BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Children and adolescents with ESRD on dialysis are susceptible to serious bacterial infections (SBI). Chemokines and chemokine receptors play a critical role in modulating macrophage and neutrophil function. This study examined the hypothesis that expression and/or function of these molecules is dysregulated in patients with ESRD, contributing to leukocyte dysfunction....

OBJECTIVE To analyze the impact of age at onset on the development of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) due to diabetic nephropathy in a nationwide population-based cohort with childhood-onset type 1 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A record linkage between two nationwide registers, the Swedish Childhood Diabetes Registry, including 12,032 cases with childhood-onset diabetes, and the Swedis...

Of the 1.5 million people of South Asia, a large number live in extreme poverty in rural urban areas and have limited access to health care. End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is a devastating medical, social, and economic problem. Lack of registries prevent an accurate assessment of the incidence or prevalence of ESRD, but a recent population-based study assessed the age-adjusted incidence at 232 ...

BACKGROUND Taiwan has the highest incidence of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in the world. The epidemiologic features of ESRD, however, have not been investigated. In this case-control study, we evaluated the risk of ESRD associated with a number of putative risk factors. METHODS We studied 200 patients among whom ESRD had been newly diagnosed between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2005; 200...

The effect of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) on the risk for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) has not been confirmed. The present population-based study used the claims data from the Taiwan National Health Institutes from 1998 to 2010 to compare the risk for ESRD in patients with and without RCC.The study cohort consisted of 2940 patients who had newly diagnosed with RCC but no history of ESRD; the c...

To investigate the risk of nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) following end-stage renal disease (ESRD).A retrospective, nationwide, matched cohort study.ESRD patients identified by the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) code 585.The study cohort included 93,804 ESRD patients registered with the Taiwan National Health I...

Potential predictors of the functional health status of 125 end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients were studied cross-sectionally. When health status was assessed by the physician with the Karnofsky Index, younger patient age, lower ESRD severity of illness, lower comorbidity severity, and higher albumin levels were predictors of better health [R-square = 0.48]. When patients self-reported the...

The data provided by the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Registries documenting a progressive and striking increment over the years of the Hypertension-related ESRD incidence and prevalence support the classic statement that the kidney may be a victim of hypertension. Long-lasting hypertension may induce ESRD in a few patients throught hypertensive nephrosclerosis, particulary in African-America...

The Medicare ESRD program is designed to assure qualifying beneficiaries access to high quality, costeffective medical care. To a large extent, it has succeeded. Today, over 90 percent of all patients being treated for ESRD ultimately receive some Medicare reimbursement. This report discusses the growth in the number of participating renal facilities furnishing some form of ESRD treatment. (See...