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Mediators of InflammationActivation of the NLRP3 inflammasome and its downstream cytokines IL-1β and IL-18 has been increasingly associated with the inflammatory mechanisms underlying diabetic nephropathy (DN), the leading cause of chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal ...
Bruna de Freitas Oliveira +8 more
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Point of Care Ultrasound of the Hemodialysis Vascular Access
POCUS Journal, 2022 The effectiveness of hemodialysis is completely dependent on the quality of the patient’s vascular access; thus, appropriate assessment of ateriovenous fistulas and grafts is of critical importance.
Larissa Kruger Gomes +3 more
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Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis commonly experience reduced physical function, fatigue, poor sleep quality, and impaired health‐related quality of life. Intradialytic exercise has been proposed as a non‐pharmacological strategy to improve these outcomes.
Klebson da Silva Almeida +6 more
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, 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 +1 more
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Pakistan Journal of Medicine and DentistryBACKGROUND: Pelvi-ureteric junction obstruction (PUJO) is a functional or anatomical obstruction at the renal pelvis–ureter junction, leading to impaired urine drainage and is the most common cause of antenatally detected hydronephrosis.
Subhan Ahmed Sajjad +5 more
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Point of Care Ultrasound in Monitoring of Post-Renal Biopsy Bleeding
POCUS Journal, 2022 A 32-year-old male presented with hypertensive emergency and features of thrombotic microangiopathy. He underwent a kidney biopsy after renal dysfunction persisted despite clinical improvement otherwise.
Natalie N. McCall, Anna Burgner
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Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is an established home‐based kidney replacement therapy (KRT), but its uptake remains low in Japan. We evaluated whether individualized education in a dedicated outpatient clinic was associated with the initiation of PD.
Yasuko Ito +7 more
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POCUS Journal, 2022 We describe the rapid diagnosis with point of care ultrasound (POCUS) of two acute pseudoaneurysms of a bovine arteriovenous dialysis graft with superimposed cellulitis in a 44-year old male patient who presented with pain over his upper arm graft site.
Forrest Lindsay-McGinn +1 more
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Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Instruction Tenapanor potentially affects fluid volume and blood pressure. This study explored its effects on these parameters in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD). Methods We conducted a single‐arm, prospective observational study that enrolled 10 patients on PD with hyperphosphatemia who were newly initiated on tenapanor.
Shun Yoshida +11 more
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Growth differentiation factor-15 preserves Klotho expression in acute kidney injury and kidney fibrosis [PDF]
, 2022 Growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF15) is a member of the GDF subfamily with potential kidney protective functions. Here, we explored the impact of GDF15 on the expression of the kidney protective factor Klotho in models of acute kidney injury and ...
Ceballos, Maria I. +22 more
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