[PDF] Top 20 Cognitive function and 3-year mortality in the very elderly Chinese population with chronic kidney disease

... nosis of dementia, and creatinine levels were ,150 mol/L at baseline. Cognitive function was assessed with the mini- mental state examination (MMSE) at baseline. Participants were randomly assigned to ... See full document

... Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has become a major issue worldwide and hyperglycemia is known as an important risk factor responsible for CKD ...predict kidney function decline ... See full document

... develop chronic kidney disease (CKD) and progress to end- stage renal disease than are women 8 ...in elderly population and patients showed a higher prevalence of ... See full document

... all-cause mortality in CAD patients with and without CKD; this effect persisted after ...predict mortality were significantly higher in patients with CKD compared with the remainder of the ...Amongst ... See full document

... of kidney insufficiency on the occurrence of cardiovascular disease and death is modified by ...of mortality in a population of 60 years of age and above was increasing more slowly than that ... See full document

... of 3 ophthalmologists have clinical experi- ence of more than 20 years, and they were not aware of participants ’ clinical ...all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortal- ity ... See full document

... in elderly (>79 years) populations of Ashkenazi Jewish and Bohemian Czech have observed that after adjustment for traditional risk factors, heterozygous individuals (F352V) of KL-VS polymorphism were at ... See full document

... A Hitachi 7600 automated biochemical analyzer (Hitachi, Tokyo, Japan) was used to measure participant serum creatinine levels at baseline and final follow-up using Jaffe’s kinetic method. Estimated glomerular filtration ... See full document

... between mortality and impaired cognitive function has not been thoroughly investigated in a very elderly community-dwelling population, and little is known about the association ... See full document

... common disease of the airways resulting from exposure to noxious particles or gases, characterized by persistent respiratory symptoms and restricted air fl ...a disease primarily affecting the lungs, COPD is ... See full document

... 378 elderly CKD patients were referred consecu- tively to our department in the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, People’s Republic of China, for mea- surement of their GFR from January 2005 ... See full document

... patient population was relatively small, raising the possibility of selection ...diastolic function, serum troponin and mortality were strong and in- dependent of age, sex, and other factors adjusted ... See full document

... Following that in late 20 th century, John P Merril described the clinical course of acute renal failure and its management. Also George E Schreiner described the treatment of acute renal failure. Williams J Kolfi ... See full document

... Various chronic complications of diabetes are macrovascular complications like coronary artery disease (CAD), peripheral vascular disease (PVD), cerebrovascular disease (CVD) and microvascular ... See full document

... information was collected from 101 participants with 40 CRF patients undergoing dialysis and 61 CRF patients not on dialysis with the mean age of 50.88 14.22 years (CRF- D) and 53.6 13.03 years (CRF – ND). Comparison ... See full document

... Alterations in the expression of endothelin-1, which has been consistently associated with cardiovascular disease, have also been postulated as a potential mechanism of an asso- ciation between hyperuricemia and ... See full document

... 90-day mortality were ...90-day mortality in the elderly, and an SCr increase of more than ...renal function, such as volume overload, anemia, uremia, acidosis, electrolyte disturbances, and ... See full document

... The creatinine clearance is extensively used for evaluating patient´s GFR, but 10 – 40% of this clearance is the con- sequence of active tubular secretion in the PT, and this phenomenon is even increased in renal ... See full document

... The consequences of these alterations are electrophysiologic abnormalities and maintenance of systolic efficiency at the expense of impaired diastolic filling. Arrhythmias are caused partly by conduction aberrations ... See full document

... and mortality rates in patients with chronic kidney ...with chronic kidney disease obtained from the Korean National Health Insurance claims database ...on mortality was ... See full document