Yanjun Long,Jing Nie
Yanjun Long
Background: Homocysteine (Hcy) is an intermediate of methionine metabolism. Hyperhomocysteinemia (HHcy) can result from a deficiency in the enzymes or vitamin cofactors required for Hcy metabolism. Patients with renal dis...
Miriam Zacchia,Maria Luisa Abategiovanni,Spiros Stratigis et al.
Miriam Zacchia et al.
Background: Potassium (K(+)) is the major intracellular cation, with 98% of the total pool being located in the cells at a concentration of 140-150 mmol/l, and only 2% in the extracellular fluid, where it ranges between 3...
Fluid Management for Critically Ill Patients: A Review of the Current State of Fluid Therapy in the Intensive Care Unit [0.03%]
重症患者的液体管理：危重病患者液体治疗的现状综述
Erin Frazee,Kianoush Kashani
Erin Frazee
Background: Intravenous fluids (IVF) are frequently utilized to restore intravascular volume in patients with distributive and hypovolemic shock. Although the benefits of the appropriate use of fluids in intensive care un...
Kerri McGreal,Pooja Budhiraja,Nishank Jain et al.
Kerri McGreal et al.
Background: Hyponatremia is a common electrolyte imbalance that clinicians face on a regular basis. Summary: This review aims to discus...
Qi Qian,Zhi-Hong Liu
Qi Qian
Julie R Ingelfinger,Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh,Franz Schaefer;World Kidney Day Steering Committee
Julie R Ingelfinger
World Kidney Day 2016 focuses on kidney disease in childhood and the antecedents of adult kidney disease that can begin in earliest childhood. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) in childhood differs from that in adults, as the largest diagnostic ...
Na Liu,Yingfeng Shi,Shougang Zhuang
Na Liu
Background: Autophagy is the degrading process of protein and organelles mediated by lysosomes. This process is involved in purging senescent organelles and subversive proteins while maintaining the stability of the intra...
Xiaojie Wang,Fan Yi
Xiaojie Wang
Background: Inflammation is a hallmark of almost all forms of renal injury and the activation of the innate immune system is of importance in the development of many kidney diseases. Pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) a...
Yang Liu,Sydney C W Tang
Yang Liu
Background: Diabetic nephropathy (DN) represents the leading cause of end-stage renal disease. Current therapeutic strategies for DN are very limited, and none of them can stop end-stage renal disease progression. Stem ce...