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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…
Hongqi Ren, Guofang Chen, Xuan Zhou, Yan Li, Qing Cai, Shujing Han, Rui Wang
Objective: To observe the clinical efficacy and safety of low dose tacrolimus (TAC) combined with tripterygium (TW) in treatment of steroid resistant nephritic syndrome (SRNS). Method: The patients, who were diagnosed with mesangial proliferative glomerulonep…
Iqbal Masood, Geoffrey Teehan
Anemia in chronic kidney disease (CKD) is common, causing morbidity and mortality, and is primarily due to reduced erythropoietin (EPO) release and, to a lesser degree, shortened red cell survival. Erythropoietin Stimulating Agents like epoetin Alfa and darbe…
Edward P. Nord, Deep Patel, Heesuck Suh, Nand K. Wadhwa
We report on a case of acute kidney injury in a patient with severe volume depletion from high ileostomy output and poor oral intake associated with hyperuricemia and hyperkalemia. The patient presented with similar features on three separate admissions. A co…
Cosimo Chelazzi, Dario Giugni, Claudia Giannoni, Gianluca Villa, Angelo Raffaele De Gaudio
In patients with severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) early and persistent elevated circulating levels of interleukins (IL)-1, 2 and 6 and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α are linked to severity of disease and early multiple organ failure (MOF), while persistently el…
Tobias A. Marsen
Background: Generically produced cyclosporine has long been approved in the treatment of organ transplant recipients and several publications have dealt with its use. For tacrolimus, however, very few data exist for safety and efficacy after conversion to its…
Nasim Shahbazi, Pierre A. Brown, Ayub Akbari, Deborah L. Zimmerman
Background: Guidelines for patients treated with conventional hemodialysis patients have been written for target serum levels for calcium (Ca), phosphate (PO 4 ) and intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH). No guidelines exist for nocturnal home hemodialysis (NHHD)…
Sandawana William Majoni, Kerry Dole, Zulfikar Jabbar, Madhivanan Sundram, Greg Perry
Improved immunosuppression regimens have led to better survival for patients with renal transplant grafts and patients with immunological renal diseases worldwide. However, this is not the case in the Northern Territory of Australia. Available limited publish…
Norbert Braun, Anna Schweisfurth, Hermann-Josef Gröne, Guenther Kundt
Introduction and aims: Although glomerulonephritis is rare in the general population it is the second most important cause for end-stage renal failure. The therapy of glomerulonephritis is guided by a limited number of individual clinical trials and treatment…
Annette Lennerling, Abdul Rashid Qureshi, Ingela Fehrman-Ekholm
Background: Living donor kidney transplantations have been performed at Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden since 1965. In this study we wanted to explore the living kidney donor’s long-term experiences of the donation. Methods: Of 1110 cons…
Kumiko Ozawa, Setsuko Niki, Seiko Yamanouchi, Hideaki Yamabe, Toshiko Tomisawa, Maiko Kitajima, Mayumi Urushizaka, Kumiko Kawasaki, Chieko Itaki, Yuka Noto, Morito Endo
Purpose: The elderly are often faced with multiple diseases, in particular hemodialysis (HD) which requires many kinds of medication. This study examined the factors influencing the behavior of taking medicine in elderly patients undergoing HD. Subjects and M…
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