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... In a study by Hoste, the associa- tion of old age and a high score of disease severity with the occurrence of AKI did not apply to groups of patients with AKI, classified by RIFLE, who[r] ... See full document

... The index case was a 1-year-old girl, born after a polyhydramnios-complicated 34-week gestation, with low birth weight (1,940 g). During the first year of life she had recurrent fever episodes, vo- miting, ... See full document

... A computed tomography scan of the chest revealed a 4-cm mass with heterogeneous content and pleural extension to the level of the lingula, as well as two micronodules in the pos[r] ... See full document

... Introdução: A albumina pré-diálise pode ter sua utilidade questionada na avaliação do estado proteico devido ao efeito dilu- cional nesse período. Objetivos: Avaliar se a albumina sérica dosada no período pós-diálise ... See full document

... Introduction: One of the biggest chal- lenges in the management of hyperten- sion is adequate blood pressure (BP) control. To achieve this goal, home blood pressure measurement (HBPM) with automated devices has been ... See full document

... Therapy with ergocalciferol or colecalciferol in pa- tients with CKD with 25(OH)D deficiency has been little described in literature, thus showing it is associ- ated with high serum lev[r] ... See full document

... This study aimed to assess the impact of demo- graphic, clinical and laboratory variables that were present at admission and let to the outcomes death or renal re[r] ... See full document

... 16. Lang RM, Bierig M, Devereux RB, flachskampf fA, foster e, Pellikka PA, et al. Recommendations for chamber quantification: a report from the American Society of echocardiography’s Guidelines and Standards Committee ... See full document

... These include de- monstrably successful models of kidney transplant programs in many developing countries; growing availability of less expensive generic immunosuppres- siv[r] ... See full document

... Our study has several limitations. First and fore- most, it was not placebo-controlled. Other studies in the field indicate minimal effects from placebo, so we believed it was not necessary to have a placebo group in our ... See full document

... lação hepática, são convertidas em 25-vit D. A 25-vit D representa o estoque corporal de vi- tamina D e não deve ser confundida com calcitriol (1,25-vit D) que é um hormônio sintetizado princi- palmente nos rins. ... See full document

... contribute to it. Therefore, angiotensin converting en- zyme inhibitor and thiazides could be useful to these patients. Our aim is to report the effects of enalapril and hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) in two novel ... See full document

... The winner of the Heonir Rocha award 2010 was the article: “Prothrombin G20210A gene mutation, factor V Leiden and anti- cardiolipin antibodies do not influence renal graft survival aft[r] ... See full document

... The results have shown that HCV infection did not influence negatively the survival of our patients undergoing chronic HD, as described in pre- vious studies 7,10,16 , and, paradoxical[r] ... See full document

... Situations with indications for techniques to enhance elimination include the following: poisoning with a substance whose elimi- nation is known to be increased by use of a certain te[r] ... See full document

... In conclusion, our results show that the monthly biochemical assessment of the serum concentration of urea, creatinine, and phosphorus, and Kt/V can be used to screen malnutrition in [r] ... See full document

... Methods: Symptomatic patients, patients with ischemia on myocar- dial scintigraphy and/or systolic dysfunc- tion on echocardiography, patients older than 50 years and diabetes[r] ... See full document

... Therefore, the purpose of this study was to com- pare Kt/V results obtained with Lowrie`s formula (L Kt/V) with those obtained with Daugirdas`s for- mula (D Kt/V), and the latter [r] ... See full document

... 4. Keavney B, Bird R, Caiazza A, Casadei B, Conway J. Measure- ment of blood pressure using the auscultatory and oscillometric methods in the same cuff deflation: validation and field trial of the A&D TM2421 ... See full document

... Cells were centrifuged, the pellet washed twice (PBS, pH 7.4) and then suspended on lysis buffer contain- ing protease inhibitors before sonicationand stored at -20°C until used. Previously protein concentration was ... See full document