abstract：AIMS:Numbers of previous studies have evaluated the influence of dialysis-induced altered loading condition on Doppler-echocardiographic indices of left ventricle in patients with chronic renal failure. It has been suggested that most of Doppler-derived indices are preload-dependent. On the other hand, there are no stu...

journal_title：Clinical nephrology

authors： Koga S,Ikeda S,Matsunaga K,Naito T,Miyahara Y,Taura K,Kohno S

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is a treatment for end-stage liver failure, and was developed to overcome the distinct insufficiency of cadaveric donors. Case 1 is a 56-year-old man who had undergone maintenance hemodialysis therapy for 4 years. An LDLT was performed for the treatment of advanced liver cirrh...

journal_title：Clinical nephrology

authors： Kazama JJ,Takahashi N,Ito Y,Watanabe Y,Iino N,Iguchi S,Oyanagi A,Obayashi H,Ito S,Maruyama H,Narita I,Yamamoto S,Sato Y,Tsuchiya A,Ichida T,Gejyo F

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with ESRD are at increased risk for heart valve calcification. It has not been established whether hospitalized valvular heart disease (VHD) is a substantial barrier to renal transplantation (RT) after transplant listing, or whether VHD progresses after RT. METHODS:Using data from the USRDS, we stu...

journal_title：Clinical nephrology

authors： Abbott KC,Hshieh P,Cruess D,Agodoa LY,Welch PG,Taylor AJ,Yuan CM

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:In the existing literature, there is a paucity of data regarding large atrial thrombus (AT) formation occurring as a complication of tunneled cuffed hemodialysis catheter (TCC) use. This study was performed to determine the risk factors, mortality and the appropriate management of TCC-AT. METHODS:We report 6 new ...

journal_title：Clinical nephrology

authors： Negulescu O,Coco M,Croll J,Mokrzycki MH

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The exact incidence and clinical impact of arteriovenous fistulae (AVF) and pseudoaneurysms as complications emerging from renal allograft biopsy are not well established. We therefore conducted a prospective study using color-coded duplex sonography (CCDS) to determine the frequency, clinical presentation a...

journal_title：Clinical nephrology

authors： Brandenburg VM,Frank RD,Riehl J

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute renal failure in association with microangiopathic hemolytic anemia and the pathological finding of thrombotic microangiopathy may occur in a number of conditions including hemolytic uremic syndrome, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, and systemic sclerosis. Distinguishing between these conditions on clinical ...

journal_title：Clinical nephrology

authors： Karim M,Vaux E,Davies DR,Mason PD

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Controversy exists regarding the level of proteinuria in patients with nephrosclerosis. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We retrospectively examined the clinical parameters of 67 patients with the histologic diagnosis of nephrosclerosis defined as arteriolar hyalinization and/or arterial intimal fibrosis in the absence...

journal_title：Clinical nephrology

authors： Pahl MV,Nast CC,Adler SG

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is the preferred hemodialysis access. Subset analyses of both the HEMO and DOPPS studies have shown that obese hemodialysis patients have a lower prevalence of functioning AVF. Doppler ultrasound may increase the prevalence of functioning AVF in obese subjects. PATIENTS AND METHODS...

journal_title：Clinical nephrology

authors： Vassalotti JA,Falk A,Cohl ED,Uribarri J,Teodorescu V

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the effect of rh-EPO on the redox-sensitive transcription factor (NF-kappaB) in vivo and in vitro. Ten patients (7 female, 3 male), mean age 69.2 +/- 11 years, with end-stage renal failure and anemia prior to initiation of regular hemodialysis were enrolled and divided into 2 gro...

journal_title：Clinical nephrology

authors： Andrassy M,Bierhaus A,Hong M,Sis J,Schiekofer S,Humper PM,Chen J,Haap M,Renn W,Schleicher E,Häring HU,Andrassy K,Nawroth PP

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 47-year-old Japanese woman with both Takayasu's arteritis (TA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) presented with unequal pulses in the upper extremities, diarrhea and proteinuria. In 1986, when she was 38 years old, angiography revealed stenosis of the left subclavian artery. In 1994, SLE was diagnosed on the ba...

journal_title：Clinical nephrology

authors： Sano N,Kitazawa K,Totsuka D,Kobayashi K,Honda H,Makino Y,Shibata T,Sugisaki T

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial injury has been shown to be the most critical factor influencing quality of life and mortality in patients with chronic renal failure. Oxidative stress has been postulated to be an important risk factor for cardiovascular disorders. One reason for oxidative stress in patients with renal failure is the under...

journal_title：Clinical nephrology

authors： Siems W,Quast S,Carluccio F,Wiswedel I,Hirsch D,Augustin W,Hampi H,Riehle M,Sommerburg O

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In all industrial nations the number of patients with heart hailure is increasing. Pharmacological treatment with Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and beta blockers improve survival and reduce hospitalization in these patients. Inspite of these therapies, morbidity and mortality remains problematic. Poss...

journal_title：Clinical nephrology

authors： Hennig L

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 67-year-old female was admitted to our hospital with eruption and cervical lymphadenopathy which occurred one week after pneumococcal vaccination. Polyclonal hyperimmunoglobulinemia (IgG 6,620 mg/dl) and mild plasma cell proliferation (6.4%) in a bone marrow specimen were found, but a lymph node aspiration biopsy sh...

journal_title：Clinical nephrology

authors： Kikuchi Y,Imakiire T,Hyodo T,Higashi K,Henmi N,Suzuki S,Miura S

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Correction of iron deficiency is critical in chronic hemodialysis patients, and intravenous administration is superior to the oral route in this goal. Recently, concern was raised that intravenous iron administration might promote infection in dialysis patients. METHODS:We reviewed the data from a recent pr...

journal_title：Clinical nephrology

authors： Hoen B,Paul-Dauphin A,Kessler M

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coronary heart disease (CHD) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Prevention of CHD in ESRD requires identification and treatment of coronary risk factors in chronic renal insufficiency (CRI). METHODS:We evaluated the prevalence of "traditional coronary risk fa...

journal_title：Clinical nephrology

authors： Sarnak MJ,Coronado BE,Greene T,Wang SR,Kusek JW,Beck GJ,Levey AS

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a 71-year-old male with Henoch-Schoenlein purpura (HSP) who developed glomerulocystic kidney disease (GCKD) without congenital abnormality. He had mild renal dysfunction. Renal biopsy findings showed mild proliferation of mesangial cells and matrixes, and tubular atrophy, interstitial fibrosis, cystic dil...

journal_title：Clinical nephrology

authors： Miyazaki K,Miyazaki M,Yoshizuka N,Sasaki O,Furusu A,Horita Y,Taguchi T,Harada T,Ozono Y,Kohno S

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical presentation of unilateral renal cystic disease (URCD) is characterized by multiple simple cysts in only 1 kidney. Involvement of other intra-abdominal organs is not found. Renal function is usually preserved despite the existence of multiple cysts. No genetic background can be delineated up to the present. W...

journal_title：Clinical nephrology

authors： Lin SP,Chang JM,Chen HC,Lai YH

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Post-infectious glomerulonephritis typically occurs 7-14days after an infection. However, in several children we observed acute glomerulonephritis (AGN) to develop concurrently with pneumonia. The objective of the study was to delineate the clinical course and outcome of pneumonia-associated AGN. STUDY DESIG...

journal_title：Clinical nephrology

authors： Srivastava T,Warady,Alon US

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Lupus nephritis (LN) is a frequent and serious manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus. However, the outcome has progressively improved in the last 3 decades and this was due to more efficient and early treatment of LN and comorbid situations. The aim of our study was to analyze our experience and outc...

journal_title：Clinical nephrology

authors： Martins L,Rocha G,Rodrigues A,Santos J,Vasconcelos C,Correia J,Farinha F,Almeida I,Barbosa P,Guimarães S

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The study of renovascular resistances by color Doppler ultrasound has become a useful diagnostic resource for nephrologists. In recent nephrological literature, many papers deal with the correlations between resistive index, anatomo-pathological patterns and renal function. AIMS:In our study, we have tried ...

journal_title：Clinical nephrology

authors： Splendiani G,Parolini C,Fortunato L,Sturniolo A,Costanzi S

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare but devastating condition usually caused by group A streptococci. A renal transplant recipient with necrotizing fasciitis complicated by the streptococcal toxic shock syndrome is presented. The importance of prompt diagnosis, antimicrobial treatment and early surgical intervention in ac...

journal_title：Clinical nephrology

authors： Tang S,Kwok TK,Ho PL,Tang WM,Chan TM,Lai KN

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:A gradual decline in the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is a general problem in patients after renal transplantation that may be due to several factors. METHODS:The glomerular filtration rate (GFR) was estimated using the corrected Schwartz formula in 16 pediatric renal transplant recipients over a peri...

journal_title：Clinical nephrology

authors： Wigger M,Drückler E,Muscheites J,Stolpe HJ

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To measure the quality of life (QOL) of patients on RRT with regard to depression, anxiety, and adjustment to illness. MATERIAL:The study was conducted between 1996 and 1998 at a teaching hospital in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The study population included 125 patients (transplant n = 64, hemodialysis n = 42 and...

journal_title：Clinical nephrology

authors： Zimmermann PR,Poli de Figueiredo CE,Fonseca NA

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Chronic renal failure (CRF) patients frequently suffer from dyspeptic complaints such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal distension, early satiety and anorexia. The aim of the present study was to define the prevalence of dyspeptic complaints and delayed gastric emptying in CRF patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Dyspepti...

journal_title：Clinical nephrology

authors： Van Vlem B,Schoonjans R,Vanholder R,Vandamme W,De Vos M,Lameire N

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of Tsukamurella peritonitis associated with peritoneal dialysis in a 23-year-old woman is described. The organism was difficult to identify and was mistaken for Corynebacterium and atypical mycobacteria. Despite prolonged, multidrug, antimicrobial therapy with conventional antibiotics including vancomycin, cipr...

journal_title：Clinical nephrology

authors： Shaer AJ,Gadegbeku CA

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) have high mortality from atherosclerotic/atherothrombotic vascular disease (AVD). However, the role of an elevated plasma total homocysteine (tHcy) level as a risk factor is uncertain in ESRD. METHODS:We enrolled 55 ESRD patients in a prospective follow-up study ...

journal_title：Clinical nephrology

authors： Haraki T,Takegoshi T,Kitoh C,Kajinami K,Wakasugi T,Hirai J,Shimada T,Kawashiri M,Inazu A,Koizumi J,Mabuchi H

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively evaluated the response to steroids (S) +/- angioten-sin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) vs. ACEI in nephrotic patients with FSGS seen in our clinic from 1992 - 1999. Of 48 patients with biopsy-proven FSGS, 30 had pre-therapy and follow-up evaluations of proteinuria. Of these, 22 were nephrotic (...

journal_title：Clinical nephrology

authors： Stiles KP,Abbott KC,Welch PG,Yuan CM

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effect of glucose-induced ultrafiltration in peritoneal dialysis is dependent on the presence and function of ultrasmall transendothelial cell water channels. The mercury-sensitive aquaporin-1 was thought to represent these transcellular pores. Amphotericin B (ampho B) has been reported to increase ultra...

journal_title：Clinical nephrology

authors： Zweers MM,Douma CE,de Waart DR,Korevaar JC,Krediet RT,Struijk DG

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:In dialysis patients, blood transfusions and long-term dialysis are well known risk factors for transmission of hepatitis C virus. In this study the impact of use of dedicated hemodialysis (HD) units on the anti-HCV conversion rates was studied in patients of two different hemodialysis units in a city, Kayseri, be...

journal_title：Clinical nephrology

authors： Taskapan H,Oymak O,Dogukan A,Utas C

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We tried to establish the significance of quantifying urinary type IV collagen (IV-C) excretion for the evaluation of renal involvement of type 2-diabetic patients. METHODS:Twenty patients (13 males and 7 females; age range 31 to 69 years) with type 2 diabetes mellitus had undergone renal biopsy and relationship b...

journal_title：Clinical nephrology

authors： Okonogi H,Nishimura M,Utsunomiya Y,Hamaguchi K,Tsuchida H,Miura Y,Suzuki S,Kawamura T,Hosoya T,Yamada K

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Application of immunosuppressive treatment for a long period after organ transplantations suppresses immune system in organ receivers and increases the risk of development of neoplastic diseases along with infections. Among the complications developing after transplantation, post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease...

journal_title：Clinical nephrology

authors： Canöz O,Soyuer I,Taskapan H,Utas C

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report two cases of renovascular hypertension associated with neurofibromatosis. A 19-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with a complaint of abdominal pain and blood pressure of 180/120 mmHg. Examination revealed café-au-lait spots over her chest and extremities. Peripheral plasma renin activity (...

journal_title：Clinical nephrology

authors： Nakhoul F,Green J,Angel A,Ofer A,Ben-Izhak O,Lewin M

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventeen subjects were studied during the third trimester of pregnancy (PG) and post partum (NPG) to evaluate the effect of pregnancy on the physicochemical risk of renal stone disease. Levels of urinary saturation for calcium oxalate (CaOx), brushite (Br), uric acid (UA), and monosodium urate (NaU) were determined a...

journal_title：Clinical nephrology

authors： Smith CL,Kristensen C,Davis M,Abraham PA

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human apolipoprotein (apo) AIV might play a role in post-transplant reverse cholesterol transport, which appears to be comparable to that seen in healthy subjects. However, there may be subtle differences between healthy individuals and renal transplant recipients, given the other abnormalities of lipoprotei...

journal_title：Clinical nephrology

authors： Massy ZA,Kandoussi AM,Mamzer-Bruneel MF,Kreis H,Drüeke T,Lacour B

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:There is still no consensus about the prognostic influence of chronic nephropathy induced by low-dose maintenance therapy with cyclosporin. Our aim was to investigate the prognostic effect of cyclosporin nephropathy in Japanese renal transplant recipients. MATERIAL:We retrospectively investigated the clinical rec...

journal_title：Clinical nephrology

authors： Takahara S,Ota K,Takahashi K,Uchida K,Morozumi K,Wang JD,Kyo M,Japanese Cyclosporin Kidney Transplant Study Group.

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular calcification is a common feature in chronic dialysis patients, but their clinical significance is debated and the role of kidney transplantation (TP) in the natural history of their development has received scanty attention. We will describe a case of dramatic worsening of vascular calcifications during TP i...

journal_title：Clinical nephrology

authors： Canavese C,Cesarani F,Stratta C,Maddalena E,Messina M,Hamido D,Bianchi DS,Segoloni GP

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To compare patients for whom hemodialysis was done for lithium poisoning and those for whom it was recommended by the poison control centre (PCC) but not done and to evaluate the effect of withholding hemodialysis on outcomes. METHODS:All lithium overdoses brought to the attention of the PCC were prospectively fo...

journal_title：Clinical nephrology

authors： Bailey B,McGuigan M

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The glomerular filtration rate (GFR) can be estimated from plasma creatinine according to the formula of Cockcroft and Gault (CG). When tubular secretion of creatinine is inhibited by cimetidine the mean difference between the Cockcroft-Gault clearance (CG(Cim) and GFR approximates zero, but there is still s...

journal_title：Clinical nephrology

authors： Kemperman FA,Silberbusch J,Slaats EH,Prins AM,Krediet RT,Arisz L

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We evaluated 152 sevelamer hydrochloride treated Medicare patients on hemodialysis in a case-controlled study matching 152 randomly selected non-sevelamer hydrochloride treated Medicare patients from the same dialysis facilities and time period. The main outcomes evaluated were the risk of all-cause hospitalization...

journal_title：Clinical nephrology

authors： Collins AJ,St Peter WL,Dalleska FW,Ebben JP,Ma JZ

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this cross-sectional study was to determine in hemodialysis patients the pattern of low trauma fracture, the ability of dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) to discriminate between patients with and without fracture, and the magnitude, distribution and mechanism of bone loss. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Eighty-eigh...

journal_title：Clinical nephrology

authors： Fontaine MA,Albert A,Dubois B,Saint-Remy A,Rorive G

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00