Newsletter 1 • May 2011
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Supporting excellence in clinical practice
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Chronic Kidney Disease Classification – A Simple Proposal |
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Hans Pottel, Liesbeth Hoste and Frank Martens
The current chronic kidney disease (CKD) classification system is based on estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) combined with fixed cut-off values of 60, 30 and 15ml/minute/1.73m2 to classify patients in CKD stages III, IV and V... |
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Oxidative Stress and Nephrotoxicity of Aberrantly Glycated Immunoglobulin A in IgA Nephropathy |
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Rosanna Coppo, Roberta Camilla, Luca Vergano and Federica Campolo
The hallmark of immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy (IgAN) is the presence of deposits of IgA1 in the mesangium; however, 'innocent' IgA deposits can be a chance finding in up to 10% of healthy kidney donors... |
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Managing Patients with Problematic Vascular Access Sites |
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Jacob A Akoh
The main problems affecting vascular access in patients are infection, thrombosis, steal syndrome, pseudoaneurysms and central vein stenosis. Complications of vascular access account for 20% of hospitalisations among haemodialysis patients and can result in loss of access, significant morbidity and mortality...
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Post–transplant Recurrence of Nephrotic Primary Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis |
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Alain Meyrier
Recurrence of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), which affects 30–50% of transplanted patients, is characterised by early onset of profuse proteinuria with minimal glomerular changes, later followed by FSGS leading to loss of the graft in about 30% of cases... |
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