Nephrology: achieving sustainability [PDF]
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 2020 International ...
Peter J Blankestijn +11 more
openaire +5 more sources
Nephrology Before Nephrology in Poland
Experimental and Clinical Transplantation, 2023 It was in the 1950s that nephrology crystallized as an independent specialty out of internal medicine. However, references to modern nephrology appeared in the works of doctors much earlier. Some researchers consider Hippocrates to be the father of clinical nephrology, while John Merrill is widely regarded as a specialty founder of modern nephrology ...
openaire +2 more sources
Kidney International Reports, 2017 Progressive kidney disease follows nephron loss, hyperfiltration, and incomplete repair, a process described as "maladaptive." In the past 20 years, a new discipline has emerged that expands research horizons: evolutionary medicine. In contrast to physiologic (homeostatic) adaptation, evolutionary adaptation is the result of reproductive success that ...
openaire +3 more sources
A rare case of renal thrombotic microangiopathy associated with Castleman’s disease [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND: Castleman’s disease (CD) is an uncommon, heterogeneous lympho-proliferative disorder leading to high circulating levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF).
Chen, Ying Maggie +3 more
core +2 more sources
Prognostic robustness of serum creatinine based AKI definitions in patients with sepsis: a prospective cohort study [PDF]
, 2015 Background: It is unclear how modifications in the way to calculate serum creatinine (sCr) increase and in the cut-off value applied, influences the prognostic value of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI).
Dhondt, Annemieke +4 more
core +2 more sources
Establishing a core outcome set for peritoneal dialysis : report of the SONG-PD (standardized outcomes in nephrology-peritoneal dialysis) consensus workshop [PDF]
, 2020 Outcomes reported in randomized controlled trials in peritoneal dialysis (PD) are diverse, are measured inconsistently, and may not be important to patients, families, and clinicians.
Abraham, Georgi +118 more
core +2 more sources
Teaching percutaneous renal biopsy using unfixed human cadavers [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Percutaneous renal biopsy (PRB) is an important diagnostic procedure. Despite advances in its safety profile there remains a small but significant risk of bleeding complications.
Ali, Khalid A. +4 more
core +2 more sources
Single needle hemodialysis : is the past the future? [PDF]
, 2020 Whereas the usual way to gain access to the vascular bed for hemodialysis is by inserting two needles, an alternative option based on the introduction of only one needle has been available for several decades.
Vanholder, Raymond
core +2 more sources
AKI in Hospitalized Children: Poorly Documented (and Underrecognized)
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022 Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is common in hospitalized children. We hypothesized that hospital-acquired AKI would be underrecognized and under-reported, with potential implications for prevention of future AKI and CKD risk stratification.Methods:
Katherine Jones +2 more
doaj +1 more source
Willingness to participate in a randomized trial comparing catheters to fistulas for vascular access in incident hemodialysis patients: an international survey of nephrologists [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND: Current guidelines favor fistulas over catheters as vascular access. Yet, the observational literature comparing fistulas to catheters has important limitations and biases that may be difficult to overcome in the absence of randomization ...
Dulai, Mandeep +10 more
core +3 more sources