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The effectiveness and safety of modest exercise in Japanese patients with chronic kidney disease: a single-armed interventional study
Poor physical ability and skeletal muscle wasting are common in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients, who may experience a decline in daily activity and, in turn, increased mortality. The purpose of this stud...
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Anti-albuminuric effects of spironolactone in patients with type 2 diabetic nephropathy: a multicenter, randomized clinical trial
Several studies have demonstrated that spironolactone has an anti-albuminuric property in diabetic nephropathy. As an adverse event, spironolactone often induces the elevation of creatinine levels with hypoten...
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Development and validation of a short-version checklist for patients undergoing hemodialysis based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health
In 2009, we developed a “100-category checklist” for patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD) based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, and we confirmed its validity. Howeve...
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Neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio as a predictor of cardiovascular events in incident dialysis patients: a Japanese prospective cohort study
Previous studies have suggested that high neutrophil/lymphocyte ratios are related to worse outcome in patients with cardiovascular diseases. Patients with end-stage renal disease, especially those with infla...
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Erratum to: Validation of the equations for estimating daily sodium excretion from spot urine in patients with chronic kidney disease
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Validation of the equations for estimating daily sodium excretion from spot urine in patients with chronic kidney disease
Measuring sodium excretion in a 24-h urine collection is the most reliable method of estimating salt intake, but it is not applicable to all patients. As an alternative, equations for estimating Na excretion f...
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A New Method of Thermo-chemotherapy Using a Stent for Patients with Esophageal Cancer
Many patients with advanced esophageal cancer have a stent inserted in the esophagus, but very little else can be done. We devised a new method of delivering thermotherapy using an implant heating system (IHS)...
