Impact of mannose-binding lectin deficiency on radiocontrast-induced renal dysfunction: a post-hoc analysis of a multicenter randomized controlled trial.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Liddle's syndrome is a rare monogenic form of hypertension caused by truncating or missense mutations in the C termini of the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) β or γ subunits. Patients with this syndrome present with early onset of hypertension, hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis, hyporeninemia and hypoaldoste...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Yamaguchi E,Yoshikawa K,Nakaya I,Kato K,Miyasato Y,Nakagawa T,Kakizoe Y,Mukoyama M,Soma J

更新日期：2018-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anaemia is common in haemodialysis (HD) patients and associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Intravenous (IV) iron combined with erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESA) is the mainstay treatment of anaemia in these patients. The comparative efficacy and risk of adverse events with IV iron prepar...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Jesus-Silva JA,Lamplugh A,Dhada S,Burton JO,Bhandari S

更新日期：2020-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Frailty is independently associated with worse health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, the relationship between frailty and symptom experience is not well described in people living with CKD. This study's aim was to evaluate the relationship between frailty and sympto...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Nixon AC,Wilkinson TJ,Young HML,Taal MW,Pendleton N,Mitra S,Brady ME,Dhaygude AP,Smith AC

更新日期：2020-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Reducing Disparities in Access to kidNey Transplantation Community Study (RaDIANT) was an End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Network 6-developed, dialysis facility-level randomized trial testing the effectiveness of a 1-year multicomponent education and quality improvement intervention in increasing referral...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Hamoda RE,Gander JC,McPherson LJ,Arriola KJ,Cobb L,Pastan SO,Plantinga L,Browne T,Hartmann E,Mulloy L,Zayas C,Krisher J,Patzer RE

更新日期：2018-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) is a rare, genetically-mediated systemic disease most often caused by chronic, uncontrolled complement activation that leads to systemic thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) and renal and other end-organ damage. METHODS:The global aHUS Registry, initiated in April 2012,...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Licht C,Ardissino G,Ariceta G,Cohen D,Cole JA,Gasteyger C,Greenbaum LA,Johnson S,Ogawa M,Schaefer F,Vande Walle J,Frémeaux-Bacchi V

更新日期：2015-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depression and frailty contribute to the adverse clinical outcome of peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. However, the interaction between depression and frailty in PD patients remains uncertain. We determined the prevalence of depression and frailty in prevalent Chinese PD patients, dissected the internal rel...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Chan GC,Ng JK,Chow KM,Kwan BC,Kwong VW,Pang WF,Cheng PM,Law MC,Leung CB,Li PK,Szeto CC

更新日期：2020-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Renal involvement in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection has been suggested to be due to a variety of immunological processes. However, the precise mechanism by which the kidneys are damaged in these patients is still unclear. CASE PRESENTATION:A 66 year old man presented with the sudden onset...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Ohsawa I,Uehara Y,Hashimoto S,Endo M,Fujita T,Ohi H

更新日期：2003-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is increasing worldwide and early education to improve adherence to self-management is a key strategy to slow CKD progression. The use of the internet and mobile phone technologies (mHealth) to support patients is considered an effective tool in many other chronic disease populat...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Bonner A,Gillespie K,Campbell KL,Corones-Watkins K,Hayes B,Harvie B,Kelly JT,Havas K

更新日期：2018-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Occurrence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the setting of chronic kidney disease (CKD) can be described as a "cruel alliance", with CVD responsible for about half of all deaths among CKD patients. Chronic kidney disease patients are more likely to die from CVD than progress to end stage kidney disease (ES...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Oguntola SO,Hassan MO,Duarte R,Vachiat A,Manga P,Naicker S

更新日期：2019-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Galectin-9 (Gal-9) induces apoptosis in activated T helper 1 (TH1) cells as a ligand for T cell immunoglobulin mucin-3 (Tim-3). Gal-9 also inhibits the G1 phase cell cycle arrest and hypertrophy in db/db mice, the hallmark of early diabetic nephropathy, by reversing the high glucose-induced up-regulation of ...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Kurose Y,Wada J,Kanzaki M,Teshigawara S,Nakatsuka A,Murakami K,Inoue K,Terami T,Katayama A,Watanabe M,Higuchi C,Eguchi J,Miyatake N,Makino H

更新日期：2013-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Awareness of the spectrum of clinical manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), especially uncommon changes, is essential for diagnosis and effective management of patients. CASE PRESENTATION:A 26-year-old Chinese man with SLE initially manifested cutaneous papulonodular mucinosis and developed ...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Su X,Qiao X,Li J,Gao L,Wang C,Wang L

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have not described the relationship between reducing radial artery diameter as well as increasing age and functional maturation of the radio-cephalic arteriovenous fistula (RCAVF) and no data identify these as linear relationship. The objective of this study was to perform trend analysis to ...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Wan ZM,Hu B,Lai QQ,Gao XJ,Tu B,Zhou Y,Zhao WB

更新日期：2020-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Until now, no long-term studies relating serum albumin level to mortality rate in prevalent haemodialysis (HD) patients have been conducted. We aimed to examine the association between serum albumin level and mortality over a 5-year period. METHODS:This study included 781 patients who received maintenance H...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Chen JB,Cheng BC,Yang CH,Hua MS

更新日期：2016-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The patient characteristics and mortality associated with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (PKD) have not been characterized for a national sample of end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients on the renal transplant waiting list. METHODS:40,493 patients in the United States Renal Data System who w...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Abbott KC,Agodoa LY

更新日期：2002-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The predictive value of acute kidney injury (AKI) urinary biomarkers may depend on the time interval following tubular injury, thereby explaining in part the heterogeneous performance of these markers that has been reported in the literature. We studied the influence of timing on the predictive values of tub...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： de Geus HR,Fortrie G,Betjes MG,van Schaik RH,Groeneveld AB

更新日期：2013-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nonadherence to medications by patients requiring hemodialysis (HD) leads to unfavorable clinical outcomes. Limited data exist to demonstrate the effect of incorporating patient-centered interventions using concepts of medication therapy management and motivational interview by pharmacists on pharmacoadheren...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Ismail S,Al-Subhi A,Youssif E,Ahmed M,Almalki A,Seger DL,Seger AC,Cook E

更新日期：2019-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), malnutrition may develop as renal function declines and the abdominal organs become enlarged. We investigated the relationship of intra-abdominal mass with nutritional status. METHODS:This cross-sectional study was performed at a tertiar...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Ryu H,Kim H,Park HC,Kim H,Cho EJ,Lee KB,Chung W,Oh KH,Cho JY,Hwang YH,Ahn C

更新日期：2017-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recipients of living donor renal transplantation are typically considered to have a relatively lower immunological risk. This retrospective study aimed to compare the therapeutic efficacy and safety between rabbit antithymocyte globulin (rATG) or interleukin-2 receptor antagonist (IL2-RA) induction therapies...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Qiu J,Li J,Chen G,Huang G,Fu Q,Wang C,Chen L

更新日期：2019-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies suggest 24-h blood pressure (BP) variability has prognostic value for cardiovascular disease. Several factors associated with high 24-h BP variability are also common among individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD). We hypothesized 24-h BP variability would be higher for individuals with versus w...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Tanner RM,Shimbo D,Dreisbach AW,Carson AP,Fox ER,Muntner P

更新日期：2015-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Group A streptococcus (GAS) is an etiological agent for the immune mediated sequela post streptococcal glomerulonephritis (PSGN). In some populations PSGN is recognized as a risk factor for chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD). It was found that a significantly greater proportion o...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Karmarkar MG,Hule GP,Hase NK,Mehta PR,Walter SR,Sriprakash KS

更新日期：2013-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to examine the relationship between 25-hyfromxyvitamin D (25OHD) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) incidence. METHODS:All the elderly who had participated both in the 2011-2012 survey and 2014 survey in the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS), and have biomarker data were i...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Liu M,Wang J,He Y

更新日期：2019-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) exhibit a premature aging phenotype of immune system, which is recently concerned as a significant factor for increased risk of various morbidities. Nevertheless, there are few dates explicating the relevancy of T cell senescence to mortality. In this study, we pr...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Xiang F,Chen R,Cao X,Shen B,Chen X,Ding X,Zou J

更新日期：2020-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adult patients with minimal change nephrotic syndrome (MCNS) are often associated with acute kidney injury (AKI). To assess the mechanisms of AKI, we examined whether tubular cell injuries unique to MCNS patients exist. METHODS:We performed a retrospective analysis of clinical data and tubular cell changes ...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Fujigaki Y,Tamura Y,Nagura M,Arai S,Ota T,Shibata S,Kondo F,Yamaguchi Y,Uchida S

更新日期：2017-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients undergoing haemodialysis (HD) are at higher risk of developing worse outcomes if they contract COVID-19. In our renal service we reduced HD frequency from thrice to twice-weekly in selected patients with the primary aim of reducing COVID 19 exposure and transmission between HD patients. METHODS:Dia...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Lodge MDS,Abeygunaratne T,Alderson H,Ali I,Brown N,Chrysochou C,Donne R,Erekosima I,Evans P,Flanagan E,Gray S,Green D,Hegarty J,Hyde A,Kalra PA,Lamerton E,Lewis D,Middleton R,New D,Nipah R,O'Donoghue D,O'Riordan

更新日期：2020-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:People with end stage renal disease (ESRD) face important health-related decisions concerning end-of-life care and the use of life-support technologies. While people often want to be involved in making decisions about their health, there are many challenges. People with advanced illness may have limited or w...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Kapell Brown C,Kryworuchko J,Martin W

更新日期：2018-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although hemodialysis (HD) adequacy, single-pool Kt/Vurea (spKt/V), is inversely correlated with body size, each is known to affect patient survival in the same direction. Therefore, we sought to examine the relationship between HD adequacy and mortality according to body mass index (BMI) in HD patients and ...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Hong WP,Lee YJ

更新日期：2019-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hemodiafiltration (HDF), as a convective blood purification technique, has been associated with favorable outcomes improved phosphate control, removal of middle-molecules such as Beta2-microglobulin and the occurrence of intradialytic hypotension (IDH) as compared to diffusive techniques. The aim of this ret...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Mora-Bravo FG,De-La-Cruz G,Rivera S,Ramírez AM,Raimann JG,Pérez-Grovas H

更新日期：2012-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:End-Stage Renal disease (ESRD) is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. We assessed the occurrence, time-trend and determinants of fatal outcomes of haemodialysis-treated ESRD patients over a 10-year period in a major referral hospital in Cameroon. METHODS:Medical records of ESRD patients who s...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Halle MP,Ashuntantang G,Kaze FF,Takongue C,Kengne AP

更新日期：2016-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of the study was to examine overall anemia management trends in non-dialysis patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) from 2006 to 2015, and to evaluate the impact of Trial to Reduced Cardiovascular Events with Ananesp Therapy (TREAT)'s study results (October 2009) and the US Food and Drug Ad...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Park H,Liu X,Henry L,Harman J,Ross EA

更新日期：2018-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute kidney injury (AKI) places a heavy burden on the healthcare system in China and is usually misdiagnosed. However, there are limited studies that have described the epidemiology and diagnosis of AKI in China. The aim of this study was to describe the incidence and diagnosis of AKI in hospitalized adult ...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Cheng X,Wu B,Liu Y,Mao H,Xing C

更新日期：2017-06-24 00:00:00