Clinical and experimental nephrology
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Clin. Exp. Nephrol. · Aug 2015
Comparative StudyRenal replacement therapy in the ICU: comparison of clinical features and outcomes of patients with acute kidney injury and dialysis-dependent end-stage renal disease.
The goal of this study is to study clinical features and outcomes of the patients who had renal replacement therapy (RRT) in the intensive care unit (ICU) between 2000 and 2007. ⋯ The observed ICU mortality among patients requiring RRT is high and IMV is associated with mortality. AKI patients have increased mortality compared to CD patients. AKI patients with past NKF have poorer prognosis than acute-on-CKD and CD patients.
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Clin. Exp. Nephrol. · Aug 2015
Red cell distribution width is an independent factor for left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in patients with chronic kidney disease.
The increased value of the red cell distribution width (RDW) was reported to indicate poor prognosis in patients with chronic heart failure. We evaluated the value of the RDW in the diagnosis of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) in patients without diastolic heart failure among the chronic kidney disease (CKD) population. ⋯ RDW can be used as an additional factor for the diagnosis of LVDD in patients with advanced stage of CKD.