Late renal allograft failure secondary to thrombotic microangiopathy associated with disseminated malignancy.

abstract：:Atherosclerotic diseases (ASD) are the major cause of mortality and morbidity in patients on hemodialysis (HD). To evaluate the significance and usefulness of atherogenic indices, we examined lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)), remnant-like particles cholesterol (RLP.C), homocysteine (Hcy), cardiac troponin T (TnT), and ankle-arm...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Oishi K,Nagake Y,Yamasaki H,Fukuda S,Ichikawa H,Ota K,Makino H

更新日期：2000-03-01 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：:To evaluate the determinants of rhabdomyolysis in the diabetic state, we compared biochemical and clinical features of diabetic patients with (group 1, 41 patients) and without (group 2, 36 patients) rhabdomyolysis. There was no difference in values for serum potassium, bicarbonate, phosphate and calcium between the t...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Singhal PC,Abramovici M,Ayer S,Desroches L

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Evaluation of the risk factors, and phenotype-genotype correlation of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) gene (MEFV) and serum amyloid A1 (SAA1) gene polymorphisms in renal amyloidosis. METHODS:We investigated MEFV and SAA1 genotypes (alpha, beta, and gamma isoforms) in 50 FMF patients and 50 healthy c...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Delibaş A,Oner A,Balci B,Demircin G,Bulbul M,Bek K,Erdoğan O,Baysun S,Yilmaz E

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a prevalent condition; however, little is known about healthcare resource utilization (HRU) by CKD patients. METHODS:This analysis included NHANES participants aged > or =18 years, with serum creatinine, urine protein, and hemoglobin measurements. We assessed the association ...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Alexander M,Bradbury BD,Kewalramani R,Barlev A,Mohanty SA,Globe D

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to evaluate beta-adrenergic responsiveness as assessed by the generation of cyclic AMP after the subcutaneous administration of epinephrine in 31 subjects: normal controls, patients with chronic renal insufficiency, hemodynamically stable patients on chronic acetate dialysis and hemodynamically...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Fuiano G,Dal Canton A,Maj M,Testa A,Memoli B,Conte G,Ariano MG,Guarriello L,Russo D,Andreucci VE

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is uncertain whether kidneys from marginal donors are suitable for live kidney transplantation. In deceased donor kidneys, tubular cell senescence affects allograft function. However, the degree of cell senescence in a living donor kidney with marginal factors has not been reported. In this study, we asse...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Sofue T,Kushida Y,Ozaki T,Moritoki M,Nishijima Y,Ohsaki H,Ueda N,Kakehi Y,Nishiyama A,Minamino T

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of our study was to investigate the feasibility of using lactate as a complete or partial substitute for acetate in hemodialysis solutions. Six patients, each serving as his own control, were dialyzed once against a dialysis solution containing 40 mM acetate, once against a dialysis solution containing 40 ...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Nawab ZM,Armstrong MK,Weissberger LE,Ing TS,Hayashi JA,Daugirdas JT

更新日期：1987-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) is a form of systemic vasculitis that can progress to Henoch-Schönlein purpura nephritis (HSPN), and the most effective treatment remains controversial. Our aim was to compare the effects of oral mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) with low-dose prednisone and the full-dose corticoster...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Ren P,Han F,Chen L,Xu Y,Wang Y,Chen J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis associated with dialysis was studied at the Artificial Kidney Unit (AKU) in Abha, Saudi Arabia. There were 13 tuberculosis patients out of 270 patients on maintenance hemodialysis from August 1986 to July 1993, a prevalence of 4.8%. Ten (77%) were female and 3 (23%) were male, mean age of 51.23 +/- 11.62 ...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： al-Homrany M

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Elevated osteoprotegerin (OPG) levels are inversely correlated with creatinine clearance and end-stage renal disease in patients with diabetes, however its role in predicting decline in renal function and progression to a more advanced stage disease in the elderly general population is unknown. METHODS:This...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Lewis JR,Lim WH,Zhu K,Wong G,Dhaliwal SS,Lim EM,Ueland T,Bollerslev J,Prince RL

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:The mesothelium of patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD) is exposed to glucose in dialysate. Glucose metabolites 3-deoxyglucosone and advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs) in the PD fluid induce peritoneal damage. Circulating factors also affect the peritoneum in the uremic model and predialysis ...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Hasuike Y,Moriguchi R,Hata R,Miyagawa K,Kuragano T,Aizawa M,Yamamoto S,Yanase K,Izumi M,Tanimoto T,Nakanishi T

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Vitamin D insufficiency drives secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) and is associated with increased cardiovascular mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). SHPT is poorly addressed by current vitamin D repletion options. The present study evaluated a novel investigational vitamin D repl...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Sprague SM,Silva AL,Al-Saghir F,Damle R,Tabash SP,Petkovich M,Messner EJ,White JA,Melnick JZ,Bishop CW

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypertension often accompanies chronic kidney disease (CKD), and diuretics are widely prescribed to reduce blood pressure (BP). Chlorthalidone (CTD) is a thiazide-like diuretic and an effective antihypertensive drug, yet little data exist to support its use in treating hypertension in individuals with advanc...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Agarwal R,Cramer AE,Balmes-Fenwick M,Sinha AD,Ouyang F,Tu W

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the relationship between the renal regulation of sodium and calcium excretion at extremes of sodium intake, we studied 6 normal men ingesting a fixed, 400 mg/day calcium intake and four levels of sodium intake from 10 to 1,500 mEq/day. Serum ionized calcium was not influenced by sodium intake. Blood press...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： McCarron DA,Rankin LI,Bennett WM,Krutzik S,McClung MR,Luft FC

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Growth hormone (GH) resistance in CKD is partly due to increased expression of SOCS2, a GH signaling negative regulator. In SOCS2 absence, body growth is exaggerated. However, GH overexpression in mice causes glomerulosclerosis. Accordingly, we tested whether lack of SOCS2 improves body growth, but accelerat...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Landau D,Assadi MH,Abu Hilal R,Chen Y,Rabkin R,Segev Y

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：OBJECTIVES AND METHODS:Altered plasma high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) and adiponectin (ADP) may contribute to increased vascular inflammation and accelerated atherosclerosis in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and co-morbid diabetes. Common carotid artery intima-media thickness (CCA-IMT) and at...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Karakitsos D,De Groot E,Patrianakos AP,Parthenakis F,Boletis J,Karabinis A,Kyriazis J,Vardas P,Daphnis E

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：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：BACKGROUND:There is continued and significant debate regarding the salient etiologies associated with graft loss and racial disparities in kidney transplant recipients. METHODS:This was a longitudinal cohort study of all adult kidney transplant recipients, comparing patients with early graft loss (<5 years) to those w...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Taber DJ,Douglass K,Srinivas T,McGillicuddy JW,Bratton CF,Chavin KD,Baliga PK,Egede LE

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：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：:In hypoaldosteronemic patients with chronic renal insufficiency, administration of a mineralocorticoid steroid such as fludrocortisone can ameliorate hyperkalemia and metabolic acidosis, but this therapy is not always safe owing to the deleterious consequences of extracellular fluid volume expansion resulting from min...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Sebastian A,Schambelan M,Sutton JM

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:While the familial nature of chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been recognized, it has primarily been defined from studies of first-degree relatives of selected sets of cases. The goal of this study is an evaluation of the familial clustering of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and CKD mortality using a pop...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Goldfarb-Rumyantzev AS,Cheung AK,Habib AN,Wang BJ,Lin SJ,Baird BC,Naiman N,Cannon-Albright L

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Three different apo E alleles (E2, E3 and E4) produce apo E isoproteins, which regulate the metabolism of lipoproteins. This study investigated the apo E polymorphisms as a prognostic factor for the development of diabetic nephropathy (DN). METHODS:A total of 525 type 2 diabetic patients were enrolled ...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Tien KJ,Tu ST,Chou CW,Yang CY,Hsiao JY,Shin SJ,Chen HC,Hsieh MC

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:We assessed blood volume (BV) in 20 edematous patients with nephrotic syndrome and in 32 subjects without renal or other disease liable to induce BV variation. Two methods were chosen, one using 131I-albumin and the other 51Cr red blood cells. Among the 20 patients, 11 presented minimal-change lesions, and 9 had histo...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Olmer M,Berland Y,Purgus R,Schultz G

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00