Prevalence and associated factors of protein- energy wasting among patients with chronic kidney disease at Mulago hospital, Kampala-Uganda: a cross-sectional study.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute kidney injury (AKI) is common in hospitalized human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients and is associated with hospital mortality. We aimed to evaluate the impact of AKI on long-term mortality of hospitalized HIV-infected patients. METHODS:Retrospective analysis of a cohort of 433 hospitali...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Lopes JA,Melo MJ,Raimundo M,Fragoso A,Antunes F

更新日期：2013-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obstetric-related acute kidney injury (AKI) is thought to be a key contributor to the overall burden of AKI in low resource settings, causing significant and preventable morbidity and mortality. However, epidemiological data to corroborate these hypotheses is sparse. This prospective observational study aims...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Cooke WR,Hemmilä UK,Craik AL,Mandula CJ,Mvula P,Msusa A,Dreyer G,Evans R

更新日期：2018-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chloride is speculated to have nephrotoxic properties. In healthy subjects we tested the hypothesis that acute chloride loading with 3% saline would induce kidney injury, which could be prevented with the loop-diuretic furosemide. METHODS:The study was designed as a randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Mose FH,Jörgensen AN,Vrist MH,Ekelöf NP,Pedersen EB,Bech JN

更新日期：2019-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Critically ill coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients have a high risk of acute kidney injury (AKI) that requires renal replacement therapy (RRT). A state of hypercoagulability reduces circuit life spans. To maintain circuit patency and therapeutic efficiency, an optimized anticoagulation strategy is n...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Arnold F,Westermann L,Rieg S,Neumann-Haefelin E,Biever PM,Walz G,Kalbhenn J,Tanriver Y

更新日期：2020-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the 30-year experience on nutritional management of non-dialysis dependent chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients in a public outpatient clinic located in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. A team of specialized dietitians in renal nutrition is responsible to provide individual dietary counseling for p...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Cuppari L,Nerbass FB,Avesani CM,Kamimura MA

更新日期：2016-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multiple factors influence timing of dialysis initiation. The impact of supply of nephrology workforce on timing and incidence of dialysis initiation is not well known. METHODS:We determined the number of pediatric and adult nephrologists in each state using data from the American Medical Association and Am...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Ku E,Johansen KL,Portale AA,Grimes B,Hsu CY

更新日期：2015-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Emerging evidence of psychosocial problems in CKD patients has led to an acceptance that a focus on the emotional wellbeing of the patient should be included in the provision of comprehensive CKD care. It is unclear if an increased attention for psychosocial needs in guidelines and policy documents has led t...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Seekles ML,Ormandy P,Coyne E

更新日期：2019-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality are highly prevalent in patients with end-stage renal disease, and osteoprotegerin (OPG) may be an important link between bone loss and vascular calcification. This study was conducted to evaluate the relationship between central arterial stiffness and serum OPG levels ...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Hou JS,Lin YL,Wang CH,Lai YH,Kuo CH,Subeq YM,Hsu BG

更新日期：2019-05-23 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cancer-related thrombotic microangiopathy (CR-TMA) is a rare entity associated with a dismal prognosis. Usually, CR-TMA is associated with mucin-producing carcinomas among which stomach, breast, prostate, lung and pancreas tumours are the most frequent. CASES PRESENTATION:We describe for the first time thre...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： de Nattes T,Moreau-Grangé L,Vezzosi D,Hadoux J,Hie M,Guerrot D,Grangé S

更新日期：2020-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects a growing number of people, epidemiologic data on incident CKD in the general population are scarce. Screening strategies to increase early CKD detection have been developed. METHODS:From a community-based sample of 4,409 individuals residing in a well-defined g...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Ayav C,Beuscart JB,Briançon S,Duhamel A,Frimat L,Kessler M

更新日期：2016-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To identify patient and health system characteristics associated with late referral of patients with chronic kidney disease to nephrologists. METHODS:MEDLINE, CENTRAL, and CINAHL were searched using the appropriate MESH terms in March 2007. Two reviewers individually and in duplicate reviewed the abstracts ...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Navaneethan SD,Aloudat S,Singh S

更新日期：2008-02-25 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: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:Precise renal histopathological diagnosis will guide therapy strategy in patients with lupus nephritis. Blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been applicable noninvasive technique in renal disease. This current study was performed to explore whether BOLD MRI could contribut...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Shi H,Jia J,Li D,Wei L,Shang W,Zheng Z

更新日期：2018-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diabetic nephropathy is a global common cause of chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease. A lot of research has been conducted in biomedical sciences, which has enhanced understanding of the pathophysiology of diabetic nephropathy and has expanded the potential available therapies. An increasing n...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： De la Cruz-Cano E,Jiménez-González CDC,Morales-García V,Pineda-Pérez C,Tejas-Juárez JG,Rendón-Gandarilla FJ,Jiménez-Morales S,Díaz-Gandarilla JA

更新日期：2019-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To assess whether serum osteoprotegerin (OPG) and/or fetuin-A predict mortality and cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality in hemodialysis patients. METHODS:Multicenter, observational, prospective study that included 220 hemodialysis patients followed up for up to 6 years. Serum OPG and fetuin-A levels...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Collado S,Coll E,Nicolau C,Azqueta M,Pons M,Cruzado JM,de la Torre B,Deulofeu R,Mojal S,Pascual J,Cases A

更新日期：2017-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bone Morphogenetic Protein (BMP)-7 is protective in different animal models of acute and chronic kidney disease. Its role in human kidneys, and in particular hypertensive nephrosclerosis, has thus far not been described. METHODS:BMP-7 mRNA was quantified using real-time PCR and localised by immunostaining i...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Bramlage CP,Tampe B,Koziolek M,Maatouk I,Bevanda J,Bramlage P,Ahrens K,Lange K,Schmid H,Cohen CD,Kretzler M,Müller GA

更新日期：2010-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is increasing worldwide and in Africa. Health related quality of life (QOL) has become an essential outcome measure for patients with CKD and end stage renal disease (ESRD). There is growing interest worldwide in QOL of CKD patients but paucity of data in Ghana....

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Tannor EK,Norman BR,Adusei KK,Sarfo FS,Davids MR,Bedu-Addo G

更新日期：2019-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obesity is a well-established risk factor for atherosclerosis. However, it is unknown which measure of adiposity best relates to atherosclerosis in relatively lean maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients. We aimed to explore and compare the associations between different adiposity indices reflecting general,...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Zhou C,Peng H,Yuan J,Lin X,Zha Y,Chen H

更新日期：2018-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:African Americans have an increased incidence and worse prognosis with chronic kidney disease (CKD--estimated glomerular filtration rate [eGFR] <60 ml/min/1.73 m2) than their counterparts of European-descent. Inflammation has been related to renal disease in non-Hispanic whites, but there are limited data on...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Fox ER,Benjamin EJ,Sarpong DF,Nagarajarao H,Taylor JK,Steffes MW,Salahudeen AK,Flessner MF,Akylbekova EL,Fox CS,Garrison RJ,Taylor HA Jr

更新日期：2010-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Accurately determining renal function is essential for clinical management of HIV patients. Classically, it has been evaluated by estimating glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) with the MDRD-equation, but today there is evidence that the new Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) equation ...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Cristelli MP,Cofán F,Rico N,Trullàs JC,Manzardo C,Agüero F,Bedini JL,Moreno A,Oppenheimer F,Miro JM,CKD-H. Clinic Investigators.

更新日期：2017-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reproductive function in women with end stage renal disease generally improves after kidney transplant. However, pregnancy remains challenging due to the risk of adverse clinical outcomes. METHODS:We searched PubMed/MEDLINE, Elsevier EMBASE, Scopus, BIOSIS Previews, ISI Science Citation Index Expanded, and ...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Shah S,Venkatesan RL,Gupta A,Sanghavi MK,Welge J,Johansen R,Kean EB,Kaur T,Gupta A,Grant TJ,Verma P

更新日期：2019-01-23 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: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:Renal injury is a serious complication after cardiac surgery and therefore, early detection and much more prediction of postoperative kidney injury is desirable. Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) is a predictive biomarker of acute kidney injury and may increase after cardiopulmonary bypass (C...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Friedrich MG,Bougioukas I,Kolle J,Bireta C,Jebran FA,Placzek M,Tirilomis T

更新日期：2017-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evidence suggests that alkaline phosphatase attenuates inflammatory response in sepsis by lipopolysaccharide detoxification and adenosine triphosphate dephosphorylation. We sought to determine changes in alkaline phosphatase (AP) activity during septic acute kidney injury (AKI) and clinical parameters associ...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Baek SD,Kang JY,Yu H,Shin S,Park HS,Kim MS,Lee EK,Kim SM,Chang JW

更新日期：2018-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is a hereditary disease characterized by the presence of renal cysts. Over time the expanding cysts lead to progressive renal failure. The use of tolvaptan, a V2-receptor antagonist, was recently approved in ADPKD patients. It was demonstrated that tolvapt...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Pellegrino AM,Annicchiarico Petruzzelli L,Riccio E,Pisani A

更新日期：2019-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The poorly differentiated renal cell carcinoma (RCC) with rhabdomyosarcomatous sarcomatoid differentiation shows a severely aggressive biological behavior characterized by rapid disease progression. Preoperative identification of the subtype with the prognostic factors and imaging features of sarcomatoid ren...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Liang X,Liu Y,Ran P,Tang M,Xu C,Zhu Y

更新日期：2018-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Renal infarction (RI) is a rare disease with poor prognosis. Appropriate secondary prevention treatment is essential and requires an exhaustive etiological assessment. We aimed to determine whether invasive endovascular explorations may improve the diagnostic process and change the secondary prevention treat...

journal_title：BMC nephrology

authors： Ivanes F,Dewaele J,Touboul C,Gatault P,Sautenet B,Barbet C,Büchler M,Quilliet L,Angoulvant D,Halimi JM

更新日期：2020-07-14 00:00:00