Anemia and Mineral Bone Disorder in CKD Patients: Evaluation, Impact and Influence in Pre and Post Transplant Follow Up
A special issue of Medicina (ISSN 1648-9144). This special issue belongs to the section "Urology & Nephrology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2020) | Viewed by 208
Special Issue Editors
2. Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Interests: renal transplantation; CKDMBD in CKD and renal transplant patients; metabolic disorders during CKD and renal transplantation; CKD progression mechanism: fibrosis and inflammation
Interests: hemodialysis; vascular access; renal transplantation; glomerulonephritis; social media in nephrology
2. Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Pederzoli Hospital, 37019 Peschiera del Garda, Verona, Italy
Interests: fabry disease; physical exercise in kidney disease; ultrasound imaging in kidney disease
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Dear Colleagues,
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a relevant public health problem worldwide. At the moment, renal transplantation (RTx) is the best therapy for chronic kidney disease, significantly ameliorating some of the metabolic anomalies typical of this condition. Anemia and mineral and bone disorders (MBD) are common complications, and both in CKD and RTx patients are associated with an increase of in morbidity and mortality, especially cardiovascular. Erythropoietin synthesis and iron disarrangements, as abnormalities in calcium, phosphorous, vitamin D and parathyroid hormone homeostasis and bone disease, have some pathophysiological similarities in CKD and RTx patients, but some RTx-specific factors might further influence them. The development of cardiovascular anomalies as well as vascular and valvular calcifications are the main clinical expressions of long-term anemia and MBD in CKD patients. Despite a growing number of studies on the mechanisms associated with anemia and mineral bone disorder development and progression, the understanding of phenomena and their functional interplay pre and post transplantation are still poorly understood. The aim of this Special Issue of Medicina is to focus on recent scientific novelties in CKD patients about the evaluation, impact, and influence in pre- and post-transplant follow-up of anemia and mineral bone disorder. With this aim, we invite researchers to submit high-quality manuscripts to this Special Issue. Manuscripts can be original research articles reporting results from basic, clinical, and translational studies, as well as expert review articles which describe the current state of the art related to the area of anemia and mineral bone disorder in CKD and renal transplant patients.
Dr. Carlo Alfieri
Dr. Arvind Conjeevaram
Dr. Yuri Battaglia
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- anemia
- iron deficiency
- mineral metabolism
- bone disease
- chronic kidney disease
- renal transplantation
- vitamin D
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