Cost Optimization of Food Diet for Adult Filipino Patients With Stage 1 or Stage 2 Chronic Kidney Diseases

1512psafety of Denosumab (dmab) in Patients (pts) with Stage 4 or Stage 5d Chronic Kidney Disease (ckd).

Aim: DMAB is a human monoclonal antibody that binds to RANK ligand to inhibit osteoclast-mediated resorption and is approved to prevent skeletal-related events in pts with bone metastases from solid tumors. DMAB-induced inhibition of bone resorption may impact calcium (Ca) homeostasis, affecting serum Ca levels. This study evaluated the incidence of hypocalcemia and safety parameters of pts wit...

Dyslipidemia in patients with chronic and end-stage kidney disease.

In this review, we discuss the physiology, diagnosis and treatment of dyslipidemia in patients with chronic and end-stage renal disease. The recent important clinical trials in patients with chronic kidney disease and dyslipidemia are reviewed. Because of the lack of evidence in treating lipid abnormalities in this specific patient population, we propose that future studies should focus on the ...

use of serum and urine metabolome analysis for the detection of metabolic changes in patients with stage 1-2 chronic kidney disease

Stage IV Chronic Kidney Disease

Copyright © 2010 Massachusetts Medical Society. A 54-year-old woman with an 11-year history of type 2 diabetes presents for care. She was first noted to have proteinuria 4 years earlier; her serum creatinine level then was 1.1 mg per deciliter (97 μmol per liter). Her urinary protein excretion has progressively increased to 2.8 g per 24 hours, and her serum creatinine level to 3.1 mg per decili...

Comparison of one-stage free gracilis muscle flap with two-stage method in chronic facial palsy

 Abstract Background: Rehabilitation of facial paralysis is one of the greatest challenges faced by reconstructive surgeons today. The traditional method for treatment of patients with facial palsy is the two-stage free gracilis flap which has a long latency period of between the two stages of surgery. Methods: In this paper, we prospectively compared the results of the one-stage gracilis flap ...