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Open Journal of Nephrology (OJNEPH) is an international scientific journal dedicated to the publication and public discussion of high quality original research in all the fields of astrophysics and space sciences and related technology. All the manuscripts must be prepared in English and are subject to a rigorous and…
Abdul Halim Abdul Gafor, Azrini Abdul Aziz, Rozita Mohd, Rizna Abdul Cader, Kong Wei Yen, Shamsul Azhar Shah, Norella C. T. Kong
Introduction: Treatment with renin-angiotensin-aldosterone-system (RAAS) blockers plays a major role in halting chonic kidney disease (CKD) progression. Aliskiren is the first orally available direct renin inhibitor (DRI). Objective: We studied the efficacy o…
Adnan Bashir Bhatti, Farhan Ali, Siddique A. Satti
Background: Depression is relatively prevalent in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. Knowing the frequency of depression in these patients, the association with variables such as stage of disease, education, and income status may be helpful in devising st…
Samra Abouchacra, Ahmed Chaaban, Mohammad Budruddin, Fares Chedid, Mohamad Hakim, Mohamad Ahmed, Nicole Gebran, Farida Marzouki, Muhy Eddin Hassan, Faiz Al Abbacheyi
Raised levels of the cardiac biomarker, Troponin I , are frequently encountered in hemodialysis patients and appear to be prognostic indicators for cardiovascular risk. Though evidence suggests that control of secondary hyperparathyroidism may reduce cardiac…
Abeer A. Al-Refai, Safaa I. Tayel, Ahmed Ragheb, Ashraf G. Dala, Ahmed Zahran
Background: Neut t rophil gelatinase associated lipocalin (NGAL) was shown to be a good marker for predicting acute kidney injury (AKI). Some recent reports demonstrated that NGAL may be an early biomarker for kidney affection i n diabetic patients. The aim o…
Naoki Sugano, Satoru Kuriyama, Yoichiro Hara, Koki Takane, Yasuhito Takahashi, Yasuko Suetsugu, Takashi Yokoo
Aim: The majority of guidelines recommended the significance of home-based blood pressure (home-BP) measurement. The present study explored that to what extent , general practitioners (GPs) were aware of the importance of home-BP in the daily clinical practic…
Sebastian Schulz-Juergensen, Philipp von Bismarck, René Santer, Paul Eggert
Introduction : A correlation between AVPR 1 A promoter polymorphisms and prepulse inhibition (PPI) of startle reflexes has been described in healthy adults. Many children with nocturnal enuresis (NE) have a reduced PPI and treatment with desamino arginine vas…
Heo-Yeong Kim, Ji Soo Kim, Seung Eun Suh, Yu Kyung Hyun, Kyeong Mi Park, Hyung-Jong Kim
Background: Cardiovascular disease and sudden cardiac death are common in hemodialysis patients. These cardiac complications are often associated with prolonged QTc interval (QTc) and QTc dispersion (QTcd). Subclinical hypothyroidism (SH) can alter autonomic…
Norio Nakamura, Michiko Shimada, Ikuyo Narita, Yuko Shimaya, Takeshi Fujita, Reiichi Murakami, Hiroshi Osawa, Hideaki Yamabe, Ken Okumura
Objective: Long-acting darbepoetin -α (DA) has recently been used to treat renal anemia in patients with chronic renal failure. It is considered clinically useful because its duration of action is longer than that of conventional epoetin -α . In this study, w…
Sun Woo Kang
Introduction: Correct adjustment of dry weight after hemodialysis (HD) with no signs of hypervolemia is important. Intradialytic hypotension (IDH) is the most common complication during HD. IDH occurs in 15% to 30% and possibly in up to 50% of dialysis sessio…
Anil Kumar Mohanty, Deepti Damayanty Pradhan, Bijay Kumar Meher, Pradeep Sivraj
The classical Bartter syndrome is an uncommon tubular disorder of autosomal recessive inheritance, characterized by early childhood onset of polyuria, polydipsia, vomiting, dehydration, constipation and salt craving habit. The long-term outlook for patients w…
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