Nenglish: An Inevitable Reality or Merely a Mirage

Intestinal-renal syndrome: mirage or reality?

The recent interest in the role of the intestine in the cardiovascular stability of uremic patients, specifically on dialysis, but potentially also in chronic kidney disease, must be seen against the background of the recent great interest in the role of the gut in chronic heart failure [Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 2008;11:632-639]. There has been a long-standing interest in the role of the ...

Intestinal-Renal Syndrome: Mirage or Reality?

The recent interest in the role of the intestine in the cardiovascular stability of uremic patients, specifically on dialysis, but potentially also in chronic kidney disease, must be seen against the background of the recent great interest in the role of the gut in chronic heart failure [Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 2008; 11: 632–639]. There has been a long-standing interest in the role of th...

Intestinal-Renal Syndrome: Mirage or Reality?

The recent interest in the role of the intestine in the cardiovascular stability of uremic patients, specifically on dialysis, but potentially also in chronic kidney disease, must be seen against the background of the recent great interest in the role of the gut in chronic heart failure [Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 2008; 11: 632–639]. There has been a long-standing interest in the role of th...

PIRO and sepsis stratification: reality or a mirage?

The objectives of staging systems are to stratify patients with a given disease according to their risk for adverse events, to assess their potential response to a given treatment, and to monitor their actual response. Such systems are widely used, and the Classification of Malignant Tumors (TNM) is the best-known of these systems.(1) In oncology, staging of neoplasms is an essential step in th...

Medical Malpractice: A Preventable or Inevitable Issue