Diabetes is one of the most catastrophic diseases ruling every corner of the world,and this has led to elevated incidents of end-stage kidney disease(ESKD).The standard treatment for ESKD is kidney transplantation/rep...
Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of sacubitril-valsartan (SV) in reducing blood pressure in patients with non-dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease(NDD-CKD) stage 3-5 and concomitant hypertension.
Chronic Kidney Disease(CKD)represents a growing global health burden with up to 25%of adults 60 or over having CKD.This is a huge challenge and most disease is progressive and can lead to lifelong dialysis or renal tr...
The prevalence of chronic kidney disease(CKD)in China was 8.2%in 2018-2019.[1]CKD may progress to end-stage kidney disease(ESKD),necessitating kidney replacement treatment such as dialysis or kidney transplantation,[2...
Disturbances of potassium balance are often encountered when managing kidney transplant recipients(KTR).Both hyperkalemia and hypokalemia may present either as medical emergencies or chronic outpatient abnormalities.D...
Objective To explore the clinical value of N terminal pro B type natriuretic peptide(NT-proBNP)indiagnosing or predicting heart failure in peridialysis chronic kidney disease(CKD)population.Methods It was a single-cen...
National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81900692.
BACKGROUND In patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis(PD),catheter dysfunction is a common complication.A misplaced catheter is one of the reasons contributing to its dysfunction.The present study aimed to describe a ...
Ms.Li,38,from Jingmen,Hubei province,has been relying on renal dialysis after she was diagnosed with uremia in 2012.While waiting in line for a suitable kidney.
It has already been established that in end-stage renal disease,hyperphosphatemia causes soft tissue calcification including vascular calcifications.It has also been supported that there is a connection between increa...
Kidney transplant(KTx)is considered to be the best treatment for end-stage renal diseases compared with hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis,because it significantly im-proves renal function,reduces cardiovascular even...