Nephrology

Long-Term Oncological and Functional Outcomes of Partial Nephrectomy in Solitary Kidneys.

BACKGROUND: In this study we assessed the efficacy of nephron-sparing surgery and the changes in renal function after surgery in patients with solitary kidneys.

Using Blood Indexes to Predict Overweight Statuses: An Extreme Learning Machine-Based Approach.

The number of the overweight people continues to rise across the world. Studies have shown that being overweight can increase health risks, such as high blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, coronary heart disease, and certain forms of cancer. Therefore, identifying the overweight status in people is critical to prevent and decrease health risks. This study explores a new technique that uses blood an...

Relationship between vitamin D status and vascular complications in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

We aimed to investigate the association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) and microvascular complications in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM)...

A Boolean Consistent Fuzzy Inference System for Diagnosing Diseases and Its Application for Determining Peritonitis Likelihood.

Fuzzy inference systems (FIS) enable automated assessment and reasoning in a logically consistent manner akin to the way in which humans reason. Howev...

Isolation and Identification of Prepubertal Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) Spermatogonial Stem Cells.

Isolation and culture of spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) are attractive for production of genetic modified offspring. In the present study, buffalo s...

Cytokine profiles in peritoneal dialysis effluent predicts the peritoneal solute transport rate in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients.

Cytokine profiles in peritoneal dialysis effluent (PDE) vary among patients of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD), which may indicate th...

PK/PD analysis of biapenem in patients undergoing continuous hemodiafiltration.

BACKGROUND: Continuous hemodiafiltration (CHDF) is used as renal replacement therapy for critically ill patients with renal failure, and to treat hype...

Effect of blood pressure and glycemic control on the plasma cell-free DNA in hemodialysis patients.

BACKGROUND: The plasma levels of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) are known to be elevated under inflammatory or apoptotic conditions. Increased cfDNA levels hav...

Comparison of estimated glomerular filtration rate equations at the time of hemodialysis initiation.

BACKGROUND: Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) is one of the most important guidelines in deciding the optimal timing of dialysis initiation....

Microarray expression profiling and gene ontology analysis of long non-coding RNAs in spontaneously hypertensive rats and their potential roles in the pathogenesis of hypertension.

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been demonstrated to be significant in numerous biological processes. Hypertension is a form of cardiovascular dis...

Using a Clinical Knowledge Base to Assess Comorbidity Interrelatedness Among Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions.

Decision support tools increasingly integrate clinical knowledge such as medication indications and contraindications with electronic health record (E...

Influence of protein kinase C (PKC) on the prognosis of diabetic nephropathy patients.

AIMS: To investigate the association between protein kinase C (PKC) and the prognosis of patients with diabetic nephropathy (DN).

Circulating Aldosterone Levels and Disease Severity in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.

OBJECTIVES: It is not known whether aldosterone levels are associated with increased mortality in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)....

Glutathione peroxidase-1 gene (GPX1) variants, oxidative stress and risk of kidney complications in people with type 1 diabetes.

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Glutathione peroxidase (GPX) is a class of antioxidant enzymes that catalyze the reduction of hydrogen peroxide to water. GPX1 is ...

Fully automatized renal parenchyma volumetry using a support vector machine based recognition system for subject-specific probability map generation in native MR volume data.

In epidemiological studies as well as in clinical practice the amount of produced medical image data strongly increased in the last decade. In this co...

A case of minimal change nephrotic syndrome with hypothyroidism deterioration.

A 73-year-old woman with Graves' disease underwent total thyroidectomy and was being treated with levothyroxine. She developed edema in the lower regi...

Outcomes of living kidney donors with medullary sponge kidney.

BACKGROUND: Patients with medullary sponge kidney (MSK) commonly encounter recurrent nephrolithiasis. The existing knowledge on safety of donors with ...

Does bariatric surgery really prevent deterioration of renal function?

BACKGROUND: Obesity is related to impaired renal function; bariatric surgery is associated with an improvement in renal function.

Patient kidney disease knowledge remains inadequate with standard nephrology outpatient care.

BACKGROUND: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) knowledge among patients newly referred to a nephrology clinic is limited. This study aimed to determine if C...

Aggressive hydraTion in patients with ST-Elevation Myocardial infarction undergoing Primary percutaneous coronary intervention to prevenT contrast-induced nephropathy (ATTEMPT): Study design and protocol for the randomized, controlled trial, the ATTEMPT, RESCIND 1 (First study for REduction of contraSt-induCed nephropathy followINg carDiac catheterization) trial.

Adequate hydration is recommended for acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention ...