A Comparison of Cognitive Performance, Depressive Symptoms, and Incidence of Falls in Brazilian Older Women with and without a Confirmed History of COVID-19.

The study aimed to compare cognitive performance, depressive symptoms, and the incidence of falls in Brazilian older women with and without a confirmed history of COVID-19. This cross-sectional study included 188 women (60-89 years), divided into two groups: one with a history of COVID-19 (n = 139), and one without any history of COVID-19 (n = 49). The instruments used were the Cognitive Telephone Screening Instrument (COGTEL) test battery, the Trail Making Test (TMT), the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15), and the self-reported history of falls since the beginning of mandatory confinement.

Ternary Composite Nanofibers Containing Chondroitin Sulfate Scavenge Inflammatory Chemokines from Solution and Prohibit Squamous Cell Carcinoma Migration.

Recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB), an inherited disease featuring blistering wounds, causes constant inflammation that leads to the eventual development of an aggressive form of squamous cell carcinoma (RDEB SCC). The persistence of inflammatory chemokines such as MCP-1 and Il-8 in RDEB wounds may foster RDEB SCC carcinogenesis. We report the production of ternary composite nanofibers containing pullulan, chondroitin sulfate, and tannic acid as RDEB wound dressings.

Genetic variation in cytokine-related genes and migraine susceptibility.

Migraine is classified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as being one of the top 20 most debilitating diseases. According to the neurovascular hypothesis, neuroinflammation may promote the activation and sensitisation of meningeal nociceptors, inducing the persistent throbbing headache characterized in migraine. The tumor necrosis factor (TNF) gene cluster, made up of TNFα, lymphotoxin α (LTA), and lymphotoxin β (LTB), has been implicated to influence the intensity and duration of local inflammation.

Acute renal failure predictors in elderly patients with chronic kidney disease.

Introduction: Acute renal failure (ARF) is a very common problem in the elderly and is associated with high morbidity and mortality rates. This study analysed ARF predictors in a cohort of elderly subjects and their impact on the evolution of renal function.

Patients And Method: A group of 80 elderly individuals were recruited between January and April 2006, and 56 of these who were still alive after 36 months were retrospectively studied, examining episodes of ARF, their causes, and the need for dialysis.

Elderly patients with chronic kidney disease: outcomes after 5 years of follow-up.

Introduction: In recent years, chronic kidney disease (CKD) has come to be considered an epidemic problem, and there is considerable interest in early diagnosis in order to slow its progression to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and prepare patients for dialysis and transplantation programmes. Many elderly patients are labelled as having CKD based solely on having a glomerular filtration rate (GFR) of <60 ml/min.

Objective: Monitor renal function (RF) and outcomes associated with CKD (morbidity, mortality and progress to ESRD) in an elderly cohort.

Serum uric acid as a marker of all-cause mortality in an elderly patient cohort.

Introduction: There is growing evidence of the role of serum uric acid (SUA) as a risk factor for cardiovascular and renal disease. We analysed the association between baseline SUA and overall mortality in a cohort of elderly patients followed prospectively for 5 years.

Patients And Methods: Eighty clinically stable patients, median age 83 years (range 69-97), 31.

Renal supportive care and palliative care: revision and proposal in kidney replacement therapy.

Patients with chronic kidney disease may receive sustained renal supportive care and renal palliative care (RPC) starting with the diagnosis of the disease, throughout the various stages of renal replacement therapy (RRT), the cessation of the RRT, and in the decision of whether to provide conservative treatment or non-initiation of RRT. This article reviews the literature on the development of renal palliative care and proposed RPC models. We describe the progression of disease in organ failure, which is very different from other areas of palliative care (PC).

Relationship between leptin and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in chronic hemodialysis patients.

Background: We aimed to evaluate the relationship between serum leptin and the leptin/body mass index (BMI) ratio with prevalent cardiovascular disease (CVD), and their influence on all-cause and CVD-related mortality in patients on hemodialysis (HD).

Methods: 118 stable HD patients (50 women, median [interquartile range] age, 65.1 [54.

[Estimation of glomerular filtration rate in persons aged 69 years or older: agreement between distinct calculation methods].

Material: Estimation of glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) is the most widely accepted marker of renal function. Precise calculation is not routinely performed in clinical practice. Several methods have been developed for eGFR: creatinine clearance (CCr) calculation or the use of formulae derived from serum creatinine (sCr).