The kidney
Discovery of the congenital nephrotic syndrome gene discloses the structure of the mysterious molecular sieve of the kidney
... the kidney glomerulus has implied an essential role of the podocytes for the integrity of the glomerular filtration barrier (Daniels, 1993; Kriz et ...the kidney (Ruotsalainen et ...
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<p>Isotretinoin and the Kidney: Opportunities and Threats</p>
... the kidney based on the current experimental and clinical fi ...the kidney and urinary system are unlikely and ...the kidney in the rat models of glomerulonephritis, obstructive nephropathy or ...
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Cost of acute renal replacement therapy in the intensive care unit: results from The Beginning and Ending Supportive Therapy for the Kidney (BEST Kidney) Study
... B.E.S.T Kidney (Beginning and Ending Suppor- tive Therapy for the Kidney) study, a multicenter, multina- tional, prospective, epidemiologic study aimed at understanding multiple aspects of RRT at an ...
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Abstract Introduction: Congenital anomalies of the kidney are a common renal pathology diagnosed in childhood
... Unilateral renal agenesis was found in 2 (6.6%) cases, is usually detected incidentally, as was in our study. Its incidence is reported to be 1 in 3000 live births (13) . Embryologically renal agenesis is due to failure ...
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Metabolomics Approaches for the Diagnosis and Understanding of Kidney Diseases
... many kidney diseases that are difficult to diagnose and treat despite a long history of studying the kidney and associated ...of kidney disease dates back to at least the 1500s ...chronic ...
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Predictive value of the RIFLE urine output criteria on contrast-induced nephropathy in critically ill patients
... the kidney, Failure of kidney func- tion, Loss of kidney function and End-stage renal dis- ease) classification [19, ...the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcome (KDIGO) criteria, an ...
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Evolution of cardiac and renal impairment detected by high field cardiovascular magnetic resonance in mice with renal artery stenosis
... the kidney, renal Doppler ultrasound is useful to detect and assess renal blood flow (RBF) ...progressive kidney dysfunction and contributes to de- velopment of hypertension ...
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High urinary excretion of kidney injury molecule 1 predicts adverse outcomes in acute kidney injury: a case control study
... Acute kidney injury (AKI) is one of a number of conditions that affect kidney structure and ...The kidney normally exhibits an extremely strong capacity for self-regeneration and re- pair, and can ...
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Acute kidney injury in major abdominal surgery: incidence, risk factors, pathogenesis and outcomes
... of kidney function and End-stage kidney disease (RIFLE) classi- fication, was published in 2004 ...Acute Kidney Injury Network (AKIN) classification, also known as ‘modified RIFLE’, was published ...
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Kidney disease: new technologies translate mechanisms to cure
... that kidney dysfunction is the cause of elevated blood pressure ...on kidney RAAS and blood pressure regu- lation continues to build on and amplify these observations, other studies highlight additional, ...
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Original Article Musashi1 promotes tumor metastasis and is a prognostic marker for renal carcinoma
... Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the most com- mon malignancy of the kidney, accounting for 2%-3% of adult malignancy [1]. Surgery is the most effective treatment of preliminary cancer. The 5-years survival for ...
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AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE: A CASE STUDY
... chronic kidney disease (CKD) has received increasing attention owing to its enhancing rate of ...the Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (K/DOQI) from the US National Kidney Foundation has ...
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Review on Traditional Use of Nephroprotective Plants in Kerala
... system were considered superior to those who practiced the folk methods of healing. There are large numbers of folk or tribal practitioners across the villages of India who was abandoned a lot because of their illiteracy ...
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Neutrophil gelatinase associated lipocalin (NGAL) predicts the occurrence of malaria induced acute kidney injury
... structural kidney damage in AKI is neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL), also known as lipocalin ...the kidney very early after ...after kidney transplantation [11, 13, ...
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Varicella infections in patients with end stage renal disease: a systematic review
... Chronic Kidney Dis- ease in Primary Care (strong recommendation); and Public Health Agency of Canada (in their Canadian Im- munisation Guide 2016) have extended the recommen- dation to include patients with ...
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The prognostic importance of duration of AKI: a systematic review and meta-analysis
... acute kidney injury network (AKIN), and most recently, the kidney disease improving global outcomes(KDIGO), these classification systems all assess the magnitude of serum creatinine elevation (change from ...
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<p>Regression of Peritubular Capillaries Coincides with Angiogenesis and Renal Cyst Growth in Experimental Polycystic Kidney Disease</p>
... Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is the most common monogenic cause of kidney failure, and is characterised by the development of hundreds of fl uid- fi lled cysts in the kidney, which contain ...
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Imaging of kidney cysts and cystic kidney diseases in children: an international working group consensus statement
... US, kidney size should be measured by using maximal midsagittal length, as well as width and depth at the level of the ...hilum. Kidney volume should be estimated with the prolate ellipsoid formula or may ...
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Optimal timing of renal replacement therapy initiation in acute kidney injury: the elephant felt by the blindmen?
... AKI definitions which are based essentially on the measurement of urinary output and serum creatinine levels have been refined progressively for diagnostic, prognostic, and research purposes. Expert panels have ...
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Timing of renal replacement therapy and long term risk of chronic kidney disease and death in intensive care patients with acute kidney injury
... the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) AKI criteria for plasma creatinine and urine output (measured as volume in ml/minute/kg; whichever value gave patients the highest stage) (Table 1) ...
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