Latest AI and machine learning research in nephrology for healthcare professionals.
BACKGROUND: Kidney donor outcomes are gaining attention, particularly as donor eligibility criteria continue to expand. Kidney size, a useful predictor of recipient kidney function, also likely correlates with donor outcomes. Although donor evaluation includes donor kidney size measurements, the association between kidney size and outcomes are poorly defined.
Identifying novel biomarkers to predict renal graft survival is important in post-transplant clinical practice. Serum creatinine, currently the most popular surrogate biomarker, offers limited information of the underlying allograft profiles. It is known to perform unsatisfactorily to predict renal function. In this paper, we apply a LASSO machine-learning algorithm in the Cox proportional hazards...
A 54-year-old man diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and hyperthyroidism was prescribed propylthiouracil (PTU) after the patient developed hepatic dysfunc...
BACKGROUND: Serum osteoprotegerin (OPG) is elevated in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and increases with decreasing renal function. Howeve...
BACKGROUND: In 1998, a French survey showed that the referral of patients with chronic kidney disease to a nephrologist was delayed, resulting in many...
OBJECTIVES: To determine the association of fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) with left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) through the assessment of left...
BACKGROUND: Early initiation of chronic dialysis (starting dialysis with higher vs lower kidney function) has risen rapidly in the past 2 decades in C...
PURPOSE: Segmentation of the liver from abdominal computed tomography (CT) images is an essential step in some computer-assisted clinical intervention...
OBJECTIVE: Calcium oxalate crystals are found in majority of kidney stones with calcium oxalate monohydrate (COM) as one of the primary types of kidne...
The level of fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) may be considered as a prognostic factor for assessing renal function in regulating components of ph...
Lactulose is often used to treat hepatic encephalopathy or constipation, and also exhibits benefits to chronic renal insufficiency due to reduce nitro...
Cyclophosphamide (CP) is a widely used cytotoxic alkylating agent with antitumor and immunosuppressant properties that is associated with various form...
The formation and accumulation of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) are implicated in several chronic human illnesses including type-2 diabetes,...
Managing anemia in hemodialysis patients can be challenging because of competing therapeutic targets and individual variability. Because therapy recom...
Traditional posterior nasopharyngeal biopsy using a flexible nasal endoscope has the risks of abrasion and injury to the nasal mucosa and thus causing...
OBJECTIVE: Hemodialysis patients are prone to malnutrition because of diet or many uremic complications. The objective of this study is to determine w...
PURPOSE: The logistics of conducting double-blinded phase III clinical trials with participants residing in remote locations are complex. Here we desc...
The effectiveness of oral calcium (Ca) may be contingent on a patient׳s factors beyond compliance, such as proton-pump inhibitor use and the choice of...
BACKGROUND: Nephrotoxicity is the major side effect in cisplatin chemotherapy. Previously, we reported that the ginsenosides Rk3 and Rh4 reduced cispl...
BACKGROUND: Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) occurs in at least 5Â % of hospitalized patients and can result in 40-70Â % morbidity and mortality. Even followin...