abstract：UNLABELLED:Although it is anticipated that most patients with renal insufficiency will progress towards end-stage renal disease (ESRD) there have been few population-based studies to validate this assumption. We examined serial creatinines from 3,874 anonymous patients at an urban VA medical center who had a baseline c...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Fink JC,Salmanullah M,Blahut SA,Weir MR,Sawyer R,Henrich WL,Hise MK

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin ulceration is a well-characterized thrombotic complication of the heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) syndrome. We present the case of a 73-year-old diabetic woman nearing end-stage renal failure who developed extensive upper thigh, abdominal and buttock ulceration following initiation of subcutaneous heparin ...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Denton MD,Mauiyyedi S,Bazari H

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A quantitative scoring method was designed to assess the extent of muscle damage. Technetium-99m pyrophosphate (99mTc-PYP) scintigraphy was performed for 9 patients experiencing crush injury in the Chichi (Taiwan) earthquake. The magnitude of muscle uptake of 99mTc-PYP was graded as follows: grade 0, less than bone ra...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Chang HR,Kao CH,Lian JD,Shu KH,Cheng CH,Wu MJ,Chen CH

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Henoch-Schönlein Purpura (HSP) is a common childhood vasculitis with manifestations in numerous organ systems, including glomerulonephritis. Patients with more severe HSP-associated glomerulonephritis may develop chronic renal failure. Currently, no widely accepted treatment protocols exist for patients with...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Flynn JT,Smoyer WE,Bunchman TE,Kershaw DB,Sedman AB

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In general, nonrheumatic atrial fibrillation is associated with a high risk of stroke. However, its impact on stroke in the setting of chronic hemodialysis treatment is insufficiently addressed in the literature. We assessed the incidence of stroke among 430 chronic hemodialysis patients and the impact of atrial fibri...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Wiesholzer M,Harm F,Tomasec G,Barbieri G,Putz D,Balcke P

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Administration of a single dose of 1,25-OH(2)D(3) can lower PTH levels for up to 4 days in chronic hemodialysis patients. Our purpose was to verify the effects of the same weekly dose of calcitriol per os given in one, two or three administrations, to patients on dialysis with secondary hyperparathyroidism. Thirty pat...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Manni M,Calabria S,Dinnella A,D'Anello E,Mantella D,Sardella D,Sturniolo A,Splendiani G,Coen G

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This study was conducted prospectively to ascertain the prevalence of anticardiolipin antibodies (ACAs) in patients with lupus nephritis and to determine whether this subgroup of patients differed clinically and histologically from patients without the antibody. PATIENTS AND METHODS:40 SLE patients (26 Blacks, 14...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Naiker IP,Rughubar KN,Duursma J,Pudifin DJ,Seedat YK

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is still debate as to the preferred extracorporeal treatment modality for severe lithium intoxication. Because lithium is readily diffusable, intermittent hemodialysis is usually performed. However, this bares the risk of a post-dialysis rebound concentration and, in the case of severe lithium poisoning collapse...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： van Bommel EF,Kalmeijer MD,Ponssen HH

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A noninvasive method for the diagnosis of cardiac calcinosis, a life-threatening complication in hemodialysis patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), has not, as yet, been firmly established. We tested whether whole body scanning with 99m-technetium methylene diphosphonate (MDP) might visualize cardiac calcinosi...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Eguchi M,Tsuchihashi K,Takizawa H,Nakahara N,Hagiwara M,Ohnishi H,Torii T,Hashimoto A,Marusaki S,Nakata T,Ura N,Shimamoto K

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal disease is a common complication in malaria infection. In acute falciparum malaria renal involvement is usually mild, but in severe disease acute renal failure is a major problem. Acute renal failure has been attributed to ischaemic tubular necrosis from hypovolaemia resulting from vasodilatation due to endothel...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Sinniah R,Lye W

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is a common finding in hypertensive autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) patients. There are few studies on the influence of blood pressure (BP) and nonhemodynamic factors on LVH in these patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between BP, hum...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Martinez-Vea A,Valero FA,Bardaji A,Gutierrez C,Broch M,Garcia C,Richart C,Oliver JA

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

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 elucidate the prevalence and clinical implications of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) in lupus nephritis (LN), we examined ANCA by indirect immunofluorescence and by ELISA against antilactoferrin (anti-LF) and antimyeloperoxidase (anti-MPO) antibody. To discriminate perinuclear ANCA (pANCA) with antinucl...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Chin HJ,Ahn C,Lim CS,Chung HK,Lee JG,Song YW,Lee HS,Han JS,Kim S,Lee JS

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-one renal transplant recipients, submitted to treatment with cyclosporin in association with other immunosuppressive agents, were also treated for 9 months with two hydroxymethylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors, simvastatin (10 mg/day) or pravastatin (20 mg/day), for concomitant hypercholesterolemia and...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Capone D,Stanziale P,Gentile A,Imperatore P,Pellegrino T,Basile V

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of fluvastatin, a liver-selective, competitive inhibitor of the 3-hydroxymethyl-glutaryl-coenzyme A reductase, on the lipoprotein metabolism was investigated in 9 patients with nephrotic syndrome. All patients had biopsy-proven renal disease as cause of their nephrotic syndrome and exhibited severe hyper...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Matzkies FK,Bahner U,Teschner M,Hohage H,Heidland A,Schaefer RM

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of Dacron cuff double-lumen permanent catheters for hemodialysis has become more common in the dialysis unit as patients await for creation or maturation of a permanent hemoaccess for various reasons. Placement of these catheters is often done by surgeons. Nephrologists skilled in the placement of temporary ce...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Choudhury D,Ahmed Z,Girgis HI,Kronfli S

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we analyze the collection of ancient Greek treatises ascribed to Hippocrates (460; between 371 and 350 BC), in order to determine whether or not edema can be traced. As a result of reading these works on the Greek text, we recognize some symptoms of edema in those called oidêma (swelling) and udrôps (dr...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Touwaide A,De Santo NG

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Berengario da Carpi was magister of anatomy and surgery at the University of Bologna from 1502 to 1527. Eustachio and Falloppia defined him as 'the restaurator of anatomy'. He was a great surgeon, anatomist and physician of illustrious patients including Lorenzo II dei Medici, Giovanni dalle Bande Nere, Galeazzo Palla...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： De Santo NG,Bisaccia C,De Santo LS,De Santo RM,Di Leo VA,Papalia T,Cirillo M,Touwaide A

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1828, Friedrich Wöhler, a German physician and chemist by training, published a paper that describes the formation of urea, known since 1773 to be a major component of mammalian urine, by combining cyanic acid and ammonium in vitro. In these experiments the synthesis of an organic compound from two inorganic molecu...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Kinne-Saffran E,Kinne RK

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Pseudotumors of the craniovertebral junction (PTCVJ) are observed in long-term hemodialysis (HD) patients. There are neither criteria for diagnosis nor guidelines for screening. We attempted to determine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings that could be used to detect PTCVJ, to determine the preva...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Maruyama H,Tanizawa T,Uchiyama S,Higuchi T,Ei K,Oda M,Ei I,Oya M,Kishimoto H,Saito T,Miyamura S,Takano Y,Hasegawa S,Kawada K,Ueki K,Iwafuchi Y,Arakawa M

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The great Spanish military and orthopedic surgeon J. Trueta gained his field and clinical experience in the Spanish civil war (1936-1939) and in Britain during World War II. As part of his major contribution to traumatology, he searched for the causes of the characteristic oliguria of combat casualties. For this purpo...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Better OS

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 18-year-old woman complained of fever and edema and was admitted to Showa University Hospital for treatment of thrombocytopenia and deteriorating renal function. Laboratory studies demonstrated the presence of lupus anticoagulant (LA), prolongation of prothrombin time, hemolytic anemia, a negative Coombs' test, the...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Sakaguchi S,Kitazawa K,Watanabe M,Mukai K,Totsuka D,Shibata T,Sugisaki T

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The relation of ambient temperature (AMT) and relative humidity to systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), body weight (BW), and body weight gain between dialysis sessions (DeltaBW) was examined in hemodialysis patients by Fourier analysis. METHODS AND RESULTS:The authors recruited 144 dialy...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Tozawa M,Iseki K,Iseki C,Morita O,Yoshi S,Fukiyama K

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:In chronic hemodialysis patients, we evaluated determinants of repetitive ventricular tachyarrhythmias which included late potentials and heart rate variability. METHODS:We compared the presence of late potentials and heart rate variability obtained by ambulatory electrocardiogram (ECG), findings of ec...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Tamura K,Tsuji H,Nishiue T,Tokunaga S,Yajima I,Higashi T,Iwasaka T

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was carried out to find out whether Ramadan fasting would affect the renal function in kidney transplant recipients with normal or impaired graft function. Twenty-three transplant recipients, 17 with a normal function and 6 with an impaired but stable function with plasma creatinine levels not exceeding 300...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Abdalla AH,Shaheen FA,Rassoul Z,Owda AK,Popovich WF,Mousa DH,al-Hawas F,al-Sulaiman MH,al-Khader AA

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 50-year-old woman presented with thrombocytopenia, microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, and nephrotic syndrome. Although a high level of circulating immune complexes, mild hypocomplementemia, and the antinuclear antibody also were present, the criteria for collagen disease were not fulfilled. Renal biopsy demonstrated...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Kimura M,Fujigaki Y,Ohtake T,Furuya R,Hishida A,Kaneko E

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients are reported who presented within the first 3 months posttransplantation with acute bone pain where serial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) allowed differentiation between bone edema, which resolved spontaneously, and avascular necrosis (AVN) requiring core decompression. Case 1 had ill-defined images con...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Pilmore H,Walker R,McMillan B,Paranjpe D,Berkeley B

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the possible beneficial effect of intraperitoneal proteolytic enzyme administration on the development of hypertension-induced renal injury in the rat model of 2-kidney 1-clip (2K1C) Goldblatt hypertension. Male Wistar rats (120-150 g) underwent either sham surgery (control, n = 5) or clipping ...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Sebeková K,Dämmrich J,Fierlbeck W,Krivosiková Z,Paczek L,Heidland A

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute hyperammonemia is an emergent cause of central nervous system dysfunction for which renal replacement therapy is advocated. We report the successful use of continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration in this metabolic emergency, and report the calculated ammonia clearances for both continuous venovenous hemofiltrati...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Braun MC,Welch TR

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the role of the caliceal system in urine flow. METHODS:Eight patients (6 men, 2 women; mean age 42.6 +/- 7.6 years) with an upper polar renal mass (6 renal cysts; 2 hypernephromas) which did not encroach on the pelvicaliceal system were studied. After mass removal, a manometric catheter was introduced int...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Shafik A

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred twenty-eight hemodialysis patients and 64 medical personnel consisting of dialysis nurses and technicians, hemodialysis access surgeons and nephrologists were surveyed about their preferences and concerns in regard to the hemodialysis vascular access. The access preferred by physicians was the A-V fistula ...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Bay WH,Van Cleef S,Owens M

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a 78-year-old patient with nephrotic syndrome due to minimal-change glomerulopathy, associated with a renal adenocarcinoma. Oliguric acute renal failure requiring hemodialysis was also observed. Surgical removal of the tumor and corticosteroid therapy resulted in resolution of the nephrotic state and impro...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Auguet T,Lorenzo A,Colomer E,Zamora A,García C,Martínez-Vea A,Richart C,Oliver JA

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ion-selective electrodes have been designed for determining the ionized concentration of magnesium in blood, the biologically active form of this ion. The effect of acute acidosis induced by ammonium loading on circulating and urinary magnesium was investigated in 11 volunteers. No changes in plasma total and ionized ...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Blumberg D,Bonetti A,Jacomella V,Capillo S,Truttmann AC,Lüthy CM,Colombo JP,Bianchetti MG

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic use of D-penicillamine has been associated with a range of adverse effects. We present a patient with scleroderma, treated with D-penicillamine for 5 years, who developed severe renal failure due to rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis with both crescents and subepithelial immune deposits on renal biopsy...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Karpinski J,Jothy S,Radoux V,Levy M,Baran D

更新日期：1997-01-01 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：:Extraskeletal tumoral calcinosis occur in uremic patients with high calcium phosphorus (Ca x P) product and progressive secondary hyperparathyroidism. However, cases are also described in which this association cannot be confirmed. The influence of aluminum, vitamins D and K, alkalosis, magnesium and local lesions is ...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Pecovnik-Balon B,Kramberger S

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both the Old Testament and the Talmud contain a great deal of information on medicine, nephrology, health and disease. The basic premise of early Jewish medicine is based on the notion that disease is due to structural changes in internal organs. This is in contrast to the mythical dogma of humoralism as the basis of ...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Massry SG,Smogorzewski M,Hazani E,Shasha SM

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several medical inventors in Europe and North America brought the artificial kidney (hemodialysis) to practical usefulness in the late 1940s, but there were very few early successes. It was used at first for only desperate cases of acute renal failure. Renal authorities in the 'metabolic' tradition favored newly quant...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Peitzman SJ

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Man-made or massive natural disasters may be followed by 'epidemics' of the muscle crush syndrome. The first descriptions of the crush syndrome were in the German-language literature following the earthquake of Messina in 1909 and World War II. On the threshold of World War II, the English-language literature was stil...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Better OS

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular access thrombosis is more common with polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) grafts than with native arteriovenous fistulae (AVF). Recent studies report an unexplained excess vascular access morbidity in women on hemodialysis. We studied 92 consecutive end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients receiving their first per...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Ifudu O,Macey LJ,Homel P,Hyppolite JC,Hong J,Sumrani N,Distant D,Sommer BG,Friedman EA

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00