QT dispersion in hemodialysis and CAPD patients.

abstract：:The effect of changes in the dialysate calcium concentration on calcium fractions and parathyroid hormone species in plasma during hemodialysis has been examined. C-terminal immunoreactive parathyroid hormone was suppressed when plasma calcium increased by greater than 25% whereas N-terminal fragments demonstrated an ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： McIntosh CH,Fuchs C,Dorn D,Quellhorst E,Henning HV,Hesch RD,Scheler F

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet activation is commonly monitored with a battery of monoclonal antibodies against different platelet epitopes with controversial results. The transient expression of platelet markers and their role mediating interactions with other cells could easily explain these discrepancies. The present study has evaluated...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Hernández MR,Galán AM,Lozano M,Bozzo J,Cases A,Escolar G,Calls J,Ordinas A

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients who experience superimposed acute kidney injury (AKI) have been shown to be at higher risk of long-term sequelae of AKI when compared to those who do not experience AKI. It remains unclear whether the need for temporary dialysis intervention following superimposed AKI in...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Omotoso BA,Turgut F,Abdel-Rahman EM,Xin W,Ma JZ,Scully KW,Arogundade FA,Balogun RA

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:De novo expression of CD44 is considered as a marker of parietal epithelial cell (PEC) activation. The aim of our study was to explore CD74 expression, which can form a complex with CD44, in PECs during the progression of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). To clarify the role of CD74 expression ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Yamazaki T,Sasaki S,Okamoto T,Sato Y,Hayashi A,Ariga T

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To eliminate the discomfort caused by surgical methods and the risks involved using the trocar, for 1 year we have been using a new technique for insertion of peritoneal catheters (PC). We devised a steel instrument, vaguely resembling a rhinoscope, composed of two semicones. The handles are connected by a screw to pe...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Di Paolo N,Manganelli A,Strappaveccia F,De Mia M,Gaggiotti E

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An abnormal level of serum lipids may be one of the major risk factors for the development of atherosclerosis in patients with chronic renal failure (CRF). In the present study, the effect of polyunsaturated fatty acid-rich and low carbohydrate diet on serum lipids and HDL-cholesterol was studied in 6 nonnephrotic and...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Tsukamoto Y,Okubo M,Yoneda T,Marumo F,Nakamura H

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case, seemingly sporadic, in which ocular and acral malformations were associated with an interstitial nephropathy; we made a diagnosis of acro-renal-ocular syndrome. There was no stasis, reflux, or urinary tract infection in our patient. We believe that interstitial nephritis in acro-renal-ocular syndro...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Boscutti G,Pizzolitto S,Montanaro D,Messa P,Messa M,Favazza A,Beltrami CA,Mioni G

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Experimental evidence suggests that hyperosmolality may be a causative factor in the development of both salt-sensitive hypertension and chronic kidney disease (CKD). There are no population-wide studies in young persons to assess the relationships among these factors. OBJECTIVE:To determine the association...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Chmielewski J,Khalsa DD,Carmody JB

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Albuminuria is a risk factor for coronary artery calcification (CAC) and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Although the urine dipstick test is widely used to screen albuminuria, little is known about the association between low-grade urine dipstick albumin and CAC. The aim of this study is to investigate th...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Song JJ,Lee KB,Hyun YY,Kim H

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chyloperitoneum is a rare condition in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis. We report here a patient who developed chylous ascites during the course of tuberculous peritonitis. The diagnosis was confirmed by cultures of dialysate and peritoneal biopsy, and laparoscopy revealed severe hyperemia and intestine adhesi...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Huang CH,Chen HS,Chen YM,Tsai TJ

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The capacity of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) to undergo spontaneous and induced interleukin-1 (IL-1) production was examined in 10 healthy controls and in 10 patients undergoing intermittent hemodialysis (HD) using cuprophane membranes. Extracellular and cytoplasmic IL-1 activity was assayed by biologic a...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Blumenstein M,Schmidt B,Ward RA,Ziegler-Heitbrock HW,Gurland HJ

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 1,026 patients undergoing haemodialysis as the only chronic treatment were studied in all the dialysis units of the Veneto region, Italy. Aluminium was determined in water, dialysis fluids, and patients' serum. Aluminium mean concentration was 9.1 micrograms/l in tap water and 13.3 and 15.7 micrograms/l in ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Piccoli A,Andriani M,Mattiello G,Nordio M,Modena F,Dalla Rosa C

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured levels of platelet-derived microparticles (PMP), which have coagulative activity and are produced by platelet activation or physical stimulation, and CD62P/CD63-positive platelets in patients with diabetes mellitus to determine their clinical significance and effects on complications of diabetes including ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Omoto S,Nomura S,Shouzu A,Hayakawa T,Shimizu H,Miyake Y,Yonemoto T,Nishikawa M,Fukuhara S,Inada M

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two cases of patients with analgesic nephropathy presenting with the symptoms of hypercalcaemia, and who were found to have transitional cell carcinomas of the renal pelvis. On removal of the tumours, calcium levels fell to normal, indicating that a humoral factor produced by the tumour caused the hypercalca...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Derbyshire ND,Asscher AW,Matthews PN

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 42 untreated patients at various stages of chronic renal failure, plasma level of parathyroid hormone was directly proportional to the degree of renal failure and inversely proportional to the serum calcium level. Plasma parathyroid hormone levels were frequently elevated in 21 patients undergoing regular dialysis ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Fuss M,De Backer M,Brauman J,Nijs-Dewolf N,Manderlier T,Brauman H,Corvilain J

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The feasibility of room temperature incubation of Microstix-3 specimens to detect urinary tract infection was studied. This procedure, if successful, would allow home monitoring of patients and eliminate the need for an incubator. Four Microstix-3 strips were dipped into each of 1,241 urine specimens and incubated at ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Akriotis VJ,Arbus GS

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mixed IgM-IgG cryoglobulins were present in the serum of a patient with the nephrotic syndrome, recurrent purpura, chronic active hepatitis and ascites. A renal biopsy demonstrated deposition of IgM, IgG, and complement components C3 and C4 in intracapillary 'coagula' and glomerular capillary walls. No glomerular depo...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Zimmerman SW,Dreher WH,Burkholder PM,Goldfarb S,Weinstein AB

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematuria and proteinuria in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are commonly associated with drug therapy but occur independently of drugs, amyloid or urologic disorders. The latter occurrences suggest a primary renal lesion associated with RA. Review of reported renal biopsies identifies mesangial glomerulopathy as a common f...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Pollet S,Depner T,Moore P,Olander H,Robbins D

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:8 patients with thrombotic microangiopathy were treated with a new antithrombotic agent, defibrotide. This drug displays considerable fibrinolytic and antithrombotic activity, and induces generation and release of a prostacyclin-like substance from vascular tissue. At admission all patients presented severe renal invo...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Bonomini V,Frascà GM,Raimondi C,Liviano D'arcangelo G,Vangelista A

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Males on long-term dialysis tend to develop more severe forms of acquired cystic disease of the kidney than females. The severity of the disease is unaffected by therapeutic modality, either hemodialysis or CAPD, however, cystic transformation becomes less extensive after successful renal transplantation. The fundamen...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Ishikawa I

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary hypophosphatemic rickets with hypercalciuria (HHRH) is a new autosomal form of hypophosphatemic rickets, recently described. This disease is characterized, and differs from other forms of hereditary hypophosphatemic rickets and/or osteomalacia by increased serum levels of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D, hypercalci...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Tieder M,Arie R,Bab I,Maor J,Liberman UA

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The assessment of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) on hemodialysis is often hampered by abnormal responses to the standard 1-mg dexamethasone suppression test. Various mechanisms have been proposed to explain this lack of suppressibility. The present study was design...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Van Herle AJ,Birnbaum JA,Slomowitz LA,Mayes D,Chandler DW,Rosenblit PD,Nissenson A

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms by which intercurrent bacterial infections are associated with increased tissue injury in some forms of glomerulonephritis may include complement activation by bacteria and subsequent increased glomerular neutrophil (PMN) infiltration. We have studied the effect of complement activation after cobra veno...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Savige JA,Dash AC,Rees AJ

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The variations of ionized and total calcium concentrations were studied during haemodialysis with high flux membrane using dialysate calcium concentrations of 1.63 and 1.76 mmol/l. The changes in ionized and total calcium were related to the predialytic calcium concentration difference between plasma and dialysate. Th...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Kancir CB,Wanscher M,Petersen PH

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To verify the action of heparin on peritoneal transport, we selected 20 patients on acute peritoneal dialysis and performed two 2-hour cycles with 2,000 cm3 of a 1.5% solution, adding 2,000 units of heparin to the second cycle. The patients were also randomized into 2 groups: group A, adding 1.5 mg gentamycin/kg to th...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Ponce SP,Barata JD,Santos JR

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 66-year-old white man presented with severe chronic renal failure. He had no past or present symptomatic glucose intolerance nor a family history of diabetes mellitus. Several fasting plasma glucose determinations, hemoglobin Alc and an oral glucose tolerance test were normal. Funduscopic ophthalmoscopy and retinal ...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： da Silva EC,Saldanha LB,Pestalozzi MS,del Bueno IJ,Barros RT,Marcondes M,Nussenzveig I

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A long-term hemodialysis male patient was known to have systemic iron overload due to regular blood transfusions. As he was suspected to have aluminum overload, he received a single intravenous administration of desferrioxamine (that supported the hypothesis). Four days later, he became highly febrile with no focus of...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Hoen B,Renoult E,Jonon B,Kessler M

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the in vivo involvement of cellular adhesion molecules and cytokines in human glomerulonephritis, we have investigated the glomerular and interstitial expression of intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1) in 69 kidney biopsy specimens by immunohistochemical methods and its correlation with serum bioactiv...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Yokoyama H,Takaeda M,Wada T,Ohta S,Hisada Y,Segawa C,Furuichi K,Kobayashi K

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with familial lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) deficiency very often show progressive glomerulosclerosis with evolution to end-stage disease. High levels of an abnormal lipoprotein (lipoprotein X) cause glomerular capillary endothelial damage. The ultrastructural study of renal biopsy specimens sho...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Sessa A,Battini G,Meroni M,Daidone G,Carnera I,Brambilla PL,Viganò G,Giordano F,Pallotti F,Torri Tarelli L,Calabresi L,Rolleri M,Bertolini S

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe two preparations for chronic peritoneal dialysis in the dog. In one group uremia was induced by nephrectomy and in the other by ureteral ligation. Peritoneal access was obtained using the Ash disc column catheter. Survival of the animals ranged from 27 to 83 days. Using a dialysis schedule similar in conce...

journal_title：Nephron

authors： Rubin J,Jones Q,Quillen E,Bower JD

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00