With the rise in complementary medicine usage, mind-body interventions (MBI), encompassing therapies like yoga and music therapy, have been gaining interest. The use of MBI in non-chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients have...
Advances in the diagnosis and treatment of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis have led to continued improvement in survival and prognosis over the course of the last 4 decades. Nevertheless, the...
Vascular calcification is a prognostic marker for cardiovascular mortality in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. In these patients, magnesium balance is disturbed, mainly due to limited ultrafiltration of this mineral,...
Difficulties with prognostication prevent more patients with advanced dementia from receiving timely palliative support. The aim of this study is to develop and validate a prognostic model for 6-month and 1-year mortality in...
National and international nephrology organizations have identified substantial unmet supportive care needs of patients with kidney disease and issued recommendations. In the United States the most recent comprehensive effort to...
We report a series of 8 patients with critical illness and diabetes mellitus who developed euglycemic ketosis during continuous kidney replacement therapy (CKRT) with a glucose-free CKRT solution. Two patients had chronic kidney...
Obesity contributes 65-75% of the risk for human primary (essential) hypertension which is a major driver of cardiovascular and kidney diseases. Kidney dysfunction, associated with increased renal sodium reabsorption and...
We investigated the effect of preoperative renal dysfunction on postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing elective isolated total arch replacement (TAR) with mild hypothermic lower body circulatory arrest with antegrade...
The amount of fibrotic material in dystrophic mouse muscles relates to contractile function, but not passive function. Collagen fibers in skeletal muscle are associated with increased passive muscle stiffness in fibrotic...
The uremic toxin indoxyl sulfate (IS) was reported to be the cause of cardiovascular disease associated with chronic kidney disease. Therefore, we evaluated the direct influences of IS on vascular function, focusing on the...
Uremic pruritus (UP) is a common and tormenting symptom in end-stage renal disease patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis. An increasing number of studies have been published in recent years to support the effectiveness of...
Palliative care in patients with advanced heart failure is strongly recommended by Clinical Practice Guidelines. We aimed to calculate the prevalence of advanced heart failure in admitted patients, to describe their management,...
