Changes in atrial natriuretic peptide and plasma renin activity following changes in right atrial pressure in patients with chronic renal failure.

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Serum phosphorus levels have been associated with adverse long-term outcome in several populations, however, no prior studies evaluated short-term postoperative outcome. The present study evaluated the predictive value of phosphorus levels on 30-day outcome after vascular surgery. METHODS:The study inc...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： van Kuijk JP,Flu WJ,Chonchol M,Valentijn TM,Verhagen HJ,Bax JJ,Poldermans D

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the therapeutic effect of recombinant human alpha-interferon (alpha-IFN) on hepatitis B virus associated glomerulonephritis (HBV-GN) and the relationship between the seroconversion of viral antigens and the change of proteinuria, the hepatitis B viral markers and urinary protein were monitored during alpha...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Chung DR,Yang WS,Kim SB,Yu E,Chung YH,Lee Y,Park JS

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) secondary to diabetes mellitus show a high incidence of atherosclerosis with its thrombotic complications. Both CRF and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) results in fibrinolysis defects causally related to atherogenesis and thrombogenesis. It is not well known whet...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Opatrný K Jr,Zemanová P,Mares J,Vít L,Opatrná S,Sefrna F,Hejda V,Tomsů M,Eiselt J,Massry SG

更新日期：2002-09-01 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:Obesity is an independent risk factor for morbidity and mortality in cardiovascular diseases not only in the general population, but also in hemodialysis (HD) patients. We previously reported that an increased visceral fat area (VFA) determined using computed tomography (CT) scans was associated with atheros...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Okamoto T,Morimoto S,Ikenoue T,Furumatsu Y,Ichihara A

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:We studied plasma, dialysate, and muscle carnitine levels in patients with stable chronic renal failure on hemodialysis, and intermittent peritoneal, or continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). In patients on hemodialysis, plasma carnitine levels fell from 46.2 +/- 4.5 mumol/l (mean +/- SEM) to 18.8 +/- 2.7 m...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Moorthy AV,Rosenblum M,Rajaram R,Shug AL

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Robust evidence about dialyzer reuse effects on mortality is not available. Our aim was to summarize the evidence for the effectiveness of dialyzer reuse compared to single use in patients with end-stage renal disease. METHODS:We searched MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, SciELO, LILACS, USRDS ADR, universit...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Galvao TF,Silva MT,Araujo ME,Bulbol WS,Cardoso AL

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent reports have highlighted that diabetic patients with kidney failure are at increased risk of technique failure and transfer to haemodialysis within 90 days of initiating peritoneal dialysis (PD). We wished to determine whether there were differences between diabetic and non-diabetic patients within th...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Udo A,Goodlad C,Davenport A

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:Slc26a6 (PAT1, CFEX) is a major chloride/base exchanger located on the apical membrane of the kidney proximal tubule. The purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of Slc26a6 deletion on the apical Na+/H+ exchanger 3 (NHE3) in the straight segment (S3) of the proximal tubule, which is the ma...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Petrovic S,Barone S,Wang Z,McDonough AA,Amlal H,Soleimani M

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Epithelial-to-mesenchymal cell transformation (EMT) is the trans-differentiation of tubular epithelial cells into myofibroblasts, an event underlying progressive chronic kidney disease in diabetes, resulting in fibrosis. Mainly reported in proximal regions of the kidney, EMT is now recognized as a key c...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Hills CE,Squires PE

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor therapy has recently been shown to be effective in the treatment of post-renal transplant erythrocytosis (PTE). In an attempt to assess the effect of drug treatment on serum erythropoietin level, glomerular filtration rate, and urinary protein excretion, we prospectively e...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Mulhern JG,Lipkowitz GS,Braden GL,Madden RL,O'Shea MH,Harvilchuck H,Guarnera JM,Germain MJ

更新日期：1995-01-01 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：:The current study focused on the effect of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) dialysate obtained following different intraperitoneal dwell periods on the release of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF alpha) from mononuclear leukocytes (PBMC). Aliquots of 5 x 10(6)/ml healthy periph...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Jörres A,Topley N,Steenweg L,Müller C,Köttgen E,Gahl GM

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:The 7-year Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events Calculator (CRCRTR-MACE) predicts cardiovascular events (CVE) in renal transplant recipients (RTR), and thrombopoietin (TPO) is a humoral inflammatory factor implicated in cardiovascular disease (CVD). The aim of the study was to determine if circulating TP...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Mansell H,Elmoselhi H,Shoker A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Administration of a single dose of 1,25-OH(2)D(3) can lower PTH levels for up to 4 days in chronic hemodialysis patients. Our purpose was to verify the effects of the same weekly dose of calcitriol per os given in one, two or three administrations, to patients on dialysis with secondary hyperparathyroidism. Thirty pat...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Manni M,Calabria S,Dinnella A,D'Anello E,Mantella D,Sardella D,Sturniolo A,Splendiani G,Coen G

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with diabetic nephropathy are at high risk for further progressive renal function loss. Treatments that decrease albuminuria have been linked with renal and cardiovascular protection. However, even when taking optimal treatment, residual renal and cardiovascular risk remains high which correlates wi...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Lambers Heerspink HJ,Agarwal R,Coyne DW,Parving HH,Ritz E,Remuzzi G,Audhya P,Amdahl MJ,Andress DL,de Zeeuw D

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This study investigated the protective effect of the angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, enalapril, and the vitamin D analog, paricalcitol, alone or in combination, on cardiac oxidative stress in uremic rats. METHODS:Rats were made uremic by 5/6 nephrectomy and treated for 4 months as follows: (1) uremic + v...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Husain K,Ferder L,Mizobuchi M,Finch J,Slatopolsky E

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is a disease with an aging population and a high prevalence of cognitive impairment affecting quality of life, health care costs and mortality. Structural changes in the brain with decreased white matter integrity have been observed in ESRD. Understanding the changes in cogniti...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Gupta A,Lepping RJ,Yu AS,Perea RD,Honea RA,Johnson DK,Brooks WM,Burns JM

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vascular calcification is seen in most patients on dialysis and is strongly associated with cardiovascular mortality. Vascular calcification is promoted by phosphate, which generally reaches higher levels in hemodialysis than in peritoneal dialysis. However, whether vascular calcification develops less in pe...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Jansz TT,van Reekum FE,Özyilmaz A,de Jong PA,Boereboom FTJ,Hoekstra T,Verhaar MC,van Jaarsveld BC

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical indicators for accurately distinguishing diabetic nephropathy (DN) from non-diabetic renal disease in type 2 diabetes (T2D) are lacking. This study aimed to develop and validate a nomogram for predicting DN in T2D patients with kidney disease. METHODS:A total of 302 consecutive patients with T2D wh...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Jiang S,Fang J,Yu T,Liu L,Zou G,Gao H,Zhuo L,Li W

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The relation of ambient temperature (AMT) and relative humidity to systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), body weight (BW), and body weight gain between dialysis sessions (DeltaBW) was examined in hemodialysis patients by Fourier analysis. METHODS AND RESULTS:The authors recruited 144 dialy...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Tozawa M,Iseki K,Iseki C,Morita O,Yoshi S,Fukiyama K

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Previous studies have shown that L-type Ca2+ channel (LCC) blockers prevent the afferent arteriolar (AA) vasoconstriction elicited by angiotensin II (Ang II), but do not influence its vasoconstrictor effect on efferent arterioles (EA). The present study tested the hypothesis that Ang II-mediated constri...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Feng MG,Navar LG

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dietary sodium may influence cognitive function through its effects on cerebrovascular function and cerebral blood flow. METHODS:The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of dietary sodium intake with cognitive decline in community-dwelling older adults. We also evaluated the associations of die...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Nowak KL,Fried L,Jovanovich A,Ix J,Yaffe K,You Z,Chonchol M

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:Nephropathy after ingestion of Chinese herbs is known as a rapidly progressive form of interstitial renal fibrosis after a slimming regimen containing aristolochic acid that was identified first in Belgium. Intake of traditional Chinese herbal medicines is very popular in Taiwan. So we looked for similar...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Chang CH,Wang YM,Yang AH,Chiang SS

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes 10 cases of IgM nephropathy in whom the main morphological findings consisted of diffuse mesangial deposition of IgM and varying degrees of mesangial cell proliferation. In addition, focal segmental sclerosis was present in 1 patient and global sclerosis in another. An ill-defined electron-dense d...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Kopolovic J,Shvil Y,Pomeranz A,Ron N,Rubinger D,Oren R

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of peritonitis in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients is empiric until the bacteriological results are available. The Lymulus amebocyte lysate assay (LAL) is a very sensitive method for the detection of endotoxin, a structural component of gram-negative bacteria. We performed the LAL assay...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Peer G,Serban I,Blum M,Cabili S,Iaina A

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Oxidative stress and inflammation are known to play central roles in the development of diabetic nephropathy (DN). Febuxostat is a novel non-purine xanthine oxidase (XO)-specific inhibitor developed to treat hyperuricemia. In this study, we investigated whether febuxostat could ameliorate DN via renoprotecti...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Lee HJ,Jeong KH,Kim YG,Moon JY,Lee SH,Ihm CG,Sung JY,Lee TW

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00