Association between serum intact parathyroid hormone and survival in dialysis patients.

Purpose: To examine the relationship between serum intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH) levels and survival in maintenance dialysis patients.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the data of patients who began and continued dialysis from January 2013 to December 2022. Patients were categorized based on their baseline and time-averaged (TA) iPTH levels into three groups: low (iPTH < 150 pg/ml), medium (150 ≤ iPTH < 300 pg/ml), and high (iPTH ≥ 300 pg/ml).

Association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D level and inflammatory markers in hemodialysis-treated patients.

Objective: To investigate the relationship between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) level with novel inflammatory markers in hemodialysis-treated patients.

Methods: A total of 167 maintenance hemodialysis-treated patients were enrolled in this cross-sectional study. The patients were divided into vitamin D deficiency (a serum 25(OH)D level <20 ng/mL) and nondeficiency (a serum 25(OH)D level ≥20 ng/mL) groups.

Clinical Predictive Value of Phospholipase A2 Receptor Gene Polymorphism Combined with Subclass of Immunoglobulin G in Renal Tissues for Membranous Nephropathy.

Context: Idiopathic membranous nephropathy (IMN) is a common pathologic type of nephrotic syndrome, and the level of the M-type phospholipase A2 receptor (PLA2R) antibody can serve as one index for predicting its progression and prognosis. However, patients with the same level can show great differences in their responses and prognoses.

Objectives: The study aimed to explore the relationship between a PLA2R gene polymorphism combined with an immunoglobulin G (IgG) subclass in renal tissues and patients' responses to immunosuppressive therapy, to determine the clinical prognosis for IMN patients.

[Clinical research of Dahuang Fuzi decoction in auxiliary treatment of severe acute pancreatitis: a multi-center observation in 206 patients].

Objective: To observe the efficacy of Dahuang Fuzi decoction in patients with severe acute pancreatitis (SAP), and to provide valuable medical evidences for a treatment of SAP with combined traditional Chinese and western medicine.

Methods: A prospective, multi-center, randomized, controlled clinical trial was designed. Two hundred and six adult patients with SAP admitted to intensive care unit (ICU) in three tertiary university teaching hospitals in Dalian from January 2007 to February 2010 were randomly divided into two groups: soapsuds enema control group (control group, n=101) and Dahuang Fuzi decoction enema study group (study group, n=105).