Global, regional, and national burden of chronic kidney disease, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Health system planning requires careful assessment of chronic kidney disease (CKD) epidemiology, but data for morbidity and mortality of this disease are scarce or non-existent in many countries.
GBD Chronic Kidney Disease Collaboration
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Troponins, Acute Coronary Syndrome and Renal Disease: From Acute Kidney Injury Through End-stage Kidney Disease [PDF]
The diagnosis of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) is heavily dependent on cardiac biomarker assays, particularly cardiac troponins. ACS, particularly non-ST segment elevation MI, are more common in patients with acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease (
Banerjee, A, Banerjee, D, Ferrett, C
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Renal function assessment in adults with recurrent calcium kidney stone disease [PDF]
The prevalence of nephrolihiasis and chronic kidney disease has risen over the past three decades, we sought to determine if person with a history of kidney stones have lower renal function relative to non stone formers.
Milladipour, Amir Hossein+1 more
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Molecular Mechanisms of Kidney Injury and Repair in Arterial Hypertension [PDF]
The global burden of chronic kidney disease is rising. The etiologies, heterogeneous, and arterial hypertension, are key factors contributing to the development and progression of chronic kidney disease. Arterial hypertension is induced and maintained by
Eckardt, Kai-Uwe+1 more
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Climate change and the kidney [PDF]
The worldwide increase in temperature has resulted in a marked increase in heat waves (heat extremes) that carries a markedly increased risk for morbidity and mortality.
Butler-Dawson, Jaime+12 more
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Gout and risk of chronic kidney disease and nephrolithiasis meta-analysis of observational studies [PDF]
ntroduction To determine the prevalence of chronic kidney disease and nephrolithiasis in people with gout, and the association between gout and prevalent or incident chronic kidney disease and nephrolithiasis.
Belcher, J, Mallen, CD, Roddy, E
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Phenotype standardization for drug-induced kidney disease. [PDF]
Drug-induced kidney disease is a frequent cause of renal dysfunction; however, there are no standards to identify and characterize the spectrum of these disorders.
Awdishu, Linda+8 more
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Benefit of Apabetalone on Plasma Proteins in Renal Disease. [PDF]
Introduction:Apabetalone, a small molecule inhibitor, targets epigenetic readers termed BET proteins that contribute to gene dysregulation in human disorders. Apabetalone has in vitro and in vivo anti-inflammatory and antiatherosclerotic properties.
Gilham, Dean+11 more
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Hypertension Treatment for Patients with Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease [PDF]
Chronic kidney disease is common and frequently complicated with hypertension. As a major modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease in this high risk population, treatment of hypertension in chronic kidney disease is of paramount importance.
Agarwal, Rajiv, Sinha, Arjun D.
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Chemokine receptor CCR1: A new target for progressive kidney disease [PDF]
Infiltrating leukocytes are thought to contribute to the progression of kidney disease. Locally produced chemokines guide circulating leukocytes into the kidney, which renders therapeutic blockade of respective chemokine receptors on the leukocyte ...
Anders, Hans-Joachim, Ninichuk, Volha
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