[Stage 3-5 chronic kidney disease--what is the real prevalence in Romania?].

Unlabelled: A high prevalence of reduced GFR has been reported in Western populations. However, little is known about the real prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in Eastern Europe. Our aims were 1) to identify the true burden of CKD in a large adult population sample; 2) to compare the GFR estimates by the "classic" MDRD4 formula with the GFR derived from the formula proposed recently by Levey.

Factors affecting the quality of life of haemodialysis patients from Romania: a multicentric study.

Background: The quality of life (QoL) is an important predictor of outcome in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. Therefore, QoL needs to be regularly assessed in this setting. Our study describes QoL, as well as demographic and clinical variables associated with QoL in chronic haemodialysis (HD) patients in Romania.

Sleep disorders: a systematic review of an emerging major clinical issue in renal patients.

The prevalence of sleep disorders is significantly higher (up to 80%) in patients with chronic uremia compared to the general population. Sleep disorders appear even in the early stages of chronic kidney disease. These disturbances are complex, including difficulties in falling asleep and awakening, interrupted sleep, nightmares, restless legs syndrome, sleep apnea syndrome, etc.

Illness representations and quality of life scores in haemodialysis patients.

Background: Health-related quality of life (QoL) in haemodialysis (HD) patients is a significant predictor of mortality and hospitalization. Patients' adaptation to a chronic disease is determined by their beliefs about illness and treatment. In this cross-sectional study we examined the impact of illness representations on QoL of HD patients and the influence of HD duration on this relationship.

What added value does ambulatory blood pressure monitoring brings to the management of post renal transplantation hypertension?

Objective: To evaluate BP control, white coat hypertension (WCH) and abnormal circadian variability in a significant outpatient sample of renal transplant (RTx) subjects, normotensive at the last regular visit.

Methods: ABPM (Spacelab 90217) was performed every 15 min between 07:00-23:00 h and every 30 min between 23:01-06.59 h.

A retrospective 5-year study in Moldova of acute renal failure due to leptospirosis: 58 cases and a review of the literature.

Background: Renal involvement [as acute renal failure (ARF)] is a prominent feature of both mild and severe leptospirosis-a re-emerging infectious disease. Few large series describe in detail clinical and laboratory features of cases with ARF and their outcome.

Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis (1997-2001) of all consecutive, serological confirmed leptospirosis cases with ARF (n=58, 53 male, age 44+/-13 years, rural residents=31%, animal contact=88%.