Use of immunomodulators (thymopentine) in hepatitis B vaccine in elderly patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis.

abstract：:Prolongation of repolarization dispersion (QT interval dispersion) measured from the 12-lead surface ECG has been associated with sudden cardiac death and ventricular tachyarrhythmias in a variety of cardiac disorders. The aim of our study was to assess the effects of hemodialysis (HD) and continuous ambulatory perito...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Kantarci G,Ozener C,Tokay S,Bihorac A,Akoğlu E

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to elucidate the cells produced from human glomerular cultures, a pre-embedding ultrastructural immunoperoxidase technique was developed to investigate the precise localisation of a panel of monoclonal antibodies specific to human glomerular antigens in situ and used to identify the same antigens in vitro. Th...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Jackson AE,Atkins RC,Glasgow EF

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By April 26, 2020, infections related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) affected people from 210 countries and caused 203,818 reported deaths worldwide. A few studies discussed the outcome of COVID-19 in kidney transplant recipients. This short series demonstrates our experience in managing COVID-19 disease in re...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Elhadedy MA,Marie Y,Halawa A

更新日期：2020-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is common, costly, and it results from progressive chronic kidney disease (CKD). ESRD claims many lives every year. It is increasingly recognized that episodes of acute kidney injury (AKI) predispose to the future development of CKD and ESRD. While our understanding of the pathophysiolog...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Ó hAinmhire E,Humphreys BD

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rats pretreated with sodium bicarbonate were functionally protected from the damage of bilateral renal artery occlusion. The rise in serum creatinine (day 1 minus day 0) during the first 24 h after ischemia was 2.88 +/- 0.28 mg% in the bicarbonate-loaded animals versus 3.90 +/- 0.26 mg% in their matched controls (p le...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Atkins JL

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to test the hypothesis that the margin of safe fluoride exposure is narrowed in rats that are physiologically compromised by renal dysfunction. The study objective was to determine whether increases in fluoride retention and tissue fluoride levels in rats with surgically induced renal insuffic...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Dunipace A,Brizendine E,Wilson M,Zhang W,Wilson C,Katz B,Kafrawy A,Stookey G

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of graft intolerance syndrome in which transplant nephrectomy was performed 11 years after kidney transplantation. A 46-year-old man was admitted to our hospital in February 2018 with a mild fever, left lower abdominal pain, and gross hematuria with enlargement of the transplanted kidney. Urinary trac...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Tomonari M,Kobayashi A,Yamamoto I,Hatanaka S,Kawabe M,Yamakawa T,Katsumata H,Katsuma A,Mafune A,Nakada Y,Koike Y,Miki J,Kimura T,Tanno Y,Yamamoto H,Yokoo T

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bleeding is the most frequent complication of kidney biopsy. Although bleeding risk in patients with AA amyloidosis after kidney biopsy has not been studied in a large population, AA amyloidosis has long been perceived as a risk factor for bleeding. The aim of the present study was to evaluate post-biopsy bl...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Altindal M,Yildirim T,Turkmen E,Unal M,Boga I,Yilmaz R,Arici M,Altun B,Erdem Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A constant finding in beta (2)-microglobulin (beta 2m) amyloidosis is an increase in tissue heparan sulfate (HS) and chondroitin sulfate (CS) proteoglycans (PGs) at sites of amyloid deposits. However, the binding characteristics of PGs with beta 2m have not been elucidated yet. METHODS:Using affinity retard...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Ohashi K,Kisilevsky R,Yanagishita M

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Cardiac surgery-associated severe acute kidney injury (SAKI) is associated with high mortality and poor quality of life. A prognostic score for SAKI may enable prevention of complications. METHODS:This observational study of 2,552 patients undergoing cardiac surgery from January 2006 to December 2011 i...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Che M,Wang X,Liu S,Xie B,Xue S,Yan Y,Zhu M,Lu R,Qian J,Ni Z,Zhang W,Wang B

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HCV is seen as an emergent problem in Dialysis Units; in fact, the patients of these centers are at high risk for blood-transmitted infections, through coming microepidemies. For this reason and using the same method, we have studied the prevalence of anti-HCV and virus-derived hepatitis in a dialytic population of 10...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Scotto G,Savastano AM,Forcella M,Tantimonaco G,Amato G,Salatino G,Pappani A,Stella I

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The decreases in serum osmolality as well as the rate of ultrafiltration during hemodialysis and the influence of each upon the side effects of this treatment were studied in 13 chronic stable dialysis patients. Mannitol (9 mosm/kg water) was infused in two out of four dialyses, in a double blind fashion. A solution o...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Rosa AA,Shideman J,McHugh R,Duncan D,Kjellstrand CM

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro formation of prostaglandins (PG) E2, F2 alpha, 6-keto-F1 alpha, and thromboxane B2 (TxB2) by glomeruli from rats with reduced renal mass (RRM) were evaluated by radioimmunoassay. Four weeks following ablation of renal mass, PGE2, PGF2 alpha, and TxB2 production by glomeruli from RRM rats was significantly gre...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Stahl RA,Kudelka S,Paravicini M,Schollmeyer P

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The function of renal allografts in patients who had received pretransplant immunoadsorption in order to remove cytotoxic anti-HLA antibodies was studied. We reviewed 6 patients who received a graft which functioned beyond 3 months; the mean follow-up period was 76 (range 62-89) months. Two grafts have been lost from ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Higgins RM,Bevan DJ,Vaughan RW,Phillips AO,Snowden S,Bewick M,Scoble JE,Hendry BM

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemodynamic and hormonal actions of acute (50 mg) and chronic (150 mg/day) captopril were tested in 10 patients with essential hypertension. Under short-term conditions blood pressure was reduced, heart rate and plasma adrenaline did not change, plasma angiotensin II and plasma aldosterone decreased. Plasma renin acti...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Stanek B,Silberbauer K

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing urinary net acid (titratable acid + NH4 - HCO-3) excretion is accompanied by an increased urinary Ca excretion because of reduced renal tubular reabsorption of filtered Ca. The relationships between urinary Ca excretion rates and urinary net acid excretion rates are reviewed for data: (1) among healthy adul...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Lemann J Jr

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association between ultrafiltration rate (UFR) and mortality may be affected by the muscle mass or volume status in hemodialysis (HD) patients. However, there is an absence of data regarding this association. METHODS:We performed an observational study on patients (≥18 years old) who had been on HD for ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Lim Y,Yang G,Cho S,Kim SR,Lee YJ

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Progressive nephropathy is one of the main features of Fabry disease (FD). It has been supposed that an early phase, clinically silent disease occurs in childhood and adolescence and is characterized by glomerular hyperfiltration (HF). Surprisingly, although HF has been reported in several stu...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Riccio E,Sabbatini M,Bruzzese D,Annicchiarico Petruzzelli L,Pellegrino A,Spinelli L,Esposito R,Imbriaco M,Feriozzi S,Pisani A,on behalf of AFFIINITY Group.

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased free-radical production leading to oxidative stress may contribute to the development of cardiovascular complications in haemodialysis patients. The ferroxidase activity of caeruloplasmin forms an important component of antioxidant defences in body fluids. The aim of this study was to assess ferroxidase acti...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Roxborough HE,Mercer C,McMaster D,Maxwell AP,Young IS

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum leptin concentrations in normal humans have been reported to correlate with the body mass index (BMI) as well as with the body fat mass. In this study, we measured serum leptin concentrations in 107 patients on hemodialysis, 30 of whom had diabetes mellitus as the cause, and examined the clinical significance. F...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Nakazono H,Nagake Y,Ichikawa H,Makino H

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors utilized two groups of adult male rats to study the effect of chronic-uremic toxemia on the synthesis of thyroid hormones. The control group was sham operated, while the other group had about 70--80% of the left kidney tissue surgically excised and a total right nephrectomy performed 10 days later. At the ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Costa e Silva A,Albuquerque RH,Santana JP

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentration changes, during hemodialysis treatment, of 18 characteristic uremia compounds, analyzed by high-pressure liquid chromatography in sera of renal patients were studied. Pre- to postdialysis concentration ratios (dialysis ratio, D) varied from 0.83 to 3.04 for the different solutes. A division into thre...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Schoots AC,Peeters JA,Gerlag PG

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with collagenofibrotic glomerulopathy associated with hepatic persinusoidal fibrosis is described. Renal biopsy revealed that the glomerular tufts contained homogeneous material that was proved by electron microscopy to be collagen fibers. The material was reactive to anti-type III collagen monoclonal antibo...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Mizuiri S,Hasegawa A,Kikuchi A,Amagasaki Y,Nakamura N,Sakaguchi H

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To avoid the use of aluminium as a phosphate binder, patients on CAPD who were stable were dialysed against a peritoneal dialysis fluid which was magnesium free. A mixture of calcium and magnesium carbonate was used as a phosphate binder over a period in excess of 1 year. Vitamin D analogues were used in the majority....

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Parsons V,Baldwin D,Moniz C,Marsden J,Ball E,Rifkin I

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of parathyroid hormone (PTH) infusion on antioxidant enzyme activity and lipid peroxidation of erythrocytes in five-sixths nephrectomized (Nx) rats. Five-sixths Nx rats had a higher osmotic fragility in red blood cells (RBC). Thyroparathyroidectomy (TPTX) effecti...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Chen SM,Young TK

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Living kidney donation improves the lives of individuals with kidney failure; however, recent studies have suggested that living kidney donors may be at a relatively higher risk of reduced renal function than healthy non-donors. We therefore aimed to evaluate the clinical and pathological findings in livin...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Murata M,Takeda A,Ootsuka Y,Shinjo H,Ito C,Watanabe Y,Washino M,Nakano Y,Tomosugi T,Futamura K,Okada M,Hiramitsu T,Goto N,Ichimori T,Narumi S,Watarai Y,Nishihira M,Morozumi K

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results from many laboratories, including our own, support the following view of the status of renal blood flow (RBF) in acute renal failure (ARF). During the initiation phase of virtually all forms of experimental ARF, RBF appears to be substantially decreased. The mechanisms for the decrease in RBF vary depending on...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Hsu CH,Kurtz TW

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of free radicals on the development of crystals attached to the living epithelium have been studied using an experimental model that enables close simulation of the conditions prevailing in the kidney. The results obtained clearly demonstrate that free radical-damaged cells produce a favorable environment ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Grases F,García-Ferragut L,Costa-Bauzá A

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animal models are essential tools to understand the mechanisms underlying the development and progression of renal disease and to study potential therapeutic approaches. Recently, interventional models suitable to induce acute and chronic kidney disease in the mouse have become a focus of interest due to the wide avai...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Rabe M,Schaefer F

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2014 57.5% of HD patients and 62.7% of PD patients achieved the audit measure for phosphate. 29.0% of HD and 30.3% of PD patients had a serum phosphate above the audit standard range. 79.1% of HD and 79.7% of PD patients had adjusted calcium between 2.2–2.5 mmol/L. 57.4% of HD and 65.0% of PD patients had a serum P...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Nicholas J,Evans R,Shaw C,Dawnay A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00