Objective To document the prevalence of patients on hemodialysis in southwestern Guatemala who have chronic kidney disease (CKD) of non-traditional causes (CKDnt). Methods This cross-sectional descriptive study interviewed patients on hemodialysis at the Instituto Guatemalteco de Seguridad Social on their...
Describe the connective tissue covering that surrounds the kidney, from internal to external. How could chronic kidney disease cause high creatinine levels? Explain why severe kidney disease may cause generalized edema. Describe why a person suffering from kidney failure would experience edema, which...
Like all organs in the human body, the kidneys can become diseased. Learn how kidney and metabolic disease affect kidney function. Understand what shouldn't be in urine, and explore diseases that can affect the kidneys, including glomerulonephritis, chronic kidney disease (...
Misao OWADA, Teruo KiTAGAWA (Dept. Pediatr., Nihon Univ. Sch. Med., Tokyo), Eiiehiro U Y A M A and Toshiro ARAKI (Dept. Intern. Med., Kumamoto Univ., Kumamoto) Chronic adult form of Gaucher's disease usually reveals no neurological manifestations. We recently had the opportunity to ...
a近年来,随着慢性肾脏病(Chronic kidney disease, CKD)患者的发病率的逐年升高,进入终末期肾脏病(ESRD)维持性血液透析(MHD)患者人数也逐年增多。作为一类特殊人群,MHD患者合并抑郁状态发病率较普通人群及其它慢性病患者更高,其对预后的影响也是相当显著的,本研究主要通过随访调查维持血液透析合并抑郁状态患者的短期预后...
Materials and Methods We studied 494 patients with chronic HDV infection from the HDV Describe study cohort. Non-organ-specific auto-ab (e.g., anti-nuclear auto-ab [ANA], anti-smooth muscle auto-ab [ASMA], anti-mitochondrial auto-ab [AMA], and anti-liver-kidney microsomal auto-ab [LKM...
How do chronic illnesses result from poor nutrition? Identify types of illnesses that might occur as a result. What are the long-term effects of pancreatitis? Why does colitis/Crohn's disease cause malnutrition? Describe kidney disease. What are some of its symptoms? Is it ...
Name of disease: Name of body system: Symptom(s): La Describe the abnormal EEG patterns you would expect to see in tachygastria. What is a common disorder associated with this disease? What are the symptoms, causes, stages, and tests, ...
How could chronic kidney disease imbalance sodium and potassium? How does ADH affect urine volume? How does ADH affect urine solute concentration? Describe the gross vasculature of the kidney. What is the action of aldosterone in the regulation of sodium and potassium? Describe what happ...
What is meant by chronic heart failure? Describe the factors that oppose left ventricular ejection. Provide clinical examples. Sometimes a person with deep vein thrombosis can develop right ventricular hypertrophy. What does it mean to have a hypertrophic heart ventricle...