Kidney Transplantation1-hour biopsy specimens of renal allografts were performed in recipients of kidneys from 26 live donor relatives and 13 cadavers. The histological evaluation included light and electron microscopy and immunofluorescence, and, with the possible exception of one specimen, no prognostic...
Dialysis for end-stage kidney failure costs US$50,000–60,000 per QALY, which is still good value in the USA (Weinstein, 2010). Early economists valued life in terms of loss of net output to society, or the future loss of earnings minus the future loss in consumption resulting from the...
There is limited data evaluating the prognostic value of report cards, informing whether they are predictive of prospective patient outcomes. Using national SRTR data, we simulated report cards and calculated Standardized Mortality Ratios(SMR) for kidney transplant centers over five distinct eras. We ...
(cancer, diabetes, cirrhosis, chronic heart failure, coronary artery disease, chronic kidney disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, immunosuppression), vital signs, qSOFA, SIRS, routine biochemistry and microbiological data, ward or intensive care admission, hospital length of stay and survival....
males or 10 g/day for females; (3) any history of liver diseases (such as hepatitis B, C) and other specific diseases that may result in fatty liver; (4) NAFLD combined with malignant tumors; (5) pregnancy or lactation; (6) recent use of drugs that affect liver or kidney metabolism...
bone marrow, the peripheral and central ner- vous system, adipocytes, liver, kidney, skin, and testis.2 No wonder, then, that a deficiency of testosterone has been shown to have numerous negative effects in men, which may be improved or reversed with normaliza- tion ...
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41 Likewise, research into CT kidney-ureter-bladder imaging42 and individualised techniques within mammography43 have also been investigated. Somewhat telling is the absence of case report citations in the aforementioned studies and published radiography research in general, raising the question over ...
doi:10.1016/j.ekir.2020.07.030Yuki ShimizuJunichiro NakataMasayuki MaigumaYuka ShirotaniHaruna FukuzakiNao NoharaHiroaki IoYusuke SuzukiKidney International Reports