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Background: Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a complication of type 2 diabetes that leads to critical limb ischemia and amputation. We tested whether absent or diminished pedal pulses (ADPPs) predicts subsequent renal functional decline in patients with diabetic chronic kidney disease (CKD). We also examined the association between urinary biomar...
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Background: This retrospective study investigated whether baseline serum lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)) may predict subsequent stroke in patients under chronic peritoneal dialysis (PD). Methods: Eight hundred and sixty incident PD patients, treated from 1 November 2005 to 28 February 2017, were enrolled, and followed until discontinuation of PD, death, ...
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Background: Several studies have shown that the neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is a marker that reflects the state of systemic inflammation. A high NLR was reported to be associated with cardiovascular events and mortality. However, little is known about the association between NLR and kidney disease progression in patients with chronic kidney d...
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Objective: Accumulating evidence has demonstrated that dialysis patients are at increased risk for stroke. However, the impact of dialysis modalities on stroke risk remains controversial. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to determine the effect of peritoneal dialysis (PD) and hemodialysis (HD) on stroke risk. Methods: A systema...
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Our results indicated that statins stabilized the renal function of IgAN patients independent of their reduction of proteinuria.
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Our results showed that BMP7 levels were higher in patients with progressive CKD, and also BMP7 to be associated with CKD progression. But this relationship was not statistically significant. In patients with progressive CKD, higher levels of proteinuria and blood pressure have been previously described. The effect of BMP7 on kidneys is not still c...
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The Rho-kinase was activated in the peritoneum of the peritoneal dialysis rats, and the inhibition of Rho-kinase by fasudil can remarkably decrease peritoneal fibrosis and angiogenesis.
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Due to multiple reasons, acute renal failure (ARF) commonly develops in the early postoperative period of orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) recipients. The records of OLT recipients between 1999 and 2004 were evaluated. Age, gender, primary disease, history of diabetes, immunosuppressive drugs, pre- and postoperative renal function tests, seru...
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Fifty-eight patients with thyroid dysfunction were included, comparing 27 healthy subjects to evaluate the relationship between thyroid autoimmunity, thyroid functional status, and renal function. Regardless of clinical status, hypothyroidism was defined as T3-T4
