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Association of the KDIGO Risk Classification with the Prevalence of Heart Failure in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

  • José Antonio Gimeno-Orna,
  • Luis Rodríguez-Padial,
  • Manuel Anguita-Sánchez,
  • Vivencio Barrios,
  • Javier Muñiz and
  • Antonio Pérez
J. Clin. Med.2021, 10(20), 4634;https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10204634

9 October 2021

The objectives of this study were to determine the main characteristics associated with the presence of heart failure (HF) in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM), and specifically to assess the association of the risk classification proposed by the...

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Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus—Report 2: Diabetic Kidney Disease

  • Aníbal Alé-Chilet,
  • Carolina Bernal-Morales,
  • Marina Barraso,
  • Teresa Hernández,
  • Cristian Oliva,
  • Irene Vinagre,
  • Emilio Ortega,
  • Marc Figueras-Roca,
  • Anna Sala-Puigdollers and
  • Cristina Esquinas
  • + 4 authors
J. Clin. Med.2022, 11(1), 197;https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11010197

30 December 2021

The purpose of this study is to investigate potential associations between optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) parameters and diabetic kidney disease (DKD) categories in type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) patients and controls. A complete oc...

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Acute Kidney Injury Predictors and Outcomes after Cardiac Surgery in Children with Congenital Heart Disease: An Observational Cohort Study

  • Georgios Kourelis,
  • Meletios Kanakis,
  • George Samanidis,
  • Kimon Tzannis,
  • Dimitrios Bobos,
  • Theofili Kousi,
  • Sotiria Apostolopoulou,
  • Felicia Kakava,
  • Konstantinos Kyriakoulis and
  • Stavroula Bounta
  • + 5 authors
Diagnostics2022, 12(10), 2397;https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12102397

2 October 2022

Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) commonly complicates cardiac surgery in children with congenital heart disease (CHD). In this study we assessed incidence, risk factors, and outcomes of postoperative AKI, while testing the hypothesis that, depending on the...

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Metabolic Syndrome and Chronic Renal Disease

  • Vaia D. Raikou and
  • Sotiris Gavriil
Diseases2018, 6(1), 12;https://doi.org/10.3390/diseases6010012

24 January 2018

Background: The influence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) on kidneys is related to many complications. We aimed to assess the association between MetS and chronic renal disease defined by a poor estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and/or the pre...

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Relation between Serum Creatine Phosphokinase Levels and Acute Kidney Injury among ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients

  • David Zahler,
  • Keren-Lee Rozenfeld,
  • Ilan Merdler,
  • Tamar Itach,
  • Samuel Morgan,
  • Dana Levit,
  • Shmuel Banai and
  • Yacov Shacham
J. Clin. Med.2022, 11(4), 1137;https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11041137

21 February 2022

Background: Among patients with rhabdomyolysis, the leakage of intracellular skeletal muscle content such as creatine phosphokinase (CPK) into the bloodstream has been associated with an increased risk of acute kidney injury (AKI). We evaluated the p...

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Population Pharmacokinetics of Piperacillin in Non-Critically Ill Patients with Bacteremia Caused by Enterobacteriaceae

  • Vicente Merino-Bohórquez,
  • Fernando Docobo-Pérez,
  • Adoración Valiente-Méndez,
  • Mercedes Delgado-Valverde,
  • Manuel Cameán,
  • William W. Hope,
  • Álvaro Pascual and
  • Jesús Rodríguez-Baño
Antibiotics2021, 10(4), 348;https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10040348

25 March 2021

This study analyzes the pharmacokinetic variability of piperacillin in non-critically ill patients with Enterobacteriaceae bloodstream infections (EBSI) and explores predicted clinical outcomes and piperacillin-related neurotoxicity under different r...

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Association of Homocysteine, S-Adenosylhomocysteine and S-Adenosylmethionine with Cardiovascular Events in Chronic Kidney Disease

  • Insa E. Emrich,
  • Rima Obeid,
  • Jürgen Geisel,
  • Danilo Fliser,
  • Michael Böhm,
  • Gunnar H. Heine and
  • Adam M. Zawada
Nutrients2025, 17(4), 626;https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17040626

10 February 2025

Background: Patients suffering from chronic kidney disease (CKD) have a high risk of premature cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. It has been suggested that elevated homocysteine (Hcy) or disturbances in the transmethylation pathway may contribu...

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Kidney Function According to Different Equations in Patients Admitted to a Cardiology Unit and Impact on Outcome

  • Vincenzo Livio Malavasi,
  • Anna Chiara Valenti,
  • Sara Ruggerini,
  • Marcella Manicardi,
  • Carlotta Orlandi,
  • Daria Sgreccia,
  • Marco Vitolo,
  • Marco Proietti,
  • Gregory Y. H. Lip and
  • Giuseppe Boriani
J. Clin. Med.2022, 11(3), 891;https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11030891

8 February 2022

Background: This paper aims to evaluate the concordance between the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) formula and alternative equations and to assess their predictive power for all-cause mortality in unselected patients disc...

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