abstract：:To evaluate the determinants of rhabdomyolysis in the diabetic state, we compared biochemical and clinical features of diabetic patients with (group 1, 41 patients) and without (group 2, 36 patients) rhabdomyolysis. There was no difference in values for serum potassium, bicarbonate, phosphate and calcium between the t...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Singhal PC,Abramovici M,Ayer S,Desroches L

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have compared the renal effects of ioxitalamate, ioxaglate, and iopamidol in patients with chronic renal failure. Sixty consecutive patients with an estimated creatinine clearance (ECRCl) less than 60 ml/min were randomly assigned to receive either ioxitalamate, iopamidol, or ioxaglate. All patients received 500 cm...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Deray G,Bellin MF,Boulechfar H,Baumelou B,Koskas F,Baumelou A,Grellet J,Jacobs C

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The substitution of recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO) in chronic hemodialysis patients is often associated with the development of severe hypertension. In the present study, a systematical echocardiographic analysis was performed in 25 patients on maintenance hemodialysis during rhEPO therapy for at least 4 mon...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Löw-Friedrich I,Grützmacher P,März W,Bergmann M,Schoeppe W

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperlipidemia is common in patients with glomerular proteinuria. It may contribute to atherosclerotic complications and accelerate glomerular damage. Early trials of the fibric acid derivative clofibrate led to a myositis syndrome causing many nephrologists to abandon attempts at treatment of nephrotic hyperlipidemia...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Appel GB,Appel AS

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteinuria is characteristic of many glomerular conditions, and often exceeds 2-3 g/24 h. There are several possible routes by which such profuse proteinuria might contribute to progression of the underlying pathology, whatever its type. First, proteinuria leads to a transit of protein through glomerular structures, ...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Cameron JS

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present investigation was to determine whether dexamethasone, an agent known to preserve the blood-brain barrier, and colchicine, an agent that impairs mobilization of macrophages, can prevent demyelinating lesions associated with rapid correction of hyponatremia in the experimental animal. Hyponatr...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Oh MS,Choi KC,Uribarri J,Sher J,Rao C,Carroll HJ

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparative clinicopathological study was retrospectively performed in 61 children and 51 adults with IgA nephropathy. Hematuria and/or proteinuria as a chance finding was the most common initial clinical sign, being observed in 82.0% of the children and in 52.9% of the adults. At renal biopsy, hypertension and seve...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Okada K,Funai M,Kawakami K,Kagami S,Yano I,Kuroda Y

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the period from April 4, 1988, to April 20, 1988, nine pyrogenic reactions and five gram-negative bacteremias occurred in 11 patients undergoing dialysis. All pyrogenic reactions and gram-negative bacteremias occurred among patients in whom a reprocessed dialyzer was used. The rate of pyrogenic reactions or bac...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Beck-Sague CM,Jarvis WR,Bland LA,Arduino MJ,Aguero SM,Verosic G

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic dysfunction was observed in 34 patients with nontraumatic rhabdomyolysis. The serum levels of lactic dehydrogenase were markedly elevated in all patients. The peak values occurred within 72 h of hospitalization. There was no significant difference among patients with (9,044 +/- 1,154 U/l) and without acute ren...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Akmal M,Massry SG

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A young woman presented with nephrotic syndrome due to membranous nephropathy and a localized form of giant lymph node hyperplasia (Castleman's disease) occurring as a large intra-abdominal mass. Five months after surgical removal of the mass, only mild proteinuria persisted. Twenty months later a second kidney biopsy...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Ruggieri G,Barsotti P,Coppola G,Spinelli C,Balducci A,Ventola FR,d'Adamo G,Tata MV,Marinozzi V

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with renal failure due to myeloma kidney and coincident digitalis intoxication due to prescribed daily digoxin administration was treated with digoxin-specific antibody fragments and plasmapheresis. Rapid response to therapy was noted, removal of digoxin-antidigoxin antibody complexes was confirmed, and prev...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Rabetoy GM,Price CA,Findlay JW,Sailstad JM

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A national sample of dialysis physicians was used to obtain data for a comparison of patient characteristics, comorbid conditions and treatment patterns associated with the five leading causes of end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The data are used to assess trends in physician care for ESRD patients and likely changes i...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Radecki SE,Nissenson AR

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 23-year-old female with acute renal failure associated with acute tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis is reported. Renal tubular acidosis and inflammatory reactions consisting of markedly increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate and high serum immunoglobulin levels were seen on admission. Light microscopy revea...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Hirano K,Tomino Y,Mikami H,Ota K,Aikawa Y,Shirato I,Koide H

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To verify if exogenous prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) is able to release antidiuretic hormone (ADH) and if endogenous angiotensin II plays a role in this eventual PGE2-induced stimulation of vasopressin, increasing doses of PGE2 were infused in 6 normal volunteers before (PGE2 study) and after the administration of 100 mg of...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Usberti M,Gargiulo A,Comberti E,Campisi S,Poiesi C,Brognoli M,Doregatti C,Rondina M,Zaneboni A,Ghielmi S

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed blood volume (BV) in 20 edematous patients with nephrotic syndrome and in 32 subjects without renal or other disease liable to induce BV variation. Two methods were chosen, one using 131I-albumin and the other 51Cr red blood cells. Among the 20 patients, 11 presented minimal-change lesions, and 9 had histo...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Olmer M,Berland Y,Purgus R,Schultz G

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the significance of tubulointerstitial lesions in the cortical area of renal biopsy specimens, clinicopathological studies were performed on 101 cases of IgA nephropathy, 31 cases of IgA-negative (non-IgA) proliferative glomerulonephritis and 75 cases of idiopathic membranous glomerulonephritis. The degree...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Abe S,Amagasaki Y,Iyori S,Konishi K,Kato E,Sakaguchi H

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of cisplatin (5 mg/kg BW given intraperitoneally) on renal concentration mechanism were evaluated initially by clearance studies in rats 5-7 days after cisplatin administration and compared to normal rats. During hypotonic saline infusion, cisplatin rats showed a lower inulin clearance (0.56 +/- 0.07 vs. 1...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Seguro AC,Shimizu MH,Kudo LH,dos Santos Rocha A

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autopsy reports on 155 successive end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients and 147 control patients without ESRD, matched for age, race and gender, were collected. Cystic transformation of the kidneys was noted in 58% of the ESRD patients and 13.6% of the control patients. There were 25 ESRD patients with renal adenoma...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Miller LR,Soffer O,Nassar VH,Kutner MH

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to evaluate beta-adrenergic responsiveness as assessed by the generation of cyclic AMP after the subcutaneous administration of epinephrine in 31 subjects: normal controls, patients with chronic renal insufficiency, hemodynamically stable patients on chronic acetate dialysis and hemodynamically...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Fuiano G,Dal Canton A,Maj M,Testa A,Memoli B,Conte G,Ariano MG,Guarriello L,Russo D,Andreucci VE

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-eight chronic hemodialysis patients were divided comparably into two groups (24 patients in each). Two micrograms of 1 alpha(OH)D3 was administered to one group for 3 months and its placebo to the other group. In the 1 alpha(OH)D3-treated group, serum total calcium increased from 7.82 +/- 0.11 (mean +/- SEM) to ...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Shimamatsu K,Onoyama K,Fujimi S,Iseki K,Fujishima M

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of histologic changes have been observed in the kidneys of patients with light-chain deposition disease. We report 3 cases with kappa light chain deposition who presented with diverse clinical, histological, and ultrastructural features. All the cases were diagnosed by the presence of monoclonal kappa light ...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Venkataseshan VS,Faraggiana T,Hughson MD,Buchwald D,Olesnicky L,Goldstein MH

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We carried out a prospective 2-year study on the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in a chronic dialysis unit with a high prevalence (11%) of the infection. Only 1 of 45 HIV-negative patients seroconverted, and this was related to the administration of contaminated blood. We conclude that cu...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Perez GO,Ortiz C,De Medina M,Schiff E,Bourgoignie JJ

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigations of biopsy material from human kidneys with different forms of glomerulonephritis (n = 1,240) and with diabetic glomerulosclerosis (n = 406) performed in order to find changes caused by hyperperfusion of the kidney tissue gave the following results: (1) Hyperperfusion injury occurs in the different forms...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Bohle A,Biwer E,Christensen JA

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with a long-standing history of familial Mediterranean fever were found to have both microscopic hematuria and proteinuria during the acute attacks. Kidney biopsies from both patients revealed diffuse mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis with intense mesangial IgA and C3 deposits and no evidence of ...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Said R,Nasrallah N,Hamzah Y,Tarawneh M,al-Khatib M

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The administration of calcium-blocking drugs exerts a natriuretic response. Acute studies in isolated perfused kidneys and in experimental animals, as well as in man, consistently demonstrate diuresis, natriuresis, calciuresis, and generally kaliuresis, even in the face of arterial blood pressure reduction. Clearance ...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Luft FC

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes 10 cases of IgM nephropathy in whom the main morphological findings consisted of diffuse mesangial deposition of IgM and varying degrees of mesangial cell proliferation. In addition, focal segmental sclerosis was present in 1 patient and global sclerosis in another. An ill-defined electron-dense d...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Kopolovic J,Shvil Y,Pomeranz A,Ron N,Rubinger D,Oren R

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic diffuse crescentic glomerulonephritis without immune deposits is a variant of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis which can account for up to 40% of crescentic nephritis. The prognosis may depend on both the severity of histological injury at presentation and the efficacy of treatment. Recent advances in...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Belghiti D,Levy Y,Rifle G,Ottavioli JN,Rickelynck JP,Wolf C,Chalopin JM,Sobel A

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed routine serum potassium concentration measurements and conditions temporally associated with abnormalities in potassium concentration in outpatients on chronic hemodialysis (136 nondiabetics, 36 diabetics) and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (16 nondiabetics, 10 diabetics). The following potassiu...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Tzamaloukas AH,Avasthi PS

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:45 bone biopsies from patients with chronic uremia were reviewed to define which noninvasive investigations were of value in predicting the histological diagnosis and to quantify the spectrum of uremic bone disease at a center that has consistently used an aluminum-free dialysis bath. 17 biopsies were taken postmortem...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Heaf JG,Joffe P,Pødenphant J,Andersen JR

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of our study was to investigate the feasibility of using lactate as a complete or partial substitute for acetate in hemodialysis solutions. Six patients, each serving as his own control, were dialyzed once against a dialysis solution containing 40 mM acetate, once against a dialysis solution containing 40 ...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Nawab ZM,Armstrong MK,Weissberger LE,Ing TS,Hayashi JA,Daugirdas JT

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous angioplasty was attempted in 5 patients with acute renal failure due to occlusion of the artery to a solitary functioning kidney. Angioplasty was technically successful in all patients. Renal function was completely restored in 3 and renal perfusion improved in 1 patient. In the fifth patient, renal funct...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Kadir S,Watson A,Burrow C

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum levels of vitamin A (VA) were measured in 71 hemodialysis (HD) patients and in 30 normal controls. 65 of the 71 patients were taking multivitamin preparations (MP) containing VA. The HD patients had significantly greater values: 7.81 +/- 2.86 mumol/l (224 +/- 82 micrograms/dl) versus 3.97 +/- 0.97 mumol/l (114 +...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Praga M,Diaz Rubio P,Morales JM,Cañizares F,Ruilope LM,Gutierrez-Millet V,Nieto J,Rodicio JL

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have focused attention on the possible role of zinc depletion in the pathogenesis of uremic symptoms such as dysgeusia and impotence. The present studies were undertaken to evaluate the prevalence of zinc deficiency and abnormalities of zinc metabolism in patients with end-stage renal disease. A total o...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Muirhead N,Kertesz A,Flanagan PR,Hodsman AB,Hollomby DJ,Valberg LS

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Awareness that sphygmomanometry is encompassed with serious limitations has led to the development of techniques that allow blood pressure (BP) to be monitored intraarterially or noninvasively during the day or over a 24-hour period. Although intraarterial BP monitoring allows an accurate evaluation of 24-hour BP mean...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Parati G,Pomidossi G,Malaspina D,Camesasca C,Mancia G

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The removal of phenytoin by plasmapheresis in a patient with compromised renal function is described. The results indicate that plasma concentrations of total phenytoin increase after plasmapheresis, while unbound phenytoin plasma concentrations and free fraction decrease. The amount of phenytoin removed was 36 mg and...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Brown-Molnar CS,Bauer LA,Horn JR

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with unilateral gross hematuria was found to have mesangial proliferation and IgM deposition on renal biopsy, consistent with the entity of primary renal hematuria. This case refutes previous assumptions that renal biopsy is normal in patients with unilateral hematuria. Glomerular lesions may be more common ...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Tapp DC,Whitaker WR,Copley JB

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the effect of multiple dialyzer use on intradialytic symptoms, data from 26,592 successive dialyses on 147 patients were analyzed. Over the 26-month period of study 4,933 new dialyzers were used. All symptoms, considered together, occurred 1.3 times more frequently during the initial than during the subse...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Robson MD,Charoenpanich R,Kant KS,Peterson DW,Flynn J,Cathey M,Pollak VE

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently described that in the erythrocytes from uremic patients on chronic hemodialysis, the pentose-phosphate shunt is defective, the membrane concentrations of malonyldialdehyde, resulting from peroxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids in the membranes themselves, are increased, and the concentrations of ...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Taccone-Gallucci M,Giardini O,Lubrano R,Mazzarella V,Bandino D,Khashan S,Mannarino O,Elli M,Cozzari M,Buoncristiani U

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS) involving skin, digit, esophagus, and lung developed the nephrotic syndrome and rapidly progressive renal insufficiency. Renal pathology revealed capillary collapse, cellular crescents, arteriolar hyaline deposition, and mesangial proliferation. On immunofluorescence...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Eiser AR,Zilversmit R,Neff MS,Grishman E,Slifkin RF

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prejunctional beta-adrenoceptors present in the isolated perfused kidney of normotensive rats (NR) and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) were compared and the effects of tertatolol on these receptors were investigated. Kidneys of NR (Wistar + Wistar-Kyoto [WKY]) and SHR, were continuously perfused with Tyrode ...

journal_title：American journal of nephrology

authors： Verbeuren TJ,Herman AG

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00