OBJECTIVES To evaluate LRN as treatment for high risk patients. Laparoscopic radical nephrectomy (LRN) is performed for renal tumors not amenable to nephron-sparing treatments. Indications are increasing to include higher risk patients including those with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) necessitating dialysis. METHODS We performed a retrospective analysis of a patient cohort with clinical sta...

Pressure ulcers are associated with multiple comorbidities and annually affect approximately 3 million Americans, directly accounting for 60,000 deaths per year. Because patients end-stage renal disease (ESRD) known to present unique factors which impair wound healing, pressure diagnosed in ESRD might independently increase the risk of mortality. To investigate association between ulcer diagnos...

Objective: Hematological parameters including neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet–lymphocyte (PLR), and monocyte–lymphocyte (MLR) have been demonstrated as new predictors of prognosis activity in various diseases. In this study, we aimed to investigate the associations NLR, PLR MLR with disease severity patients anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) associated vasculitis (AAV). &#...

CONTEXT The role of the angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AT1R) gene polymorphism, A1166C, has been shown to be associated with end stage renal disease (ESRD) and its progression. There is also some evidence that HLA class II alleles are associated with ESRD independent of other factors. OBJECTIVE To examine the association between AT1R gene polymorphism in the susceptibility and progression to...

Chronic renal disease is a major health issue in various parts of the world. The number of patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is increasing in both developed and developing countries, greatly expanding the need for chronic dialysis and renal transplantation. In the year 2000, approximately 205,000 and 240,000 patients with ESRD were currently maintained on chronic dialysis in Japan an...

Purpose: End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is a highly morbid and mortal condition. Renal transplantation the most favorable preferred solution of this disease. Age an important factor that can effects success transplantation. In study, we investigated effect donor age on outcomes kidney transplantation.
 Materials And Methods: 101 ESRD patients who underwent live or cadaveric were included a...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been considered an uncommon condition requiring specialist management. The traditional view of CKD has been of patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) requiring dialysis or a kidney transplant as forms of renal replacement therapy (RRT). However the prevalence of CKD is much higher than previously appreciated and this has provided a stimulus to the integrat...

Hyperphosphataemia occurs in nearly all patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). In the past, the need to manage hyperphosphataemia focused primarily on its role as a contributor to secondary hyperparathyroidism and renal osteodystrophy. There is now widespread recognition that disturbances in phosphorus metabolism and/or the therapeutic measures used to manage it are important risk factor...

Pregnancy is uncommon in women with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Fertility rates are low in women on dialysis, and physicians still frequently counsel women with ESRD against pregnancy. Advancements in the delivery of dialysis and obstetric care have led to improved live birth rates in women on dialysis, so pregnancy for young women with ESRD is now more feasible and safer. However, these pr...

Medicare's health care quality improvement program (HCQIP) is a national effort to improve beneficiaries' quality of care. The end stage renal disease (ESRD) HCQIP was implemented in 1994 in response to criticism about the poor quality of care received by ESRD patients. Quality improvement efforts initiated by the ESRD Networks and dialysis providers in response to the HCQIP have demonstrated s...