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Acute-on-chronic liver failure: the kidneys
Current Opinion in Critical Care, 2011Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is defined as an abrupt deterioration of liver function in patients with established liver disease. Kidney function is almost universally altered in patients with ACLF due to underlying circulatory abnormalities.
Pere Ginès, Andrés Cárdenas
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The Artificial Kidney in Chronic Renal Failure
Postgraduate Medicine, 1962Hemodialysis has proved valuable in improving and stabilizing patients in terminal chronic uremia.In this analysis of 71 patients in whom hemodialysis was used, the diagnosis and therapeutic response were definitely correlated. The highest percentage of favorable responses was obtained in cases of polycystic renal disease; none of the patients with ...
Satoru Nakamoto +2 more
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RAAS blockade and diastolic heart failure in chronic kidney disease [PDF]
Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2013 New data from Ahmed et al. show that discharge prescriptions for renin-angiotensin-aldosterone inhibitor therapy are associated with a significant reduction in all-cause mortality in elderly patients with diastolic heart failure and chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Gerjan Navis, Casper F. M. Franssen
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Dialysis for Chronic Kidney Failure
JAMAImportanceMore than 3.5 million people worldwide and 540 000 individuals in the US receive maintenance hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis for the treatment of chronic kidney failure. The 5-year survival rate is approximately 40% after initiation of maintenance dialysis.ObservationsHemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis remove metabolic waste and excess ...
Jennifer E, Flythe, Suzanne, Watnick
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Lung Calcifications and Chronic Kidney Failure
Archivos de Bronconeumología ((English Edition)), 2007Pulmonary calcification is relatively uncommon and typically asymptomatic. A number of diseases are associated with this disorder, including chronic kidney failure, infections, and lung amyloidosis. There are, moreover, a number of conditions, such as hypercalcemia, hyperphosphatemia, alkalosis, and alveolar damage, which predispose a patient to ...
José Manuel Rodriguez-Arias +2 more
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