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Sociodemographic characteristics and clinical features of patients with adult polycystic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis [PDF]

, 2013
Aims: To analyze the socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with adult polycystic kidney disease admitted to hemodialysis services in Northwestern Paraná state, Brazil.
Tsuneto, Luiza Tamie, Carvalho, Maria Dalva de Barros, de Freitas, Rosane Almeida, Borelli, Sueli Donizete, Gravena, Ângela Andréia França, Pelloso, Sandra Marisa, Campos Cadidé, Renata, Donizete Borelli, Sueli, Dalva Barros Carvalho, Maria, Almeida, Rosana, Tamie Tsuneto, Luiza, Cadidé, Renata Campos, Alves, Everton Fernando, Andréia França Gravena, Ângela   +13 more
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Low-dose IL-2 expands CD4+ regulatory T cells with a suppressive function in vitro via the STAT5-dependent pathway in patients with chronic kidney diseases

Renal Failure, 2018
Background: Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) often have CD4+ regulatory T cells (Tregs) dysfunction and chronic inflammation. We aim to investigate the effect, function, and related mechanism of low-dose IL-2 on CD4+ regulatory T cells ...
Yuanyuan Li, Xueyong Liu, Wei Wang, Shaohua Wang, Jianchun Zhang, Song Jiang, Yang Wang, Liping Li, Jinghua Li, Youkang Zhang, Haichang Huang   +10 more
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Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Kidney Transplant Donors “Lesser the Better” [PDF]

Translational Research in Urology
Introduction: Preoperative antimicrobial prophylaxis is crucial for reducing surgical site infections (SSIs) in kidney transplant donors. Purpose of the study was to compare the effects of various doses of antimicrobial prophylaxis in patients undergoing
Asad Bashir, Umar Farooq, Nasrum Minallah, Fiaz Touqeer, Zia Ul Haq Akram, Salman Jamil, Ali Asad, Javeria Shahzad, Sehrish Shakir, Maria Khalil, Faheem Aslam   +10 more
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The significance of serum levels of soluble interleukin-2 receptor in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis

Renal Failure, 2020
Background Elevated serum levels of sIL-2R are commonly observed in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis (MHD). However, the clinical implications in these subjects are unclear.
Xiaohong Chen, Yang Li, Xiaoqiang Ding, Jianzhou Zou, Bo Shen, Zhonghua Liu, Wenlv Lv, Xuesen Cao, Fangfang Xiang   +8 more
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Prescription characteristics of phosphate binders in a high pill burden for hemodialysis patients

Renal Replacement Therapy, 2021
Background Dialysis patients have to take many oral drugs, causing a high pill burden. Phosphate binders (PBs) account for a large proportion of daily pill burden; however, the relationship between patient background and prescription status of PBs is not
Nobuo Nagano, Kyoko Ito, Takashi Ono, Yuichi Ariyoshi, Soichiro Masima, Hajime Kobayashi, Tetsuo Ando, Takaaki Tsutsui, Tetsuya Ogawa   +8 more
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Chemokine receptor CCR1: A new target for progressive kidney disease [PDF]

, 2005
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 ...
Hans-Joachim Anders, Ninichuk, Volha, Anders, Hans-Joachim, Volha Ninichuk   +3 more
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Maximum weight cycle packing in directed graphs, with application to kidney exchange programs [PDF]

, 2009
Centralized matching programs have been established in several countries to organize kidney exchanges between incompatible patient-donor pairs. At the heart of these programs are algorithms to solve kidney exchange problems, which can be modelled as ...
Biro, P., Rizzi, R., Manlove, D.F.
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A Rare Case Report of Giant Urinary Bladder Stone Causing Recurrent Dysuria in a Woman

Case Reports in Urology, 2022
Background. Large urinary bladder stones are not common and even less common in females. We report a case of large bladder stone presented with acute retention of urine in a female patient. Case Report.
Rojan Adhikari, Hari Prasad Baral, Utsav Bhattarai, Ravi Kiran Gautam, Kiran Jung Kunwar, Dipesh Shrestha, Bijay Mansingh Katwal   +6 more
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Balancing the ratio - to the find the appropriate combination of flexible renoscope and different access sheath and determine their effects on post operative outcomes

Pakistan Journal of Medicine and Dentistry
Background: To evaluate the efficacy of the ratio of FURS and ureteral access sheath diameter, aiming to identify the most appropriate combination for improved post-operative outcomes Method: Prospective, cross - sectional study conducted at Tabba ...
Muhammad Faizan Shaikh, Sherjeel Saulat, Jahanzeb Shaikh, Umber Rasheed, Subhan Ahmed Sajjad, Ashba Mushtaque, Aamir Khan   +6 more
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Advanced age affects the outcome-predictive power of RIFLE classification in geriatric patients with acute kidney injury

, 2014
The RIFLE (risk, injury, failure, loss, and end-stage) classification is widely used to gauge the severity of acute kidney injury, but its efficacy has not been formally tested in geriatric patients.
Chao, Chia-Ter;Wu, Vin-Cent;Lai, Chun-Fu;Shiao, Chih-Chung;Huang, Tao-Min;Wu, Pei-Chen;Tsai, I-Jung;Hou, Chun-Cheng;Wang, Wei-Jie;Tsai, Hung-Bin;Lin, Yu-Feng;Chiang, Wen-Chih;Lin, Shuei-Liong;Tsai, Pi-Ru;Ko, Wen-Je;Wu, Ming-Shiou;Wu, Kuan-Dun, 吳明修 ;林裕峯 ;賴俊夫 ;蔡宜蓉 ;趙家德 ;姜文智 ;柯文哲 ;吳允升 ;吳寬墩 ;黃道民 ;林水龍 ;蔡壁如 ;蔡宏斌   +1 more
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