The concentrations of 25 plasma proteins were measured in 29 patients with chronic renal insufficiency. All the patients had terminal renal failure and were treated with intermittent hemodialysis, but were otherwise in good general condition at the time of investigation. The plasma levels of 8 proteins with Mr

The main goals of SI are usually to improve learning and student performance as well as increasing retention. The achievement of these goals are evaluated based on linking SI attendance with retention and student results (student performance is here often seen as a proxy for learning). However, the objectives with introducing an SI-program at a higher education institute is often so much more than

Daily variation in serum creatinine and the effect of a protein load was studied in 18 patients with renal transplants and in 10 healthy controls. Serum creatinine was analyzed both with a standard Jaffé method and with a specific HPLC technique. Following a protein meal, a 30% increase in serum creatinine levels was noted in both groups, but the rise in absolute terms was more prominent among the

The purpose of the study was to measure the urinary excretion of N‐acetyl‐beta‐glucosaminidase (U‐NAG) in patients suspected of having renovascular hypertension and to compare the enzyme excretion before and after active intervention with operation or percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasty (PTRA). Eighty‐one patients with severe, therapy‐resistant hypertension were examined with regard to ren

Plasma homocysteine in three different groups of patients with chronic renal failure (one group without dialysis, one with CAPD and one with hemodialysis) was increased compared to controls. Another group of patients with slightly reduced renal dysfunction (normal serum creatinine but reduced glomerular filtration rate) did not, however, show increase of plasma homocysteine. The clearance of homoc

We studied the occurrence of arteriovenous (A-V) shunting in three experimental rat models, namely in rejecting allograft kidney, in uni- or bilateral ureteral obstruction, and in haemorrhagic hypotension. Isografted or sham-operated rats served as controls. Radiolabelled microspheres were injected into the renal artery and the increase in the amount of radioactivity in the lungs was considered to

The nonionic low-osmolar contrast medium iohexol was used as marker of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in 53 patients with stable renal function (group I: n = 32, group II: n = 21). All the patients had clearance values < or = 30 ml.min-1.1.73 m-2 body surface; 40 patients < 20 ml.min-1.1.73 m-2 body surface. Simultaneous determinations of renal clearance and plasma clearance, both as slope clear

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Intermodality or combining more than one transport mode during a single trip has been put forward to facilitate a modal shift from private car to more environmentally friendly modes such as public transport, cycling or walking. Bike-and-ride – that is, integrating cycling and public transport in one trip – is an attractive combination, as cycling as an active and clean mode is faster than walking

Background: In patients on hemodialysis with end-stage renal disease there is an increasing interest in measuring both residual renal function (RRF) and quantity and quality of dialysis because insufficient dialysis gives higher mortality. For that purpose we have measured clearances of two urographic iodine (I) contrast media (CM) with different molecular masses (iohexol 821 u and iodixanol 1,550

A therapeutic removal of antibodies may be achieved by immunoadsorption (IA) or by plasma exchange (PE). The aim of this prospective randomised study was to compare the efficacy of these different techniques with regard to treatment of patients with rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPG) having at least 50% crescents. Forty-four patients with a RPG were included for treatment either by IA or

Objective and design. A retrospective study of the incidence of contrast‐medium‐induced nephropathy (CMN) in patients with renal insufficiency.Subjects. All angiographies with and without endovascular therapeutic procedures (n=2400) performed at the hospital during 1 year were evaluated. A total of 139 patients were found to have a preangiographic serum‐creatinine (s‐Cr) of 150 μmol L–1 or above.

Objectives To study if elevated platelet levels are found in early and late diabetic nephropathy.Design A retrospective study was performed of platelet count in different subgroups of patients with insulin‐dependent diabetes mellitus, including patients with long and short duration of diabetes and with early signs of nephropathy. Patients with severe renal failure subjected to renal transplantatio

BACKGROUND: Glibenclamide (Gb) may provoke long-lasting hypoglycaemic reactions, and one of the known risk factors is impaired renal function. We have demonstrated Gb to have a terminal elimination half-life of 15 h, and the main metabolites have a hypoglycaemic effect. With few exceptions, detailed studies on second generation sulphonylureas in diabetics with impaired renal function are lacking.

The aim of this study was to characterize the magnitude and duration of the antidiuretic effects elicited by desmopressin given in hemostatic dosage intravenously (i.v.) (0.3 microg/kg) or intranasally (i.n.) (300 microg) both as single or repeated doses (four i.n. doses with 12-hr intervals) to healthy volunteers. Urine osmolality increased to a maximum median value of 1,087 mOsmol/kg after the s