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Global, regional, and national burden of chronic kidney disease, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. [PDF]

The Lancet, 2020
BACKGROUND: Health system planning requires careful assessment of chronic kidney disease (CKD) epidemiology, but data for morbidity and mortality of this disease are scarce or non-existent in many countries.
GBD Chronic Kidney Disease Collaboration
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DISEASE OF THE KIDNEYS. [PDF]

The Lancet
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William Dunn
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Kidney diseases

Immunological Reviews, 2022
SummaryDysregulation and accelerated activation of the alternative pathway (AP) of complement is known to cause or accentuate several pathologic conditions in which kidney injury leads to the appearance of hematuria and proteinuria and ultimately to the development of chronic renal failure.
Erica Daina, Monica Cortinovis, Giuseppe Remuzzi   +2 more
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Serum PTH Associated with Malnutrition Determined by Bioelectrical Impedance Technology in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients

International 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, Lulu Wang, Xiao Wang, Mingxia Xiong, Hongdi Cao, Lei Jiang, Junwei Yang   +6 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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Successful treatment of nephrotic syndrome due to pregnancy-related crescentic IgA nephropathy: a case report

BMC 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, Toshio Doi, Takuya Okamoto, Tomoko Inoue, Manabu Tashiro, Seiichiro Wariishi, Kazuhiko Kawahara, Kazuyoshi Okada, Jun Minakuchi   +8 more
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Extended infusion of rituximab combined with steroids is effective in inducing remission and reducing relapse in adult minimal change disease

BMC 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, Zhanmei Zhou, Mengyi Wang, Sheng Nie, Jun Li, Bianxiang Hu, Wenjuan He, Guobao Wang, Jun Ai   +8 more
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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

Journal 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, Masao Toyoda, Nobuo Hatori, Kazuyoshi Sato, Masaaki Miyakawa, Kouichi Tamura, Akira Kanamori   +6 more
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Postbiotics and Kidney Disease

Toxins, 2022
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is projected to become the fifth global cause of death by 2040 as a result of key shortcomings in the current methods available to diagnose and treat kidney diseases. In this regard, the novel holobiont concept, used to describe an individual host and its microbial community, may pave the way towards a better understanding ...
Chiara Favero, Laura Giordano, Silvia Maria Mihaila, Rosalinde Masereeuw, Alberto Ortiz, Maria Dolores Sanchez-Niño   +5 more
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A retrospective study of patients with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia peritonitis undergoing peritoneal dialysis

Renal 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, Takuya Okamoto, Manabu Tashiro, Tomoko Inoue, Maho Iwaki, Seiichiro Wariishi, Kazuyoshi Okada, Toshio Doi, Jun Minakuchi   +8 more
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