Although lowering of blood pressure is generally associated with a reduced risk of stroke, observational studies have suggested that patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who have systolic blood pressure (SBP) <120 mmHg might have an increased risk of stroke. However, an analysis of data ...
When kidneys are failing, the increased concentration and accumulation of substances in urine lead to a darker color whichmay be brown, red or purple. The color change is due to abnormal protein or sugar, high levels of red and white blood cells, and high numbers of tube-shaped particles ca...
your blood to your kidneys, where it's added tourineso it can leave the body. But CKD may cause less uric acid to be removed through the urine, which can lead to a greater risk for gout. That's why having gout and high uric acid in your blood may be signs that you have CKD. ...
Excessive proinflammatory cytokine storm could be the main cause of increased vulnerability in this frail population. In patients with diabetes and/or heart disease, a low inflammatory state is often associated with gut dysbiosis. The increase amount of microbial metabolites (i.e., trimethylamine N-...
Blood samples were collected, in a fasting state using the S- Monovette blood collection system. Plasma glucose, serumtotal choles- terol (TCH), high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, low density li- poprotein (LDL) cholesterol, triglyceridee(TG) levels and gamma- ...
McKenna EisenbeiszUniversity of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA;Nathan CareyUniversity of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom;Meenakshi SambhariaUniversity of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA;Sadaf AkbariUniversity of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA;Reem Mustafa...
The elderly and patients with several comorbidities experience more severe cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) than healthy patients without underlying medical conditions. However, it is unclear why these people are prone to developing alveolar
In a meta-analysis of 50 randomized trials that included almost 75,000 participants without CKD, vitamin D supplementation was not associated with a reduced risk of all-cause mortality risk [45]. Whether these results can be applied to a population with ESKD, where vitamin D metabolism is dysr...
Blood urea nitrogen, creatinine, and neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) were higher in the CIN group compared to the other groups. Histopathological tubule injury scores were also higher in the CIN group compared to the other groups (p < 0.01). NLPR3 in kidney tissue were higher...