objectiv investig chang serum pituitarygonad hormon restor sexual reproduct function after success kidney transplant patient method serum pituitarygonad hormon befor after kidney transplant were measur 78 patient endstag renal diseas esrd 30 healthi adult pre postop semen specimen 46 male recipi 15 male control were collect compar addition 100 marri kidney transplant recipi without children were follow 3 year observ sexual function fertil result serum prl level gradual restor normal rang all kidney transplant recipi sperm densiti motil viabil morpholog signific improv male recipi 4 month after success kidney transplant thirtythre male recipi 5593 reobtain normal erectil function 49 kidney transplant recipi 6125 had children within 3year followup period conclus success kidney transplant could effect improv pituitarygonad hormon disturb sexual reproduct dysfunct esrd patient

Guang-chun Wang

Jun-hua Zheng

Long-gen Xu

Zhi-lian Min

You-hua Zhu

Jun Qi

Qiang-lin Duan

Measurements of Serum Pituitary-Gonadal Hormones and Investigation of Sexual and Reproductive Functions in Kidney Transplant Recipients

continu venoven hemodiafiltr cvvhdf use solut design maintain hypernatremia describ endstag renal diseas esrd patient cerebr edema due intracerebr hemorrhag ich hypernatremia readili achiev maintain without complic cvvhdf should consid altern treatment option esrd patient cerebr edema who requir hyperton salin therapi

Stephen I. Rifkin

Ali R. Malek

Reza Behrouz

Use of Hypertonic Continuous Venovenous  Hemodiafiltration to Control Intracranial Hypertension in  an End-Stage Renal Disease Patient

objectiv the primari object studi determin relationship between waisttohip ratio whr cardiovascular event mortal periton dialysi patient secondari object investig associ between abdomin obes system inflammatori marker method this prospect studi 22 preval patient whr measur baselin creactiv protein crp tumour necrosi factor tnf interleukin6 il6 were measur main outcom were first event death from all caus surviv analysi use examin relationship between anthropomorph measur clinic outcom result mean followup period 31 year kaplanmei analysi surviv lower those higher whr cox regress whr independ predict mortal first event after adjust known ischem heart diseas hazard ratio 117 confid interv 105130 death 113 101126 event whr correl serum tnf conclus the result studi suggest whr may risk factor increas event mortal patient abdomin obes also associ inflammatori marker larger studi warrant confirm find

Winnie S. Su

Catherine M. Clase

K. Scott Brimble

Peter J. Margetts

Trevor J. Wilkieson

Azim S. Gangji

Waist-to-Hip Ratio, Cardiovascular Outcomes, and Death in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

the increas level plasma total homocystein thci chronic kidney diseas patient has been report new independ risk factor cardiovascular diseas howev after descript revers epidemiolog renal popul associ thci nutrit becam less clear evalu associ between homocystein nutrit status inflamm impact mortal 95 predialysi patient high sensit creactiv protein hscrp interleukin 6 il6 tumor necrosi factor tnf thci were evalu nutrit status modifi subject global nutrit assessment msga divid our popul four group accord thci msga valu be abov below mean level found lowest surviv group thci msga abov mean level well higher level il6 tnf higher level homocystein can associ higher mortal predialysi patient long associ malnutrit inflamm

Ana de Lurdes Agostinho Cabrita Vieira

Alexandre Baptista

Anabela Malho

Ana Pinho

Ana Paula Silva

Idalécio Bernardo

Pedro Leão Neves

Homocysteine Is a Risk Factor in Predialysis Patients When Associated with Malnutrition and Inflammation

objectiv uncertainti has arisen whether renal function can recov from after longterm regular dialysi treatment therefor conduct analysi scrutin one patient report materi method swedish registri patient kidney diseas one patient case result 39 patient 02 from swedish registri compris 17590 patient who commenc rrt renal replac therapi between 1991 2008 had recov from renal function after more than 365 day regular dialysi treatment the most common diagnosi renovascular diseas hypertens larg group had uremia unknown caus hus cortic tubular necrosi autoimmun diseas were also found the mean treatment time befor withdraw 2 year conclus small number patient recov after long period regular dialysi treatment one could discuss whether difficult identifi patient who have recov while undergo regular dialysi treatment regular monitor renal function may import

Ingela Fehrman-Ekholm

Ann-Charlotte Bergenhag

Olof Heimburger

Staffan Schön

Recovery of Renal Function after One-Year of Dialysis Treatment: Case Report and Registry Data

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