Background: Tumoral calcinosis is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by ectopic calcification and hyperphosphatemia.
Methods: We describe a family with tumoral calcinosis requiring amputations. The predominant metabolic anomaly identified in three affected family members was hyperphosphatemia.
Introduction: In Mexico, CAPD survival has been analyzed in few studies from the center of the country. However, there are concerns that such results may not represent what occurs in other province centers of our country, particularly in our geographical area.
Aim: To evaluate the patient and technique survival on CAPD of a single center of the west of Mexico, and compare them with other reported series.
Background And Aim: To what extent the serum levels of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) are related to histological characteristics of liver damage caused by hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) remains unclear.
Methods: Patients with a positive anti-HCV antibody titer confirmed by supplemental tests were evaluated by liver biopsy. We compared ALT levels in patients with and without renal damage, with similar histological grades and stages of inflammation and fibrosis.
Perit Dial Int
October 2006
Background: Patients with high peritoneal permeability have the greatest degree of inflammation on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD), which may be associated with their higher mortality. Nocturnal intermittent peritoneal dialysis (NIPD; "dry day") may decrease inflammation by reducing the contact between dialysate and peritoneum and/or providing better fluid overload control. Therefore, the aims of this study were to determine and compare serum and dialysate concentrations of C-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) of patients with high or high-average peritoneal transport on CAPD, changed to NIPD, and ultimately to continuous cyclic peritoneal dialysis (CCPD).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA total of 1,356 kidney transplants has been performed in the Hospital de Especialidades del Centro Médico Nacional de Occidente, IMSS, in Guadalajara Mexico, including 935 in the past 8 years. This represents an important increase of this activity in our country. Of the total transplants, 1,218 (90%) were from living donors and only 138 (10%) were from cadaveric donors, a number that we hope to increase.
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