What Are the Advantages and Disadvantages of Different Renal Replacement Therapies?
Discussion
Kidneys are amazing in that they filter the blood, eliminate toxins, balance fluids and electrolytes plus have a lot of reserve to do the job they need to do even when injured. Therefore, depending on the problem, chronic renal disease (CRD) often allows time before renal replacement therapy (RRT) is needed. RRT currently is dialysis (peritoneal or hemodialysis) or renal transplant. In general, the patient’s own kidneys do the best job for them but there is always a balance between the problems of CRD and its management, versus the potentially improved renal function with RRT. RRT itself though has a diffe...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - September 13, 2021 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Mechanical activation of TRPV4 channels controls albumin reabsorption by proximal tubule cells
In this study, we showed that the ion channel TRPV4 modulated the endocytosis of albumin and low–molecular weight proteins in the proximal tubule. TRPV4 was found at the basolateral side of proximal tubule cells, and its mechanical activation by cell stretching induced Ca2+ entry into the cytosol, which promoted endocytosis. Trpv4–/– mice presented with mild proximal tubule dysfunction under basal conditions. To challenge endocytic function, the permeability of the glomerular filter was altered by systemic delivery of angiotensin II. The proteinuria induced by this treatment was more severe in Trpv4&ndash...
Source: Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment - October 13, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Gualdani, R., Seghers, F., Yerna, X., Schakman, O., Tajeddine, N., Achouri, Y., Tissir, F., Devuyst, O., Gailly, P. Tags: STKE Research Articles Source Type: news
Low Income May Increase Risk for Specific Glomerular Diseases
FRIDAY, Feb. 21, 2020 -- Socioeconomic position is inversely associated with standardized incidence of lupus nephritis and antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-related glomerulonephritis (ANCA-GN), according to a study published online Feb. 20 in the... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - February 21, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Standardized Classification, Reporting of Glomerulonephritis Standardized Classification, Reporting of Glomerulonephritis
A more standardized approach to the classification and reporting of glomerulonephritis will help nephrologists better evaluate, treat, and manage these patients.Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - March 19, 2019 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Nephrology Journal Article Source Type: news
Announcing the ISN World Congress of Nephrology 2019
(International Society of Nephrology) The upcoming ISN World Congress of Nephrology (WCN) will focus on the issues of glomerulonephritis and integrated end-stage kidney disease. Plenary sessions and forum discussions will also focus on topics relevant to nephrology around the world and across Asia Pacific. Organized by the International Society of Nephrology (ISN), co-hosted by the Asian Pacific Society of Nephrology and the Australian New Zealand Society of Nephrology, the meeting will take place in Melbourne, Australia from April 12 to 15, 2019. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 11, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Is kidney failure a man's disease?
(ERA-EDTA) A new analysis of the ERA-EDTA Registry [1] reveals a striking gender difference in the incidence and prevalence of end-stage renal disease. Two thirds of all dialysis patients in Europe are male. It seems beyond hormonal effects that hypertension, diabetes and glomerulonephritis/sclerosis are the main driver of the gender gap. However, it is possible to prevent and treat hypertension and diabetes effectively and thus reduce the number of patients requiring dialysis. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 26, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Urinalysis for the Diagnosis of Glomerulonephritis Urinalysis for the Diagnosis of Glomerulonephritis
Do dysmorphic red blood cells have the ability to detect the presence of glomerulonephritis?Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - September 11, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nephrology Journal Article Source Type: news
How Does Pediatric Sj ö gren Syndrome Present?
Discussion
Sjögren Syndrome (SS) is named for Swedish ophthalmologist Henrik Sjögren who published a case series in 1933 describing patients with dry eyes and arthritis. SS is a “chronic autoimmune inflammatory exocrinopathy” that is characterized by lymphocytic infiltration of the lacrimal and salivary glands and has various degrees of systematic involvement. Keratoconjunctivitis sicca and xerostomia are the main clinical symptoms.
Sicca is a Latin word meaning dry. Dryness of the eyes and mouth without evidence of autoimmune disease is called Sicca syndrome or Sicca complex. SS can be primary or se...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - December 11, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Snakebite induced thrombotic microangiopathy leading to renal cortical necrosis - Gn YM, Ponnusamy A, Thimma V.
Renal complications from snakebite result in high mortality and morbidity. Acute kidney injury (AKI) occurs in 5-30% of cases. Renal manifestation could include acute tubular necrosis, cortical necrosis, interstitial nephritis, glomerulonephritis, and vasc... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 13, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Non-Human Animals and Insects Source Type: news
Rare kidney disease prompts new treatment options
After diabetes and high blood pressure, glomerulonephritis is the third leading cause of kidney failure in the U.S., according to the U.S. Renal Data System. Glomerulonephritis (GN) is a disease that damages the tiny filters in the kidneys called and can affect individuals of all ages, gender, and race or ethnicity.?These filters get inflamed, which [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Florida News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Florida News - November 22, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Improve Kidney Function With IV Laser Treatment
If you're one of the more than 20 million Americans who suffer from chronic kidney disease (CKD), your doctor has probably told you there isn't much they can do for you.
Mainstream medicine doesn't have a cure for CKD. What they do have is a lot of drugs to treat the symptoms of it. And most of the drugs will leave you worse off than before you started taking them…
Like ESAs, which are prescribed to treat anemia caused by chronic kidney disease. These dangerous drugs can cause strokes, heart attacks, blood clots and seizures.
And if your kidneys fail, your only options are dialysis or a kidney transplant....
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - October 31, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Cathy Card Tags: Anti-Aging Source Type: news
Second Chance on Bladder US
“If you are given a second chance in life, don’t blow it,” you advise your eager resident. It has been an overwhelmingly busy day in the department. Interspersed between the motor vehicle collisions, hypoxic and hypotensive CHF exacerbations, and patients with florid sepsis, your team is trying to see and help all of the ankle pains, throat pains, and dysuria that have also walked through the waiting room doors. The neighborhood clinics are completely overbooked, and your department has been dealing with the overflow all week.
Your resident has three charts in her hand and has just finished presenting the two sicker ...
Source: EPMonthly.com - September 27, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Logan Plaster Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Second Chance on Bladder US
“If you are given a second chance in life, don’t blow it,” you advise your eager resident. It has been an overwhelmingly busy day in the department. Interspersed between the motor vehicle collisions, hypoxic and hypotensive CHF exacerbations, and patients with florid sepsis, your team is trying to see and help all of the ankle pains, throat pains, and dysuria that have also walked through the waiting room doors. The neighborhood clinics are completely overbooked, and your department has been dealing with the overflow all week.
Your resident has three charts in her hand and has just finished presenting the two sicker ...
Source: EPMonthly.com - September 19, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Logan Plaster Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Favorable Long-Term Renal Graft Survival in Primary GlomerulonephritisFavorable Long-Term Renal Graft Survival in Primary Glomerulonephritis
Patients with primary glomerulonephritis (GN) generally have favorable long-term kidney transplant outcomes, according to new findings. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - December 9, 2015 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news
Glomerulonephritis Subtypes: Lupus Has Highest Mortality RateGlomerulonephritis Subtypes: Lupus Has Highest Mortality Rate
A study of glomerulonephritis (GN) subtypes in ESRD reveals the heterogeneity of patients with GN, yet GN is usually reported as a single entity. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - June 27, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nephrology News Source Type: news
