Clinical kidney journal
Nov 10, 2017
BACKGROUND: Bartter and Gitelman syndromes are autosomal recessive disorders of renal tubular salt handling. Due to their rarity, limited long-term data are available to inform prognosis and management.
Clinical kidney journal
Oct 11, 2017
BACKGROUND: Persistent significant proteinuria has been associated with increased risk of progression to end-stage kidney disease in patients with idiopathic membranous nephropathy (IMN). Rituximab (RTX) therapy has given encouraging results in IMN, ...
Clinical kidney journal
Sep 27, 2017
BACKGROUND: Biomarkers improving risk prediction for elderly populations with chronic kidney disease (CKD), an independent predictor of mortality, could be particularly useful. We previously observed that interleukin-6 (IL-6), D-dimer and soluble vas...
Clinical kidney journal
Sep 12, 2017
BACKGROUND: In Italy, few studies have examined the clinical management of peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients, resulting in a lack of information and awareness.
Clinical kidney journal
Aug 31, 2017
BACKGROUND: This study examines the effect of interstitial inflammation and interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy on renal survival in lupus nephritis.
Clinical kidney journal
Aug 4, 2017
BACKGROUND: The impact of a diminished level of kidney function on the well-being of an older individual is poorly understood. We sought to determine the association between estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and overall quality of life (QoL...
Clinical kidney journal
Aug 2, 2017
BACKGROUND: Information about renal function is important for drug safety studies using administrative health databases. However, serum creatinine values are seldom available in these registries. Our aim was to develop and test a simple scheme for st...
Clinical kidney journal
Jul 28, 2017
BACKGROUND: At later stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD), a pattern of linear and irreversible renal function decline is thought to be the most common. The objective of this study was to describe the characteristics of the different patterns of CK...
Clinical kidney journal
Jul 13, 2017
BACKGROUND: Although anaemia is a common complication of advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD), knowledge of quality of care and management practices in specialist clinics varies. We examined anaemia practices at specialist nephrology clinics within ...
Clinical kidney journal
Jul 13, 2017
BACKGROUND: Despite substantial improvements in the management of multiple myeloma, renal failure remains an important burden that tremendously impairs prognosis. The purpose of this study was to describe the characteristics and to establish prognost...