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Open AccessAssociation between nutritional status scores and the 30-day mortality in patients with acute kidney injury: an analysis of MIMIC-III database
Studies have proven that the risk of acute kidney injury (AKI) increased in patients with malnutrition. Prognostic nutritional index (PNI) and geriatric nutritional risk index (GNRI) were general tools to pred...
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Prognostic significance of the extent of tubulointerstitial lesions in patients with IgA nephropathy
IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is the most common type of primary glomerulonephritis worldwide. However, the effect of the degree of tubulointerstitial lesions (TIL) on the renal prognosis of these patients is uncertain.
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Open AccessIncidence and Risk Factors Associated with Technique Failure in the First Year of Peritoneal Dialysis: A Single Center Retrospective Cohort Study in Southern China
Technique failure is more likely to occur during the first 12 months after peritoneal dialysis (PD) initiation, which is a great challenge encountered in PD patients. The aim of this study was to investigate t...
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Prediction model for cardiovascular disease risk in hemodialysis patients
To derive and validate a prediction score for cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in hemodialysis patients in China.
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Open AccessPsychological impact and implementation of preventative measures in hemodialysis centers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a provincial questionnaire survey in China
This study investigated the psychological status of patients and staff, and the implementation of preventative measures in hemodialysis centers in Guangdong province, China, during the 2019 novel coronavirus d...
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Open AccessPrevalence, risk factors and impact on outcomes of 30-day unexpected rehospitalization in incident peritoneal dialysis patients
Rehospitalization is a major problem for end stage renal disease (ESRD) populations. However, researches on 30-day unexpected rehospitalzation of incident peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients were limited. This s...
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The negative impact of depressive symptoms on patient and technique survival in peritoneal dialysis: a prospective cohort study
The relationship between depression and long-term clinical outcomes in peritoneal dialysis is unclear. This study was to explore the effect of depressive symptoms on patient survival and technique survival in ...
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Higher serum phosphorus predicts residual renal function loss in male but not female incident peritoneal dialysis patients
Elevated serum phosphorus level is a risk factor for progression of chronic kidney disease in non-dialysis patients. However, the association of serum phosphorus level with residual renal function (RRF) loss a...
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Open AccessElevated serum iron level is a predictor of prognosis in ICU patients with acute kidney injury
Accumulation of iron is associated with oxidative stress, inflammation, and regulated cell death processes that contribute to the development of acute kidney injury (AKI). We aimed to investigate the associati...
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Open AccessRoles of peritoneal clearance and residual kidney removal in control of uric acid in patients on peritoneal dialysis
There have been few systematic studies regarding clearance of uric acid (UA) in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD). This study investigated peritoneal UA removal and its influencing factors in patien...
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Open AccessIntrarenal microRNA signature related to the fibrosis process in chronic kidney disease: identification and functional validation of key miRNAs
Though the roles of microRNAs (miRNAs) in renal diseases have been extensively investigated, a thorough screening and comparison of miRNAs among different types of chronic kidney disease (CKD) has never been p...
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Open AccessUrgent-start peritoneal dialysis for patients with end stage renal disease: a 10-year retrospective study
Urgent-start peritoneal dialysis (PD) can help patients with end-stage renal diseases (ESRD) that are referred late to dialysis. However, catheter patency and related complications of urgent-start PD have not ...
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Open AccessSerum uric acid and cardiovascular mortality in chronic kidney disease: a meta-analysis
Conflicting results have been reported from studies evaluating serum uric acid (SUA) levels as an independent risk factor for cardiovascular mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD).
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Open AccessPrognostic value of inflammation-based prognostic scores on outcome in patients undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
Inflammation-based prognostic scores have been used as outcome predictors in patients with cancer or on hemodialysis. However, their role in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) remains...
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Open AccessGender-related differences in clinicopathological characteristics and renal outcomes of Chinese patients with IgA nephropathy
The prognostic effect of gender on immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) is not clear. We explored gender-related differences in clinicopathological features and renal outcomes in IgAN.
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Open AccessAssociation of baseline, longitudinal serum high-sensitive C-reactive protein and its change with mortality in peritoneal dialysis patients
The prognostic values of baseline, longitudinal high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) and its change over time on mortality in patients undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) remain...
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Open AccessThe impact of peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis on mortality in peritoneal dialysis patients
Results concerning the association between peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis and mortality in peritoneal dialysis patients are inconclusive, with one potential reason being that the time-dependent effect...
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Open AccessBAFF promotes proliferation of human mesangial cells through interaction with BAFF-R
B cell activating factor belonging to the TNF family (BAFF) is vital for B cell survival, proliferation and activation. Evidence indicates that BAFF is systemically or locally increased in glomerulonephritis (...
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Prevalence of erectile dysfunction and its association with residual renal function in Chinese peritoneal dialysis patients
The study was to investigate the prevalence and associated factors of erectile dysfunction (ED) in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients.
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Smad7 inhibits TGF-β1-induced MCP-1 upregulation through a MAPK/p38 pathway in rat peritoneal mesothelial cells
The TGF-β1/Smad signaling pathway is subject to inhibition by Smad7. High expression of Smad7 in the peritoneum of rats can delay and attenuate not only peritoneal fibrosis, but also monocyte infiltration into...
