Cognitive functions such as attention and memory are known to be impaired in End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), but the sites of the neural changes underlying these impairments are uncertain. Patients and controls took part in a latent learning task, which had previously shown a dissociation between patients with Parkinson's disease and those with medial temporal damage. ESRD patients (n=24) and a...

INTRODUCTION End-stage renal disease (ESRD) represents a major challenge for Latin America (LA). Epidemiological information needed to assist in the development of ESRD care in the region. The Latin American Dialysis and Renal Transplant Registry (RLADTR), has published several reports and its continuity has implied a sustained effort of the entire LA Nephrology community. This paper summarizes...

Pressure ulcers are associated with multiple comorbidities and annually affect approximately 3 million Americans, directly accounting for 60,000 deaths per year. Because patients end-stage renal disease (ESRD) known to present unique factors which impair wound healing, pressure diagnosed in ESRD might independently increase the risk of mortality. To investigate association between ulcer diagnos...

Atheroembolic renal disease (AERD) is part of a multisystemic disease accompanied by high cardiovascular comorbidity and mortality. Interrelationships between traditional risk factors for atherosclerosis, vascular comorbidities, precipitating factors, and markers of clinical severity of the disease in determining outcome remain poorly understood. Patients with AERD presenting to a single center...

the quality of life of 50 end stage renal disease (esrd) patients on hemodialysis was evaluated before and after kidney transplantation (ktx). mean duration of the patients' hemodialysis was 3 years and mean postoperative period was 2.4 years when tested. common problems of such patients such as depression, sleep disorders, energy pattern disruption, sex-life difficulties, and appetite dis...

INTRODUCTION We explored the risk of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) among gout patients in a representative cohort in Taiwan. METHODS The primary database used was the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database. Subjects older than 20 years without ESRD, coronary heart disease, or stroke were included in the study. The case definition of gout in the present study was gout diagnosis an...

Accepted : 15.08.2011 is the kidney, as oxalate cannot be metabolized and is excreted in the urine, leading to nephrocalcinosis, recurrent urolithiasis, and subsequent renal impairment. The infantile form often presents as a life-threatening condition because of rapid progression to end-stage renal disease (ESRD), due to both early oxalate load and immature GFR: onehalf of affected infants expe...

background: it has been shown that serum total homocysteine (hc) is a risk factor for vascular disease which characterizes endothelial damage in the general and in the end-stage renal disease (esrd) population as well. whether n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids decrease homocysteine (hcy) level has been a subject of controversy. methods: renal transplant patients were randomized in 2 groups and re...

CKD, chronic kidney disease; ESRD, childhood onset end-stage renal disease; CAKUT, congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract; GN, glomerulonephritis; HN, hypertension; HUS, hemolytic uremic syndrome. Rare causes include congenital NS, metabolic diseases, cystinosis. Miscellaneous causes depend on how such entities are classified. Chronic Kidney Disease data are from North American Pe...

Familial LCAT deficiency (FLD) is a recessive lipid disorder ultimately leading to end-stage renal disease (ESRD). We present two brothers with considerable variation in the age at which they developed ESRD. Kidney biopsies revealed both tubular and glomerular pathology. To date, no causal therapy is available, yet enzyme replacement therapy is in development.