Lack of transmission of human immunodeficiency virus in chronic hemodialysis patients.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Older adults with advanced non-dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease (NDD-CKD) face a high risk of hospitalization and related adverse events. METHODS:This prospective cohort study followed nephrology clinic patients ≥60 years old with NDD-CKD stages 4-5. After an eligible patient's office visit, study ...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Ramer SJ,Baddour NA,Siew ED,Salat H,Bian A,Stewart TG,Wong SPY,Jhamb M,Abdel-Kader K

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The great Spanish military and orthopedic surgeon J. Trueta gained his field and clinical experience in the Spanish civil war (1936-1939) and in Britain during World War II. As part of his major contribution to traumatology, he searched for the causes of the characteristic oliguria of combat casualties. For this purpo...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Better OS

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Insulin is synthesised as a pro-hormone with an interconnecting C-peptide, cleaved during post-translational modification. This review discusses growing evidence which indicates that C-peptide is biologically active, benefiting microvascular complications associated with diabetes. METHODS:To explore th...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Hills CE,Brunskill NJ,Squires PE

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To verify if exogenous prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) is able to release antidiuretic hormone (ADH) and if endogenous angiotensin II plays a role in this eventual PGE2-induced stimulation of vasopressin, increasing doses of PGE2 were infused in 6 normal volunteers before (PGE2 study) and after the administration of 100 mg of...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Usberti M,Gargiulo A,Comberti E,Campisi S,Poiesi C,Brognoli M,Doregatti C,Rondina M,Zaneboni A,Ghielmi S

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of patients with end-stage renal disease undergoing kidney transplantation - both cadaveric and living-donor - continues to rise. With long-term graft survival relatively fixed, this trend means that increasing numbers of patients are returning to dialysis after graft loss. Most will never be retransplanted...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Fuquay R,Teitelbaum I

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Although it is anticipated that most patients with renal insufficiency will progress towards end-stage renal disease (ESRD) there have been few population-based studies to validate this assumption. We examined serial creatinines from 3,874 anonymous patients at an urban VA medical center who had a baseline c...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Fink JC,Salmanullah M,Blahut SA,Weir MR,Sawyer R,Henrich WL,Hise MK

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multicentre trial (11 nephrology centres) was carried out to test the effects of ibopamine, an orally active dopamine-like drug, on the progression of chronic renal failure. For a 2-year period 189 chronic renal failure patients (serum creatinine level 1.5-4.0 mg/dl) were observed. They were homogeneous for basic ne...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Stefoni S,Mosconi G,La Manna G,Bonomini V,Mioli V,Fanciulli E,Feletti C,Docci D,Cappelli P,Bonomini M,Locatelli F,Marai P,Bazzato G,Fracasso A,Brancaccio D,Galmozzi C,Scarpioni L,Sverzellati E,Sorba GB,Cossu M,Pic

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) reflects a patient's perceived disease burden, treatment effectiveness, and health status. Given the time burden and physiologic effects of hemodialysis, patients who spend dialysis time (9-15 h/week) physically or intellectually engaged may have better HRQOL. We charac...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Warsame F,Ying H,Haugen CE,Thomas AG,Crews DC,Shafi T,Jaar B,Chu NM,Segev DL,McAdams-DeMarco MA

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Intravenous (IV) iron preparations are widely used in the management of anemia in ESRD populations. Recent changes in reimbursement policy have dramatically increased the use of IV iron to lower the use of costly erythropoiesis-stimulating agents. These preparations are frequently administered with insu...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Kamanna VS,Ganji SH,Shelkovnikov S,Norris K,Vaziri ND

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:In order to evaluate the changes in causes and outcome of acute renal failure (ARF) during the years 1975-1989, 710 patients treated in our dialysis center were analyzed. We compared the etiology, the severity and catabolic state of ARF, the techniques of renal replacement therapy, which were employed and the ages and...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Biesenbach G,Zazgornik J,Kaiser W,Grafinger P,Stuby U,Necek S

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To define the incidence of non-A, non-B (NANB) hepatitis and evaluate possible risk factors, we reviewed records of 163 patients on chronic dialysis during a 3-year period. 23 cases of NANB hepatitis occurred, 13 (27%) in 49 center dialysis, 8 (10%) in 77 home hemodialysis (p less than 0.02) and 2 (5%) in 37 peritonea...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Seaworth BJ,Garrett LE,Stead WW,Hamilton JD

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To explore the association between CYP3A4 and CYP3A5 gene polymorphisms and blood pressure response to amlodipine among participants from the African-American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension Trial randomized to amlodipine (n = 164). METHODS:Cox proportional hazards models were used to determine the ri...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Bhatnagar V,Garcia EP,O'Connor DT,Brophy VH,Alcaraz J,Richard E,Bakris GL,Middleton JP,Norris KC,Wright J,Hiremath L,Contreras G,Appel LJ,Lipkowitz MS,AASK Study Investigators.

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of Dacron cuff double-lumen permanent catheters for hemodialysis has become more common in the dialysis unit as patients await for creation or maturation of a permanent hemoaccess for various reasons. Placement of these catheters is often done by surgeons. Nephrologists skilled in the placement of temporary ce...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Choudhury D,Ahmed Z,Girgis HI,Kronfli S

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most pretransplant malignancies require a tumor-free waiting period before transplantation. End-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients have an increased risk of renal cell carcinoma (RCC), which is mostly detected from routine screening during pre-kidney transplant evaluation. RCC must be quiescent prior to kidney transp...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Tantisattamo E,Elam A,Cobb J,Ellis CL,Bailey JL

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperlipidemia is common in patients with glomerular proteinuria. It may contribute to atherosclerotic complications and accelerate glomerular damage. Early trials of the fibric acid derivative clofibrate led to a myositis syndrome causing many nephrologists to abandon attempts at treatment of nephrotic hyperlipidemia...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Appel GB,Appel AS

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Persons with chronic kidney disease (CKD) represent a population prone to cardiovascular disease (CVD) but vulnerable to adverse medication effects. We assessed the impact of intensive antihypertensive therapy on the cerebrovascular and other CVD outcomes in high-risk patients with type 2 diabetes and baseli...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Papademetriou V,Zaheer M,Doumas M,Lovato L,Applegate WB,Tsioufis C,Mottle A,Punthakee Z,Cushman WC,ACCORD Study Group.

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:45 bone biopsies from patients with chronic uremia were reviewed to define which noninvasive investigations were of value in predicting the histological diagnosis and to quantify the spectrum of uremic bone disease at a center that has consistently used an aluminum-free dialysis bath. 17 biopsies were taken postmortem...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Heaf JG,Joffe P,Pødenphant J,Andersen JR

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to the action of PTH is encountered in chronic renal failure (CRF). This was attributed to downregulation of PTH receptor due to the state of secondary hyperparathyroidism of CRF. The present study examined whether the amount of PTH-PTH-related peptide (PTH-PTHrP) mRNA in a traditional (kidney) and a nontra...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Tian J,Smogorzewski M,Kedes L,Massry SG

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic use of D-penicillamine has been associated with a range of adverse effects. We present a patient with scleroderma, treated with D-penicillamine for 5 years, who developed severe renal failure due to rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis with both crescents and subepithelial immune deposits on renal biopsy...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Karpinski J,Jothy S,Radoux V,Levy M,Baran D

更新日期：1997-01-01 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:Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEi) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB) are increasingly used in uremic patients (pts). However, their effect on serum potassium (sK) concentrations in anuric pts on chronic hemodialysis treatment (HD) is controversial. The aim of the study was to evaluate sK b...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Movilli E,Camerini C,Gaggia P,Zubani R,Cancarini G

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：:Renal disease is a common complication in malaria infection. In acute falciparum malaria renal involvement is usually mild, but in severe disease acute renal failure is a major problem. Acute renal failure has been attributed to ischaemic tubular necrosis from hypovolaemia resulting from vasodilatation due to endothel...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Sinniah R,Lye W

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dialysis patients have increased susceptibility to infection and this is, in part, due to impaired phagocytic and bactericidal activities of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNL). The mechanisms responsible for the reduced phagocytosis are not known. Dialysis patients have elevated blood levels of parathyroid hormone (P...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Alexiewicz JM,Smogorzewski M,Fadda GZ,Massry SG

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 29-year-old female with recurrent focal glomerulosclerosis (FGS) presenting as heavy proteinuria immediately following renal transplantation. From day 13 after transplantation, daily plasma exchange was performed 6 times. Proteinuria decreased from 13 to 0.2 g/day after plasma exchange and remained to be l...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Li PK,Lai FM,Leung CB,Lui SF,Wang A,Lai KN

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:Previous studies on end-of-life (EOL) care among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have been largely limited to White hemodialysis patients. In this study, we sought to explore racial variability in EOL communication, care preferences and advance care planning (ACP) among patients with advanced CKD ...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Eneanya ND,Wenger JB,Waite K,Crittenden S,Hazar DB,Volandes A,Temel JS,Thadhani R,Paasche-Orlow MK

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed routine serum potassium concentration measurements and conditions temporally associated with abnormalities in potassium concentration in outpatients on chronic hemodialysis (136 nondiabetics, 36 diabetics) and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (16 nondiabetics, 10 diabetics). The following potassiu...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Tzamaloukas AH,Avasthi PS

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00