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Serum PTH Associated with Malnutrition Determined by Bioelectrical Impedance Technology in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients

open access: yesInternational Journal of Endocrinology, 2022
Purpose. Chronic malnutrition and cachexia are common in chronic kidney disease (CKD), and importance should be given to these complications because they affect the patient’s quality of life and prognosis.
Lilin Liu   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prescription characteristics of phosphate binders in a high pill burden for hemodialysis patients

open access: yesRenal 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   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

A retrospective study of patients with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia peritonitis undergoing peritoneal dialysis

open access: yesRenal Replacement Therapy, 2023
Background Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (S. maltophilia) is being increasingly recognized as an important cause of nosocomial infections, particularly in immunocompromised patients, such as patients undergoing dialysis. S.
Hisato Shima   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Successful treatment of nephrotic syndrome due to pregnancy-related crescentic IgA nephropathy: a case report

open access: yesBMC Nephrology, 2023
Background Crescentic immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy, defined as > 50% of the glomeruli with crescents, often has a poor renal prognosis. Because of the high prevalence of pre-eclampsia in the second trimester of pregnancy, we often fail to ...
Hisato Shima   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Extended infusion of rituximab combined with steroids is effective in inducing remission and reducing relapse in adult minimal change disease

open access: yesBMC Nephrology, 2021
Background Minimal change disease is a common cause of nephrotic syndrome in adults. Higher relapse rate put patients at risk of steroids toxicity due to long-term exposure.
Diankun Liu   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Comparison of the Kidney Effects of Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4 Inhibitors and Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Agonist-Administered Concomitant with Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors in Japanese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Chronic Kidney Disease

open access: yesJournal of Diabetes Research, 2021
Background and Aim. Strong evidence exists supporting the utility of sodium glucose cotransporter inhibitors (SGLT2is) for treating not only cardiovascular events but also renal events.
Kazuo Kobayashi   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of a Hemodialysis Session on Markers of Inflammation and Endotoxin

open access: yesInternational Journal of Inflammation, 2022
Background. People receiving hemodialysis (HD) treatment have higher cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, ascribed to an increased prevalence of traditional cardiovascular risk factors.
Shyam Dheda   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fatal peritoneal dialysis-associated peritonitis caused by Mycobacterium mageritense: a case report with review

open access: yesRenal Replacement Therapy, 2023
Background Peritonitis is a serious and potentially fatal complication of peritoneal dialysis. We report a case of fatal peritonitis caused by Mycobacterium mageritense that was detected for the first time in peritonitis. Case presentation A male patient
Nobuhiro Hashimoto   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Phenotype standardization for drug-induced kidney disease. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Drug-induced kidney disease is a frequent cause of renal dysfunction; however, there are no standards to identify and characterize the spectrum of these disorders.
Awdishu, Linda   +8 more
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Trametenolic Acid Ameliorates the Progression of Diabetic Nephropathy in db/db Mice via Nrf2/HO-1 and NF-κB-Mediated Pathways

open access: yesJournal of Immunology Research, 2022
Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is a fatal complication of diabetes and the main cause of end-stage renal disease. Due to the suboptimal effects of current treatments, there is an urgent need to develop new therapeutic strategies for DN. Trametenolic acid (TA),
Qi Duan   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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