Risk factors for deterioration of renal function after coronary artery bypass grafting [PDF]
, 2010 Objective: Various definitions of impairment of renal function after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) are used in the literature. Depending on the definition, several risk factors are identified.
de Wolf, Andre +5 more
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Older patients' prescriptions screening in the community pharmacy: development of the Ghent Older People's Prescriptions community Pharmacy Screening (GheOP3S) tool [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Ageing of the population often leads to polypharmacy. Consequently, potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) becomes more frequent. Systematic screening for PIP in older patients in primary care could yield a large improvement in health ...
Boussery, Koen +5 more
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BMJ Open, 2021 Objectives The study aimed to investigate the association of insulin resistance (IR), which was estimated by the homoeostasis model assessment for IR (HOMA-IR), with albuminuria and renal function impairment in a general Chinese population.Design A ...
Wen-Cheng Li +7 more
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How to improve drug dosing for patients with renal impairment in primary care - a cluster-randomized controlled trial [PDF]
, 2012 Background: Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are at increased risk for inappropriate or potentially harmful prescribing. The aim of this study was to examine whether a multifaceted intervention including the use of a software programme for the ...
Beyer, Martin +7 more
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DPP-4 inhibitor dose selection according to manufacturer specifications:A Contemporary Experience From UK General Practice [PDF]
, 2019 Recently, 2 dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors, sitagliptin and saxagliptin, adjusted dosing specification from creatinine clearance to glomerular filtration rate, more typically reported in routine laboratory tests.
Busse, Michael +5 more
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Effect of Renal Impairment on the Pharmacokinetics of Memantine
Journal of Pharmacological Sciences, 2012 The effect of renal impairment on the pharmacokinetics of a single oral dose of memantine (10 mg) was determined in Japanese subjects. Subjects were assigned to four groups based on baseline creatinine clearance (CLCR): normal renal function (> 80 mL/min,
Takashi Moritoyo +45 more
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Troponins, Acute Coronary Syndrome and Renal Disease: From Acute Kidney Injury Through End-stage Kidney Disease [PDF]
, 2019 The diagnosis of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) is heavily dependent on cardiac biomarker assays, particularly cardiac troponins. ACS, particularly non-ST segment elevation MI, are more common in patients with acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease (
Banerjee, A, Banerjee, D, Ferrett, C
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Renal impairment resulting from hypothyroidism [PDF]
Clinical Kidney Journal, 2008 We describe two cases of reversible renal impairment secondary to hypothyroidism. We suggest that patients with renal impairment of unknown cause have thyroid function tests undertaken as part of routine investigation.
Connor, Andrew, Taylor, Joanne E.
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Elevated cystatin-C concentration is associated with progression to prediabetes: the Western New York Study [PDF]
, 2007 OBJECTIVE – We conducted a nested case-control investigation to examine if elevated baseline concentrations of cystatin-C predicted progression from normoglycaemia to prediabetes over 6 years of follow-up from the Western New York Health Study. RESEARCH
Dmochowski, Jacek +5 more
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Association of urinary activity of MMP-9 with renal impairment in Mexican patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Background Diabetic kidney disease is the most common cause of chronic kidney disease (CKD). An early event in diabetic kidney disease is alteration of the glomerular basement membrane and the mesangial expansion.
Alan Uriel García-Tejeda +6 more
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