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Collaborating to develop an online resource for parents [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Background The development and evaluation of Online Parent Information and Support (OPIS) involved the creation of a web resource for parents who needed support for the home-based management of their child's chronic kidney disease (CKD)
Smith, T.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Paediatric chronic kidney disease

open access: yesSouth African Medical Journal, 2015
Doctors use various guidelines on paediatric chronic kidney disease (CKD) for managing their patients according to the availability of resources. As with adolescent and adult patients, CKD in children can also progress to end-stage renal failure - the time course being influenced by several modifiable factors.
Van Biljon, I., Meyers, A.M.
openaire   +6 more sources

Changes in Body Composition in Children and Young People Undergoing Treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ongoing evidence indicates increased risk of sarcopenic obesity among children and young people (CYP) with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), often beginning early in treatment, persisting into survivorship. This review evaluates current literature on body composition in CYP with ALL during and after treatment.
Lina A. Zahed   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Klotho is regulated by transcription factor Sp1 in renal tubular epithelial cells

open access: yesBMC Molecular and Cell Biology, 2020
Background Klotho is a multifunctional protein, which exists both in a membrane bound and a soluble form. In renal tubules, Klotho is involved in cell senescence, anti-oxidant response, and renal fibrosis, thus regulation of its expression is critical to
Yan Li   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dietary patterns for adults with chronic kidney disease [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: This review will evaluate the benefits and harms of dietary patterns among adults with CKD (any stage including people with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) treated
Campbell, Katrina Louise   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Is “chronic kidney disease” a disease? [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 2018
AbstractSeveral philosophers of medicine have attempted to answer the question “what is disease?” In current clinical practice, an umbrella term “chronic kidney disease” (CKD) encompasses a wide range of kidney health states from commonly prevalent subclinical, asymptomatic disease to rare end‐stage renal disease requiring transplant or dialysis to ...
Smart, B, Stevens, R, Verbakel, J
openaire   +3 more sources

Pathogenic Germline PALB2 and RAD50 Variants in Patients With Relapsed Ewing Sarcoma

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Approximately 10% of patients with Ewing sarcoma (EwS) have pathogenic germline variants. Here, we report two cases: first, a novel germline pathogenic variant in partner and localizer of BRCA2 (PALB2) in a patient with a late EwS relapse. Its impact on homologous recombination is demonstrated, and breast cancer risk is discussed.
Molly Mack   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Alleles of CYP3A5 and their association with renal function in chronic kidney disease [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ
Background The cytochrome P450 family 3 subfamily A polypeptide 5 (CYP3A5) gene plays an important role in renal function through its product’s involvement in metabolizing endogenous substances and drugs, including immunosuppressants used following ...
Onnapa Kongphan   +7 more
doaj   +2 more sources

A Comparative Study of Cerebral Oxygenation During Exercise in Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

open access: yesTherapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Cognitive impairment and exercise intolerance are common in dialysis patients. Cerebral perfusion and oxygenation play a major role in both cognitive function and exercise execution; HD session per se aggravates cerebral ischemia in this population. This study aimed to compare cerebral oxygenation and perfusion at rest and in mild
Marieta P. Theodorakopoulou   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

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