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Religious beliefs; Barrier or mainspring to organ donation [PDF]

Journal of Nephropathology, 2018
Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: More studies are needed to characterize the associated factors in each unique culture and society for promoting the positive attitudes regarding tissue and organ transplantation for ...
Amin Zarghami, Nozar Dorestan, Mohammad Bahadoram, Samaneh Bahadoram   +3 more
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Nursing care for a patient with chronic insufficiency prepared for kidney transplant [PDF]

, 2021
Admission: The term chronic renal failure (CHF) has been used since the beginning of medicine. In Poland, as in the rest of the world, there is a continuous increase in society who suffer from CKD in the uremic phase.
Reczkowska, Justyna, Sławiński, Mirosław   +1 more
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Dialysis: A Review of the Mechanisms Underlying Complications in the Management of Chronic Renal Failure

Cureus, 2017
Chronic renal failure (CRF) is the most prevalent, worldwide public health problem of the elderly population. The main cause of CRF is a damaged kidney. There are five stages of CRF based on the glomerular filtration rate (GFR), and stage 5 (GFR < 15 ml ...
Sabitha Vadakedath, Venkataramana Kandi
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Strong association between malnutrition, inflammation, and atherosclerosis in chronic renal failure.

Kidney International, 1999
BACKGROUND Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and malnutrition are widely recognized as leading causes of the increased morbidity and mortality observed in uremic patients.
P. Stenvinkel, O. Heimbürger, O. Heimbürger, F. Paultre, F. Paultre, U. Diczfalusy, U. Diczfalusy, Tao Wang, Tao Wang, Lars Berglund, L. Berglund, T. Jogestrand, T. Jogestrand   +12 more
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Prolonged Pulmonary Exposure to Diesel Exhaust Particles Exacerbates Renal Oxidative Stress, Inflammation and DNA Damage in Mice with Adenine-Induced Chronic Renal Failure

Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry, 2016
Background/Aims: Epidemiological evidence indicates that patients with chronic kidney diseases have increased susceptibility to adverse outcomes related to long-term exposure to particulate air pollution.
A. Nemmar, T. Karaca, S. Beegam, P. Yuvaraju, J. Yasin, N. Hamadi, B. Ali   +6 more
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Physical Exercise and Patients with Chronic Renal Failure: A Meta-Analysis

BioMed Research International, 2017
Chronic renal failure is a severe clinical problem which has some significant socioeconomic impact worldwide and hemodialysis is an important way to maintain patients' health state, but it seems difficult to get better in short time.
Zhenzhen Qiu, K. Zheng, Haoxiang Zhang, Ji Feng, Lizhi Wang, Hao Zhou   +5 more
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Role of erythropoietin in renal anemia therapy [PDF]

, 2016
Renal anemia is a common complication of chronic renal failure caused by erythropoietin deficiency; targeting erythropoietin is a common approach to renal anemia treatment.
Sun, Huishan, Xing, Xuekun, Zhang, Wenbo
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Meta-Analysis of the Associations of p-Cresyl Sulfate (PCS) and Indoxyl Sulfate (IS) with Cardiovascular Events and All-Cause Mortality in Patients with Chronic Renal Failure

PLoS ONE, 2015
Background Indoxyl sulfate (IS) and p-cresyl sulfate (PCS) are protein-bound uremic toxins that increase in the sera of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), and are not effectively removed by dialysis.
Cheng-Jui Lin, Vincent Wu, Pei-Chen Wu, Chih-jen Wu   +3 more
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Persistent High Serum Bicarbonate and the Risk of Heart Failure in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD): A Report From the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study

Journal of the American Heart Association : Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2015
Background Serum bicarbonate varies over time in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients, and this variability may portend poor cardiovascular outcomes. The aim of this study was to conduct a time‐updated longitudinal analysis to evaluate the association ...
M. Dobre, Wei Yang, Q. Pan, L. Appel, K. Bellovich, J. Chen, H. Feldman, Michael J. Fischer, L. Ham, T. Hostetter, B. Jaar, Radhakrishna R. Kallem, S. Rosas, J. Scialla, M. Wolf, Mahboob Rahman   +15 more
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The role of the kidney in acute and chronic heart failure [PDF]

, 2020
Renal dysfunction affects approximately 30 to 50% of heart failure (HF) patients. The unfavourable relationship between heart and kidney dysfunction contributes to worse outcomes through several mechanisms such as inflammation, oxidative stress, impaired
Palazzuoli, Alberto, Ruocco, Gaetano, ter Maaten, Jozine M.   +2 more
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