Two in One: Epithelioid angiomyolipoma within a classic kidney angiomyolipoma - a case report.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Efficient and safe delivery of care to dialysis patients is essential. Concerns have been raised regarding the ability of accountable care organizations to adequately serve this high-risk population. Little is known about primary care involvement in the care of dialysis patients. This study sought to describ...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Thorsteinsdottir B,Ramar P,Hickson LJ,Reinalda MS,Albright RC,Tilburt JC,Williams AW,Takahashi PY,Jeffery MM,Shah ND

更新日期：2017-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Complementary and Alternative Medicines (CAMs) are increasingly practiced in the general population; it is estimated that over 30% of patients with chronic diseases use CAMs on a regular basis. CAMs are also used in hospital settings, suggesting a growing interest in individualized therapies. One potential f...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Ferraresi M,Clari R,Moro I,Banino E,Boero E,Crosio A,Dayne R,Rosset L,Scarpa A,Serra E,Surace A,Testore A,Colombi N,Piccoli BG

更新日期：2013-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nasal colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a well defined risk factor for subsequent bacteremia and death in various groups of patients, but its impact on outcome in patients receiving long-term hemodialysis (HD) is under debate. METHODS:This prospective interventional coh...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Schmid H,Romanos A,Schiffl H,Lederer SR

更新日期：2013-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dialysis has long been a critical issue in the field of nephrology, though the burden this lifesaving technology places on society can be immense. Effectively increasing the health literacy of hemodialysis patients can be beneficial for their health outcomes and self-care abilities. Thus, the aims of this st...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Shih CL,Chang TH,Jensen DA,Chiu CH

更新日期：2016-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Abdominal aortic calcification assessed by X-ray is recommended to evaluate vascular calcification in dialysis patients. It has been shown that abdominal aortic calcification score (AACS) is a predictor of adverse outcomes in hemodialysis patients, but evidence regarding its prognostic value in peritoneal di...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Ma D,Yan H,Yang X,Yu Z,Ni Z,Fang W

更新日期：2020-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Use of serum creatinine to estimate GFR may lead to underestimation of the association between self-reported frailty and kidney function. Our objectives were to evaluate the association of measured GFR (mGFR) with self-reported frailty among patients with CKD and to determine whether self-reported frailty wa...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Delgado C,Grimes BA,Glidden DV,Shlipak M,Sarnak MJ,Johansen KL

更新日期：2015-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The KDIGO Clinical Practice Guidelines for Glomerulonephritis recommended tacrolimus as an alternative regimen for the initial therapy for Idiopathic membranous nephropathy (IMN), however, large observational studies evaluating tacrolimus treatment in IMN remains rare. METHODS:A total of 408 consecutive IMN...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Qin HZ,Liu L,Liang SS,Shi JS,Zheng CX,Hou Q,Lu YH,Le WB

更新日期：2017-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Kidney impairment constitutes severe risk for cardiovascular disease, stroke and all-cause mortality, and early identification and prevention of kidney impairment is critical to effective management of prognostic risk in community residents. Previous studies have validated that carotid-femoral pulse wave vel...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Fu S,Guo Y,Luo L,Ye P

更新日期：2018-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Immunosuppressive treatment will predispose an idiopathic membranous nephropathy (iMN) patient to opportunistic infections. Disease severity is one of the main concerns for making the treatment decision. Urinary angiotensinogen (UAGT) level has been shown highly correlated with intrarenal renin-angiotensin s...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Tang Z,Wang Y,Tao L,Guo Y,Zheng Y,Zheng D

更新日期：2018-12-12 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 aim of this study was to investigate the characteristics and outcomes of patients receiving renal replacement therapy for end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) secondary to haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS). METHODS:The study included all patients with ESKD who commenced renal replacement therapy in Australia...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Tang W,Mohandas J,McDonald SP,Hawley CM,Badve SV,Boudville N,Brown FG,Clayton PA,Wiggins KJ,Bannister KM,Campbell SB,Johnson DW

更新日期：2012-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Renal artery stenosis is one of the secondary causes of pediatric hypertension. Cases with critical unilateral renal artery stenosis manifesting with the hyponatremic hypertensive syndrome are rare and a comprehensive description of this disorder in the pediatric population is lacking in the literature. CAS...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Ding JJ,Lin SH,Lai JY,Wu TW,Huang JL,Chung HT,Tseng MH

更新日期：2019-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fibrillary glomerulonephritis (FGN) is distinguished from amyloidosis by thicker fibrils and the lack of staining with histochemical dyes typically reactive with amyloid. However, congophilic FGN has been proposed recently and adding laser microdissection followed by mass spectrometry (LMD/MS) to conventiona...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Adachi M,Kitamura M,Muta K,Maekawa A,Uramatsu T,Tadokoro M,Funakoshi S,Hisano S,Kuwahara N,Shimizu A,Mukae H,Nishino T

更新日期：2020-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A marked reduction in serum levels of bioactive insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) has been observed in fasting hemodialysis (HD) patients during a 4-h HD session. The aim of the present study was to investigate the beneficial effect of hyperinsulinemia during HD on bioactive IGF-I and inflammatory biomark...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Reinhard M,Frystyk J,Jespersen B,Bjerre M,Christiansen JS,Flyvbjerg A,Ivarsen P

更新日期：2013-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Echocardiographic characteristics across the spectrum of chronic kidney disease (CKD) have not been well described. We assessed the echocardiographic characteristics of patients with preserved renal function and mild or moderate CKD referred for echocardiography and determined whether echocardiographic param...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Mavrakanas TA,Khattak A,Singh K,Charytan DM

更新日期：2018-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is one of the most common hereditary kidney diseases that frequently result in renal failure. In this cross-sectional observational cohort study, we evaluated urinary angiotensinogen (AGT) as a potential biomarker to assess renal function in ADPKD. METHOD...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Park HC,Kang AY,Jang JY,Kim H,Han M,Oh KH,Kim SH,Noh JW,Cheong HI,Hwang YH,Ahn C

更新日期：2015-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The burden of kidney diseases is reported to be higher in lower- and middle-income countries as compared to developed countries, and countries in sub-Saharan Africa are reported to be most affected. Health systems in most sub-Sahara African countries have limited capacity in the form of trained and skilled h...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Furia FF,Shoo J,Ruggajo PJ,Kilonzo K,Basu G,Yeates K,Varughese S,Svarstad E,Kisanga O

更新日期：2019-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Severe renal manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is not uncommon and is associated with an indeterminate prognosis. Complete remission can be obtained, however, at least in the young when chronic lesions are absent and adequate anti-inflammatory therapy is immediately initiated. CASE PRESENT...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Ross S,Benz K,Sauerstein K,Amann K,Dötsch J,Dittrich K

更新日期：2012-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Urinary biomarkers of kidney injury are presumed to reflect renal tubular damage. However, their concentrations may be influenced by other factors, such as hematuria or pyuria. We sought to examine what non-injury related urinalysis factors are associated with urinary biomarker levels. METHODS:We examined...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Nadkarni GN,Coca SG,Meisner A,Patel S,Kerr KF,Patel UD,Koyner JL,Garg AX,Philbrook HT,Edelstein CL,Shlipak M,El-Khoury J,Parikh CR,TRIBE-AKI Consortium Investigators.

更新日期：2017-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) exhibit higher prevalence of coronary artery calcification (CaC) than general population. CaC has been proposed as a risk factor for mortality in end-stage CKD, but most studies in the field are based on short-term follow-up. METHODS:We conducted a cohort,...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Cano-Megías M,Guisado-Vasco P,Bouarich H,de Arriba-de la Fuente G,de Sequera-Ortiz P,Álvarez-Sanz C,Rodríguez-Puyol D

更新日期：2019-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) are web-like DNA decorated with antimicrobial proteins, such as myeloperoxidase (MPO), which are extruded from activated neutrophils. Although NETs are essential in innate immunity, an excessive formation of NETs has adverse effects, e.g., induction of anti-neutrophil cy...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Shida H,Hashimoto N,Kusunoki Y,Hattanda F,Ogawa Y,Hayashi T,Nakazawa D,Masuda S,Tomaru U,Ishizu A

更新日期：2018-06-22 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: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:Protein-bound uremic toxins are associated with poor outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between indoxyl sulfate (IS), a protein-bound solute, and 90-day mortality in patients with acute kidney injury. METHODS:Adults with hospital-acquir...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Wang W,Hao G,Pan Y,Ma S,Yang T,Shi P,Zhu Q,Xie Y,Ma S,Zhang Q,Ruan H,Ding F

更新日期：2019-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bilateral emphysematous pyelonephritis is a life threatening condition usually occurring in diabetics. Management of this condition has traditionally been aggressive and surgery is considered mandatory. However, this is itself a hazardous intervention in a septic, unstable patient with circulatory or liver f...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Flores G,Nellen H,Magaña F,Calleja J

更新日期：2002-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Myeloperoxidase anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated glomerulonephritis (MPO-ANCA-GN) and concurrent membranous nephropathy (MN) are very rare combination. Their causal relationship has been suggested, but not determined. CASE PRESENTATION:A 73-years-old male with 5-year history of proteinuria un...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Shimada M,Fujita T,Nakamura N,Narita I,Shimaya Y,Murakami R,Yamabe H,Osawa H,Okumura K

更新日期：2013-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of utilizing an in-vitro, closed loop hemodialysis system as a method to assess drug clearance. Secondarily, this study tested the influence of variables (blood flow rate, dialysate flow rate, and type of filter) in the hemodialysis procedure on the c...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Jang SM,Cardone KE,Nolin TD,Mason DL,Grabe DW

更新日期：2014-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transplant renal artery dissection is a rare and serious event that can cause allograft dysfunction and activation of the renin-mediated renovascular hypertension. Most cases are induced by percutaneous transluminal angioplasty, arteriosclerotic disease, or fibromuscular dysplasia. We observed a case of tran...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Hori S,Yoneda T,Tomizawa M,Ichikawa K,Morizawa Y,Nakai Y,Miyake M,Fujimoto K

更新日期：2020-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The optimal revascularization strategy for patients with impaired glomerular filtration rate (IGFR) has not been established in acute coronary syndrome (ACS). We investigated the prognosis and impact of IGFR and invasive strategy on the cardiovascular outcomes in the ACS population. METHODS:In a Taiwan nati...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Lin TH,Hsin HT,Wang CL,Lai WT,Li AH,Kuo CT,Hwang JJ,Chiang FT,Chang SC,Chang CJ,Taiwan ACS Full Spectrum Registry Investigators.

更新日期：2014-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is the most common glomerulonephritis worldwide and is an important cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Exploring novel biomarkers is necessary for predicting the disease activity and progression of IgAN patients. The present study sought to investigate the value of serum C4 for p...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Bi TD,Zheng JN,Zhang JX,Yang LS,Liu N,Yao L,Liu LL

更新日期：2019-07-04 00:00:00