP,Pai MF,Huang JW,Hung KY,Wu KD

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several medical inventors in Europe and North America brought the artificial kidney (hemodialysis) to practical usefulness in the late 1940s, but there were very few early successes. It was used at first for only desperate cases of acute renal failure. Renal authorities in the 'metabolic' tradition favored newly quant...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Peitzman SJ

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:There is a critical need for more noninvasive biomarkers to identify nephritis in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Recent studies in a model mouse and an adult SLE patient cohort suggest that anti-basement membrane antibody levels correlate well with lupus activity and kidney injury. Th...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Orjuela A,Suwanichkul A,Canter D,Minard CG,Devaraj S,Hicks MJ,Muscal E,Wenderfer SE

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum levels of soluble interleukin-2 receptors (IL2R) and of beta 2-microglobulin (beta 2M) were studied with the immunoenzymatic technique in 38 patients with primary glomerulonephritis (GN), in 10 patients with essential hypertension (EH) and in 30 healthy subjects. IL2R correlated with beta 2M (p < 0.05). IL2R and...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Rollino C,Roccatello D,Amprimo MC,Cavalli G,Aimo G,Beltrame G,Basolo B,Martina G,Piccoli G

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the prevalence and type of glomerulonephritis (GN) associated with hepatitis C virus (HCV) cirrhosis, we prospectively evaluated 28 consecutive Saudi patients with HCV cirrhosis for liver transplantation. Six patients (21%) underwent kidney biopsies for proteinuria, unexplained elevated serum creatinine o...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Altraif IH,Abdulla AS,al Sebayel MI,Said RA,al Suhaibani MO,Jones AA

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the possible beneficial effect of intraperitoneal proteolytic enzyme administration on the development of hypertension-induced renal injury in the rat model of 2-kidney 1-clip (2K1C) Goldblatt hypertension. Male Wistar rats (120-150 g) underwent either sham surgery (control, n = 5) or clipping ...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Sebeková K,Dämmrich J,Fierlbeck W,Krivosiková Z,Paczek L,Heidland A

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury is characterized by cytoskeletal reorganization and loss of polarity in proximal tubule epithelial cells. Previously, we showed that myofibrillogenesis regulator (MR)-1 promoted actin organization in cardiomyocytes. MR-1 is also expressed in the kidney. METHODS:In this...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Wang X,Tao T,Ding R,Song D,Liu M,Xie Y,Liu X

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Few published data describe survival rates for pediatric end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. We aimed to describe one-year mortality rates for US pediatric ESRD patients over a 15-year period. METHODS:In this retrospective cohort study, we used the US Renal Data System database to identify period-...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Chavers BM,Molony JT,Solid CA,Rheault MN,Collins AJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Three million people in the United States are estimated to have chronic kidney disease (CKD). Management of these CKD patients in the outpatient primary care clinic setting has not been well studied. HYPOTHESIS:Primary care management of CKD can be assessed and opportunities for improvement can be identifie...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Israni A,Korzelius C,Townsend R,Mesler D

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymoglobulin (Thymoglobulin®; Genzyme, Cambridge, Mass., USA) is a polyclonal antibody which has been used in the field of transplantation over the last four decades. With an initial hesitancy, it is widely used now in the prevention and treatment of rejection following renal transplantation. Thymoglobulin's lack of ...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Thiyagarajan UM,Ponnuswamy A,Bagul A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oxidative stress (OS) and asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) are accepted as nonclassical cardiovascular risk factors in end-stage renal disease patients. To clarify the role of these factors in the atherosclerotic process, we investigated if OS and ADMA are associated with common carotid artery intima media...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Kocak H,Gumuslu S,Ermis C,Mahsereci E,Sahin E,Gocmen AY,Ersoy F,Suleymanlar G,Yakupoglu G,Tuncer M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemolytic-uremic syndrome following quinine ingestion is a newly described phenomenon, with just two previous descriptions of 4 cases in the literature. We describe a 5th case. The reaction may be mediated by the presence of antibodies reactive against platelets in the presence of quinine. Treatment has included use o...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Hagley MT,Hosney IA,Hulisz DT,Davis HH

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A young woman presented with nephrotic syndrome due to membranous nephropathy and a localized form of giant lymph node hyperplasia (Castleman's disease) occurring as a large intra-abdominal mass. Five months after surgical removal of the mass, only mild proteinuria persisted. Twenty months later a second kidney biopsy...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Ruggieri G,Barsotti P,Coppola G,Spinelli C,Balducci A,Ventola FR,d'Adamo G,Tata MV,Marinozzi V

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical and pathologic findings are described in 14 patients whose main abnormality was an excessively thin glomerular basement membrane (GBM). The subjects were aged 11-51 years, the majority males: most were referred because of hematuria, but proteinuria was the main problem in 2, while hypertension or renal functi...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Dische FE,Weston MJ,Parsons V

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alcaligenes xylosoxidans is an uncommon cause of peritonitis in patients on maintenance continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). Peritonitis caused by A. xylosoxidans usually carries a poor prognosis because of the pathogen's virulence and its universal resistance to most antimicrobial agents. Even after earl...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Tang S,Cheng CC,Tse KC,Li FK,Choy BY,Chan TM,Lai KN

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1828, Friedrich Wöhler, a German physician and chemist by training, published a paper that describes the formation of urea, known since 1773 to be a major component of mammalian urine, by combining cyanic acid and ammonium in vitro. In these experiments the synthesis of an organic compound from two inorganic molecu...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Kinne-Saffran E,Kinne RK

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the effect of multiple dialyzer use on intradialytic symptoms, data from 26,592 successive dialyses on 147 patients were analyzed. Over the 26-month period of study 4,933 new dialyzers were used. All symptoms, considered together, occurred 1.3 times more frequently during the initial than during the subse...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Robson MD,Charoenpanich R,Kant KS,Peterson DW,Flynn J,Cathey M,Pollak VE

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We determined the familial aggregation of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in a large, population-based sample of incident ESRD cases to assess the feasibility of developing a targeted screening and prevention program directed at members of families at high risk for kidney disease. METHODS:Between January 1, ...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Freedman BI,Volkova NV,Satko SG,Krisher J,Jurkovitz C,Soucie JM,McClellan WM

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:Although clinical and immunological findings in steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome (SSNS) favor an immunopathogenesis, many issues remain unsolved. Comprehensive studies analyzing cellular and humoral immunity in SSNS are scarce, and few studies addressed the effect of steroids on immunological factors...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Kemper MJ,Zepf K,Klaassen I,Link A,Muller-Wiefel DE

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since it was first discovered in the early 1980s, the role of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) in the control of fluid and electrolyte balance and blood pressure has been extensively studied in both health and disease. We report here a study of ANP and its relationship to corresponding changes in right atrial pressure...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Tan SY,Nolan J,Craig K,Swainson CP

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteinuria is characteristic of many glomerular conditions, and often exceeds 2-3 g/24 h. There are several possible routes by which such profuse proteinuria might contribute to progression of the underlying pathology, whatever its type. First, proteinuria leads to a transit of protein through glomerular structures, ...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Cameron JS

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-four patients with noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, who had established nephropathy, were examined to evaluate the risk factors for the progression of diabetic nephropathy. Time-averaged values of blood pressure, serum total cholesterol and fasting plasma glucose concentrations, and the degree of proteinu...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Yokota C,Kimura G,Inenaga T,Kawano Y,Matsuoka H,Omae T

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While the etiology of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (idiopathic nephrotic syndrome [INS]; characterized by repeated relapses and comorbid allergic conditions) remains unknown, recent evidence suggests that dysfunction in regulatory T cells (Tregs) plays an important role in the development of INS as well as ...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Tsuji S,Suruda C,Hashiyada M,Kimata T,Yamanouchi S,Kitao T,Kino J,Akane A,Kaneko K

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:HFE protein controls iron absorption and cycling, and HFE mutations influence iron status. The aim was to evaluate the effect of the HFE genotype on the need for iron and erythropoietin in Italian hemodialysis patients. METHODS:Ninety-six prevalent patients were evaluated at the time of enrolment and p...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Valenti L,Valenti G,Como G,Santorelli G,Dongiovanni P,Rametta R,Fracanzani AL,Tavazzi D,Messa PG,Fargion S

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ion-selective electrodes have been designed for determining the ionized concentration of magnesium in blood, the biologically active form of this ion. The effect of acute acidosis induced by ammonium loading on circulating and urinary magnesium was investigated in 11 volunteers. No changes in plasma total and ionized ...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Blumberg D,Bonetti A,Jacomella V,Capillo S,Truttmann AC,Lüthy CM,Colombo JP,Bianchetti MG

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tacrolimus has been reported to be effective in refractory nephrotic syndrome, such as focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and membranous nephropathy. Some IgA nephropathy (IgAN) patients with massive proteinuria showed resistance to steroids and/or cytotoxic immunosuppressants based on the supportive therapy...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Zhang Q,Shi SF,Zhu L,Lv JC,Liu LJ,Chen YQ,Zhang H,Wang HY

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively reviewed the course of 1,000 renal transplants performed in 835 recipients (758 nondiabetics) to assess the incidence of new onset posttransplant diabetes in former nondiabetics. A total of 119 (15.7%) recipients manifested posttransplant diabetes, of whom 64 (53.8%) became hyperglycemic within 3 we...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Friedman EA,Shyh TP,Beyer MM,Manis T,Butt KM

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radioisotopic methods for the determination of the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) are highly accurate but require the collection of multiple blood and urine samples and are costly to perform due to personnel, material, and analysis costs. Nonradioactive methods of GFR determination have the potential of minimizing p...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Rocco MV,Buckalew VM Jr,Moore LC,Shihabi ZK

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic dysfunction was observed in 34 patients with nontraumatic rhabdomyolysis. The serum levels of lactic dehydrogenase were markedly elevated in all patients. The peak values occurred within 72 h of hospitalization. There was no significant difference among patients with (9,044 +/- 1,154 U/l) and without acute ren...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Akmal M,Massry SG

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00