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Exploring access to end of life care for ethnic minorities with end stage kidney disease through recruitment in action research [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Variation in provision of palliative care in kidney services and practitioner concerns to provide equitable access led to the development of this study which focussed on the perspectives of South Asian patients and their care providers.
A Worth, C Pentheny O’Kelly De, D Coleman, E Wilkinson, Edwina Brown, Emma Wilkinson, F Murtagh, G Randhawa, Graham Warwick, Gurch Randhawa, J Kai, J Koffman, J Reit Papp Van, J Ritchie, JE Somerville, John Stoves, Ken Farrington, M Silva Gane Da, M Silva Gane Da, Maria Da Silva Gane, N Evans, P Roderick, Regina Magee, S Chandna, S Davison, S Gunda, Sue Sharman, Tahira Akhtar   +27 more
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Narrative Review of Incremental Hemodialysis. [PDF]

, 2020
The prescription of hemodialysis (HD) in patients with incident end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) is fundamentally empirical. The abrupt transition from nondialysis chronic kidney disease (CKD) to thrice-weekly in-center HD of much the same dialysis ...
Garneata, Liliana, Kalantar-Zadeh, Kamyar, Moossavi, Shahriar, Murea, Mariana   +3 more
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Impact of end stage kidney disease on costs and outcomes of Clostridium difficile infection

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017
Objectives: To assess the impact of end stage kidney disease (ESKD) on the outcomes of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), including complications of infection, length of hospital stay, overall mortality, and healthcare burden.
Abhinav Goyal, Kshitij Chatterjee, Sujani Yadlapati, Janani Rangaswami   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Re: Renal Transplantation in Children Weighing <15 kg: Does Concomitant Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction Influence the Outcome?

Journal of Urological Surgery, 2015
The most beneficial effects of renal transplantation (RTx) are observed in patients younger than 5 years and weighing less than 15 kg. However the subgroup of patients below 15 kg requiring RTx is a very unique group that has never been assessed ...
Ghirardo G, Midrio P, Zucchetta P, Gamba P   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Glomerular Function and Structure in Living Donors: Lessons from Single Nephron Studies [PDF]

, 2016
One third of the kidney transplants performed in the USA come from living kidney donors. The long-term outcome of healthy individuals who donate kidneys is mostly excellent, although recent studies have suggested that living donation is associated with a
Bryan D. Myers, Colin R. Lenihan, Jane C. Tan   +2 more
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Soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor 1 and 2 predict outcomes in advanced chronic kidney disease : a prospective cohort study [PDF]

, 2015
Background : Soluble tumor necrosis factor receptors 1 (sTNFR1) and 2 (sTNFR2) have been associated to progression of renal failure, end stage renal disease and mortality in early stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD), mostly in the context of diabetic ...
AS Levey, C Obregon, CL Meuwese, D Aderka, D Aderka, DE Weiner, DV Barreto, EL Knight, Eva Schepers, FI Hawari, Francis Verbeke, G Tripepi, Griet Glorieux, JF Leeuwenberg, JK Pinckard, JM Luna, KJ Van Zee, L Cabal-Hierro, L Nilsson, Leighton R James, M Goicoechea, M Tonelli, M Valgimigli, MA Niewczas, MG Shlipak, MHA Bemelmans, Nathalie Neirynck, PJ Saulnier, Raymond Vanholder, RB Schnabel, S Soriano, S Xanthoulea, SJ Levine, T Gohda, T Kohno, T Ueland, V Panichi   +36 more
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Rural Versus Urban Health Service Utilization and Outcomes for Renal Patients in New South Wales: Protocol for a Data Linkage Study

JMIR Research Protocols, 2015
BackgroundKidney disease is a significant burden on health systems globally, with the rising prevalence of end stage kidney disease in Australia mirrored in many other countries. Approximately 25% of the Australian population lives in regional and rural
Kotwal, Sradha, Webster, Angela, Cass, Alan, Gallagher, Martin   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients are exposed to more proton pump inhibitor (PPI)s compared to non-CKD patients. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
BACKGROUND:Proton pump inhibitor use is associated with incident chronic kidney disease, chronic kidney disease progression and end-stage renal disease.
Hee Jeong Lee, Haekyung Lee, Song Hee Oh, Joonbyung Park, Suyeon Park, Jin Seok Jeon, HyunJin Noh, Dong Cheol Han, Soon Hyo Kwon   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The adipose tissue production of adiponectin is increased in end-stage renal disease. [PDF]

, 2013
Adiponectin has antidiabetic properties, and patients with obesity, diabetes, and insulin resistance have low plasma adiponectin levels. However, although kidney disease is associated with insulin resistance, adiponectin is elevated in end-stage renal ...
Doria, Cataldo, Falkner, Bonita, Frank, Adam M, Keith, Scott W, Maley, Warren R, Martinez Cantarin, Maria P, Ramirez, Carlo B, Waldman, Scott A   +7 more
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Kidney transplantation in the elderly [PDF]

The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine
Interest in kidney transplant studies in the elderly population is increasing as more research has been conducted on the immune system. With this review, we hope to encourage the need for research on kidney transplantation in the elderly.
Byung Hwa Park, Song Yi Kil, Ye Na Kim, Ho Sik Shin, Yeonsoon Jung, Hark Rim   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source