Table 3. Themes, subthemes, and units of meaning. 3.1. Theme 1: The Impact of a Kidney Transplant on Sexuality A large proportion of ESKD patients are found to have some type of sexual problem. Sexual function is a frequent concern among men and women who have received a kidney transpla...
Meaning After accounting for differences in baseline risk, living donors had a similar risk of hypertension as nondonors in the 7 years following donation and no significant difference in mean blood pressure. Abstract Importance Recent guidelines call for better evidence on health outcomes after living...
Episode 325: What does eGFR really mean, and how does it relate to Stage 3 CKD and your kidney function? In this must-watch episode, Dr. Rosansky joins Dadvice TV to break down the facts about chronic kidney disease, explaining eGFR, Stage 3 kidney disease, and what these numbers reveal...
Although all glomeruli are usually involved, the degree varies somewhat so that many retain some function. The interstitial reaction initiated during the acute phase progresses with fibrosis and lymphocytic infiltration. Large numbers of tubules undergo atrophy and are replaced by scar tissue. The ...
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Counts were made of numbers of kidney biopsies at Birmingham Children’s Hospital and of children newly diagnosed with diabetes mellitus from 1995 to 2022 inclusive. Records were incomplete for some years, and estimated counts were made by extrapolation from averages of known yearly numbers. Results...
Kidney Function: A Systems Approach To discharge its responsibilities, the kidney must first be appraised of the state of the internal environment in a setting of varied intake, physiologic alterations, and even pathologic disturbances. This is accomplished in a feedback system where the information ...
In addition, proliferative PT may transmit signals of cell proliferation or anti-apoptosis to preserve kidney structure or function. However, proliferative PT did not interact with other PT populations in our DKD model, probably due to the limited numbers of proliferative PT in db/db mice. ...
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Fluid accumulation, survival and recovery of kidney function in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury. Kidney Int. 2009;76(4):422-427. doi:10.1038/ki.2009.159PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 6. Bellomo R, Cass A, Cole L, et al; RENAL Replacement Therapy Study Investigators. An ...