Glycated Albumin is Independently Associated With Arterial Stiffness in Non-Diabetic Chronic Kidney Disease Patients.

Glycated albumin (GA) exhibits atherogenic effects and increased serum GA levels are associated with the development of cardiovascular complications in diabetic patients. GA production also increases with aging, oxidative stress, and renal dysfunction. We performed this study to further ascertain the association between GA and arterial stiffness in nondiabetic chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients.

Risk factors for developing hyponatremia in thyroid cancer patients undergoing radioactive iodine therapy.

Background: Due to the alarming increase in the incidence of thyroid cancer worldwide, more patients are receiving postoperative radioactive iodine (RAI) therapy and these patients are given a low-iodine diet along with levothyroxine withdrawal to induce a hypothyroid state to maximize the uptake of RAI by thyroid tissues. Recently, the reported cases of patients suffering from life-threatening severe hyponatremia following postoperative RAI therapy have increased. This study aimed to systematically assess risk factors for developing hyponatremia following RAI therapy in post-thyroidectomy patients.

Serum osteoprotegerin is associated with vascular stiffness and the onset of new cardiovascular events in hemodialysis patients.

Background/aims: Osteoprotegerin (OPG) and fetuin-A are vascular calcification regulators that may be related to high cardiovascular (CV) mortality in hemodialysis (HD) patients. We evaluated the relationship between OPG, fetuin-A, and pulse wave velocity (PWV), a marker of vascular stiffness, and determined whether OPG and fetuin-A were independent predictors of CV events in HD patients.

Methods: We conducted a prospective observational study in 97 HD patients.

Severe hyponatremia following radioactive iodine therapy in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer.

Background: Symptomatic hyponatremia in association with radioactive iodine (RAI) therapy for differentiated thyroid cancer has rarely been reported. Due to the increasing incidence of thyroid cancer worldwide, more patients are now receiving postoperative RAI therapy. We report two cases of life-threatening severe hyponatremia in association with RAI therapy.

Erratum: Asymptomatic renal pseudoaneurysm after percutaneous renal biopsy [Volume 32, Issue 2, June 2013, pp. 87-89].

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Asymptomatic renal pseudoaneurysm after percutaneous renal biopsy.

A 37-year-old man was referred to Division of Nephrology for a new renal cystic lesion that was found on ultrasonography. Four years prior to presentation, a percutaneous renal biopsy had been performed. Computed tomography scan showed a 4.

Risk factors affecting seroconversion after influenza A/H1N1 vaccination in hemodialysis patients.

Background: Hemodialysis (HD) patients have multiple causes of immune dysfunction and poor immune response to influenza vaccination. We investigated the antibody response rate to a pandemic H1N1/2009 influenza vaccination and clinical parameters influencing the induction of antibody responses in HD patients.

Methods: A total of 114 HD patients were vaccinated with a monovalent adjuvanted H1N1 inactivated influenza vaccine.