Organisation and performance in renal anaemia management [PDF]
, 2010 Introduction Performance in healthcare systems is under constant scrutiny, with particular focus on safety, quality and efficiency. The management of many long-term diseases involves complex patterns of care processes. However, the mechanisms by which
Crocker, Thomas Frederick
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Teràpia gènica amb hHGF en models de dany renal [PDF]
, 2010 La isquèmia renal és una de les principals causes del Fracas Renal Agut i en el context del trasplantament renal predisposa l’òrgan a un dany crònic i a una possible pèrdua de l’empelt. La cèl•lula epitelial tubular representa una de la unitats renals
Franquesa, Marcella
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Renal impairment in a rural African antiretroviral programme [PDF]
, 2009 Background: There is little knowledge regarding the prevalence and nature of renal impairment in African populations initiating antiretroviral treatment, nor evidence to inform the most cost effective methods of screening for renal impairment.
Till Barnighausen +31 more
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Mechanisms of calcineurin inhibitor nephrotoxicity in chronic allograft injury [PDF]
, 2012 The first successful transplantation of a human kidney was performed more than 50 years ago by Murray and colleagues in 1954 between identical twins. The success of this transplantation was due to the fact that no significant rejection occurs between ...
Ryan, Michael P. +4 more
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Differential expression of prognostic proteomic markers in primary tumour, venous tumour thrombus and metastatic renal cell cancer tissue and correlation with patient outcome [PDF]
, 2013 Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the most deadly of urological malignancies. Metastatic disease affects one third of patients at diagnosis with a further third developing metastatic disease after extirpative surgery.
Antony C P Riddick +24 more
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Loss of Renal Tubular PGC-1α Exacerbates Diet-Induced Renal Steatosis and Age-Related Urinary Sodium Excretion in Mice [PDF]
, 2016 The kidney has a high energy demand and is dependent on oxidative metabolism for ATP production. Accordingly, the kidney is rich in mitochondria, and mitochondrial dysfunction is a common denominator for several renal diseases.
Handschin, Christoph +11 more
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Bone outcomes in virally suppressed youth with HIV switching to tenofovir disoproxil fumarate
Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine, 2021 Background: Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) is included in first-line antiretroviral treatment (ART) for adolescents living with HIV (ALWH). Associated toxicities remain a concern.
Kate Braithwaite +7 more
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Renal osteodystrophy presenting predominantly with osteosclerosis
Sahel Medical Journal, 2015 Renal osteodystrophy is a skeletal pathology characterized by bone mineralization deficiency, which is a direct result of endocrine and electrolyte derangements that accompany chronic kidney disease.
Oriazo Theophilus Akhigbe +1 more
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Diseases, 2020 Diet is one of the modifiable lifestyle factors in management of kidney disease. We explored perceptions on adherence to dietary prescriptions for adults with chronic kidney disease on hemodialysis. This was a qualitative descriptive study.
Rose Okoyo Opiyo +8 more
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The impact of renal revascularisation on renal dysfunction
European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 1995 To determine the value of kidney revascularisation in patients with impaired renal function and correctable renal artery stenosis, the authors reviewed their surgical experience from 1978 to 1990.The study population included 23 patients with ischaemic nephropathy whose preoperative baseline creatinine level exceeded 20 mg/l (range 21-65 mg/l).
Van Damme, Hendrik +6 more
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