Hormone replacement therapy [PDF]
BMJ, 2012 A 51 year old woman presents to her general practitioner with troublesome hot flushes and night sweats for the past eight months. She is sexually active and her last period was about 5 months ago. She has taken a number of over-the-counter preparations, but none have been effective.
Hickey, M., Elliott, C., Davison, S.
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Association between urinary sodium, creatinine, albumin, and long term survival in chronic kidney disease [PDF]
, 2014 Dietary sodium intake is associated with hypertension and cardiovascular risk in the general population. In patients with chronic kidney disease, sodium intake has been associated with progressive renal disease, but not independently of proteinuria.
Fox, Jonathan G. +6 more
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External validation of a risk stratification model to assist shared decision making for patients starting renal replacement therapy [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND: Shared decision making is nowadays acknowledged as an essential step when deciding on starting renal replacement therapy. Valid risk stratification of prognosis is, besides discussing quality of life, crucial in this regard.
De Meester, Johan +5 more
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Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with CVID Under Different Schedules of Immunoglobulin Administration: Prospective Multicenter Study [PDF]
, 2019 We assessed the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in CVID adults receiving different schedules of immunoglobulin replacement therapy (IgRT) by intravenous (IVIG), subcutaneous (SCIG), and facilitated (fSCIG) preparations.
Agostini, Carlo +13 more
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Nicotine-replacement therapy: A proven treatment for smoking cessation [PDF]
, 2010 Smoking is a major cause of cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases and cancer. Despite the high prevalence of smokers worldwide, smokers are often neglected and not offered effective assistance with quitting their habits. In order to overcome this
Robson, Noorzurani
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A time-resolved fluorescence immunoassay for the measurement of testosterone in saliva: Monitoring of testosterone replacement therapy with testosterone buciclate [PDF]
, 1998 Monitoring of testosterone replacement therapy requires a reliable method for testosterone measurement. Determination of salivary testosterone, which reflects the hormone's biologically active plasma fraction, is a superior technique for this purpose ...
Bals-Pratsch M +13 more
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Vitamin D and Chronic Kidney Disease
Počki, 2012 The results of 25(ОН)D3 level determination in blood serum of 45 patients with I–V stage chronic kidney disease are described in this article. It is shown that sufficient 25(ОН)D3 level is registered with 6.7 % of patients, vitamin D deficiency — in 24.4
S.V. Kushnirenko +2 more
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Renal Replacement Therapy [PDF]
F1000Research, 2016 During the last few years, due to medical and surgical evolution, patients with increasingly severe diseases causing multiorgan dysfunction are frequently admitted to intensive care units. Therapeutic options, when organ failure occurs, are frequently nonspecific and mostly directed towards supporting vital function. In these scenarios, the kidneys are
Ricci, Zaccaria +2 more
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Cardiovascular Consequences of Acute Kidney Injury: Treatment Options
Biomedicines, 2023 Soon after haemodialysis was introduced into clinical practice, a high risk of cardiac death was noted in end-stage renal disease. However, only in the last decade has it become clear that any renal injury, acute or chronic, is associated with high ...
Julija G. Voicehovska +7 more
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Bladder, 1970 The bladder, as a vital organ of the urinary system, facilitates urine storage and micturition. The bladder can store urine under low pressure, sense volume changes, and coordinate with the urethral sphincter to ensure autonomous and efficient urination and bladder emptying.
Liu, Xinqi +3 more
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