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Filter by:The purpose of this this study is to investigate the clinical utility of renal denervation in the treatment of ESRD patients with refractory hypertension.
The investigators evaluated the effect of pre-biopsy treatment with 1-deamino-8-D-arginine (DDAVP) on the incidence of post-biopsy bleeding complications. This is a IV phase single centre, double blind, randomized controlled study in patients, with acute and chronic nephropathy, undergoing ultrasound-guided percutaneous renal biopsy.
Assess potential risk for NSF in subjects with renal impairment (moderate) post magnevist injection. Subjects will be screened within 48 hours of previously scheduled MRI, those meeting the enrollment criteria will be enrolled prior to MRI and followed for 2 years post MRI with visits occuring at 1yr and 2 yr timepoints, in addition follow-up phone calls conducted at 1, 3, 6 and 18 months to assess for skin changes suggestive of NSF.
To compare the efficacy and safety of Tacrolimus in combination with MMF and Steroids in two regimens of steroid in an adult kidney transplanted population.
Hypothesis: Free light chain removal haemodialysis will increase the rate of renal recovery in patients with cast nephropathy, severe renal failure and de novo multiple myeloma. This study will randomise patients with multiple myeloma and severe renal failure to treatment to remove free light chains by haemodialysis or not.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether or not nocturnal hemodialysis is equivalent to short daily hemodialysis on a per treatment basis, using the NxStage System One in the home setting.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether erythropoietin is effective in preventing acute kidney dysfunction after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery.
Muscle wasting is common in advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) and adversely affects morbidity and mortality. In 2/3 of males with advanced CKD serum testosterone (TT) levels are reduced, and likely contributes to the wasting. As TT in relatively safe physiologic replacement doses, increases muscle mass in otherwise normal TT deficient subjects, we hypothesize that physiologic TT replacement will be effective in preventing and treating the loss of muscle mass and function in CKD patients, will improve quality of life and may reduce some cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors.
Tacrolimus (Prograf) belongs to a class of medications known as the calcineurin inhibitors. It is a maintenance drug that is used to prevent rejection in kidney, liver, and heart transplant recipients. Calcineurin inhibitors display high pharmacokinetic (the body's effects on a drug) variability and necessitate use of blood tests to ensure that adequate drug levels are present to maintain effectiveness and safety. Early after transplant or at times when tacrolimus cannot be taken by mouth, alternative routes of administration are sought. Although an intravenous (through the vein) product is available, it can be toxic to the kidneys and has been associated with allergic reactions. Drug delivery via the oral mucosa is an alternative method of systemic drug administration which offers an alternative when oral administration is impractical (gastrointestinal dysmotility, reduced drug absorption, intestinal failure, difficulty in swallowing, or in those with nausea or vomiting). Administration of tacrolimus by the sublingual route may allow for direct entry into the systemic circulation and bypasses problems associated with drug absorption and breakdown that take place in the small intestine.
Dialysis requires thinning of the blood to prevent clotting in the dialysis machine. Thinning of the blood is necessary but some forms of blood thinners may cause bleeding. Therefore, researchers are seeking ways to minimize bleeding risks and ensure effective dialysis. One medication used to thin the blood in the dialysis machine is citrate. Citrate has the advantage of having its blood-thinning properties quickly reversed by calcium in the patient's blood. As a consequence, only the blood in the machine is thinned, greatly reducing the risk of bleeding when dialysis is carried out using other blood thinners. Until now, most patients who received citrate for dialysis were administered the citrate in a separate infusion through an IV pump into the dialysis machine. This method requires complex monitoring and calculations. This study is about Prismocitrate which is a dialysis fluid very similar to the regular dialysis fluid that is used in this intensive care unit, except that this fluid already contains exactly the correct amount of citrate. Thus, this method does not require a separate pump for citrate and calculations to pump the citrate into the blood as it goes through the kidney machine. Having the citrate already contained in the dialysis fluid simplifies the procedure and reduces the possibility of calculation errors. This study seeks to determine if this simplified means of providing blood thinning in the kidney machine also results in the correct balance of blood salts.