Impact of Renal Impairment on Beta-Blocker Efficacy in Patients With Heart Failure. [PDF]
, 2019 BACKGROUND: Moderate and moderately severe renal impairment are common in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction, but whether beta-blockers are effective is unclear, leading to underuse of life-saving therapy.
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Reversal of hepatorenal syndrome type 1 with terlipressin plus albumin vs. placebo plus albumin in a pooled analysis of the OT-0401 and REVERSE randomised clinical studies [PDF]
, 2017 Background The goal of hepatorenal syndrome type 1 (HRS-1) treatment is to improve renal function. Terlipressin, a synthetic vasopressin analogue, is a systemic vasoconstrictor used for the treatment of HRS-1, where it is available.
Araya, V. +11 more
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Evaluation of Renal Function in Children with Wilson’s Disease
Güncel Pediatri, 2017 Introduction: In this study it was aimed to evaluate the renal functions in Wilson’s disease (WD) using urinary N-acetyl-β-D-glucosaminidase (NAG) and NAG/creatinine activity index.
Yılmaz Tabel +5 more
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SGLT2 Inhibitors and the Diabetic Kidney [PDF]
, 2016 Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is the most common cause of end-stage renal disease worldwide. Blood glucose and blood pressure control reduce the risk of developing this complication; however, once DN is established, it is only possible to slow progression ...
Busetto, Luca +4 more
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International Journal of General Medicine, 2020 Hu Ai,1,* Hui-Ping Zhang,1,* Guo-Jian Yang,1 Nai-Xin Zheng,1 Guo-Dong Tang,1 Hui Li,1 Qi Zhou,2 Jun-Hong Ren,3 Ying Zhao,1 Fu-Cheng Sun1 1Department of Cardiology, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Beijing, 100730, China; 2The MOH Key ...
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Open Life Sciences, 2017 The effect of warm ischemia time (WIT) on longterm renal function after partial nephrectomy remains controversial. In this retrospectively cohort study, 75 solitary kidney patients were included and the effects of warm ischemia time, preoperative renal ...
Zhu Jie +11 more
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Pathfinder cells provide a novel therapeutic intervention for acute kidney injury [PDF]
, 2013 Pathfinder cells (PCs) are a novel class of adult-derived cells that facilitate functional repair of host tissue. We used rat PCs to demonstrate that they enable the functional mitigation of ischemia reperfusion (I/R) injury in a mouse model of renal ...
Alan MacIntyre +11 more
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Reduced CD40L expression on ex vivo activated CD4+T-lymphocytes from patients with excellent renal allograft function measured with a rapid whole blood flow cytometry procedure [PDF]
, 2004 Background: The CD40-CD40L (CD154) costimulatory pathway plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of kidney allograft rejection. In renal transplant biopsies, CD4+ CD40L+ graft-infiltrating cells were detected during chronic rejection in contrast to ...
Friedrich, N. +5 more
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Association between pulmonary function and renal function: findings from China and Australia
BMC Nephrology, 2017 Background The relationship between obstructive lung function and impaired renal function is unclear. This study investigated the dose-response relationship between obstructive lung function and impaired renal function.
Dahai Yu +4 more
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Relationship of Renal Echogenicity with Renal Pathology and Function [PDF]
Childhood Kidney Diseases, 2017 Purpose Renal ultrasonography has been widely used in children with renal disease. However, the relationship of renal echogenicity with renal pathology and function in children is not well known.
Jin Hee Lee +4 more
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