Rotational devices remove clots from thrombosed haemodialysis grafts more effectively than the Hydrolyser. However, only percutaneous transluminal angioplasty's efficacy predicted patency. Currently, thrombosed haemodialysis grafts
ATLANTA, GA — March 18, 2002 — Prophylactic use of acetylcysteine prevents reduction of renal function after coronary angiography, according to results reported here at
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Mar 13 – Patients with moderate chronic renal insufficiency show signs of protein-calorie malnutrition, but the cause remains an enigma, according
Laparoscopic radical nephrectomy is as effective as traditional open surgery during long-term follow up. Laparoscopic radical nephrectomy is associated with less morbidity than open procedures.
Patients in Saudi Arabia undergoing chronic haemodialysis are more likely to be infected with Hepatitis E virus (HEV) than both healthy controls and other patients.
A conjugate vaccine can confer partial immunity against Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia for approximately 40 weeks in patients receiving haemodialysis. After 40 weeks, protection wanes as
PARIS, FRANCE and PRINCETON, NJ — March 12, 2002 — Sanofi-Synthélabo and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company announced today that the European Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products
Patients receiving chronic hemodialysis have a significantly higher risk of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) than the general hospital population. This increased risk reflects an impaired immune
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LONDON (Reuters) Feb 20 – Cases of kidney cancer in Britain have risen 68% in the past 20 years because of lifestyle factors such as
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with chronic renal failure treated with recombinant human erythropoietin, the formation of neutralizing antierythropoietin antibodies can result in
02/11/2002 By David Loshak The rate of decline in renal function in patients starting dialysis can be almost halved in clinical practice. This is comparable
02/14/2002 By Anne MacLennan Patients with the anaemia of chronic renal failure can develop neutralizing antierythropoietin antibodies and pure red-cell aplasia during treatment with epoetin.
A DGReview of :"Erythropoietin response to hypoxia in patients with diabetic autonomic neuropathy and non-diabetic chronic renal failure" Diabetic Medicine 02/20/2002 By James Adams Type
A DGReview of :"Nephrectomy Followed by Interferon Alfa-2b Compared with Interferon Alfa-2b Alone for Metastatic Renal-Cell Cancer" New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) 12/06/2001 By
By Ed Susman Special to DG News FORT LAUDERDALE, FL — January 29, 2002 — A small study suggests that patients on aspirin prophylaxis for
Kidney Stone Disease Linked To Familial Hypertension A DGReview of :"High urinary excretion of uric acid combined with high excretion of calcium links kidney stone
A DGReview of :"Development of renal structural lesions in type-1 diabetic patients with microalbuminuria" Virchows Archive 01/28/2002 By James Adams Type-1 diabetics with microalbuminuria experience
מתוך medicontext.co.il By Karla Gale BOSTON (Reuters Health) – Examination of an isolated population for protective genes that might explain their freedom from age-related hypertension,
מתוך medicontext.co.il By Will Boggs, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Polycystin-2, the product of the gene that is mutated in type 2 autosomal dominant