Long-term effects of citric acid-based bicarbonate haemodialysis on patient outcomes: a survival propensity score-matched study in western France.

Background: Citric acid-based bicarbonate haemodialysis (CIT-HD) has gained more clinical acceptance over the last few years in France and is a substitute for other acidifiers [e.g. acetic acid (CH3COOH) and hydrochloric acid (HCl)].

[Disseminated tuberculosis revealed by obstructive and prerenal acute kidney failure].

A 56-year-old Philippine seaman without any medical history presented an obstructive and prerenal acute kidney failure near the coasts of Normandy. He was hospitalized in intensive care units because of the seriousness of kidney failure and because of impaired consciousness. Abdominal computed tomography showed a destroyed left kidney, a right hydronephrosis and ureteral strictures, which is typical of urinary tuberculosis.

Are all dialyzers compatible with the convective volumes suggested for postdilution online hemodiafiltration?

Introduction: The recent analysis of 4 randomized controlled trials has confirmed the lower mortality risk for postdilution online hemodiafiltration (OL-HDF) compared to hemodialysis, and above all for patients with the highest delivered body surface area standardized convective volume (CV/BSA >23 L/1.73 m²/session). Since the impact of the dialyzers used in these trials has never been studied, we retrospectively analyzed clinical tests carried out with 19 commonly used dialyzers.

Acute and chronic nephropathy induced by fluindione must be addressed.

Background: Among the vitamin K antagonists (VKA), indanedione-derived VKA is suspected to induce an immunoallergic risk. One indanedione-derived VKA, fluindione, is still being used in France. The aim of this study was to evaluate the contribution of VKA to acute and chronic nephritis.

Factors affecting outcome and prognosis in membranous lupus nephropathy.

Background: This study was designed to review the prognosis and the predictors of renal outcome in patients with membranous lupus nephropathy (MLN) with no or mild mesangial proliferation.

Methods: The medical records of patients (n=66) with biopsy-proven MLN, WHO class VA, and class VB without any past history of proliferative lupus nephropathy (PLN) were reviewed retrospectively.

Results: The mean follow-up was 6.

Survival of elderly patients on peritoneal dialysis: retrospective study of 292 patients, from 1982 to 1999.

Background: Dialysis is becoming increasingly frequent in patients over 75 years of age. Age is a superimposed comorbid factor commonly associated with poor prognosis in these patients.

Objective: To analyze the survival of 292 patients aged over 75 years on initiation of peritoneal dialysis (PD) from September 1982 to September 1999.

Vimentin affects localization and activity of sodium-glucose cotransporter SGLT1 in membrane rafts.

It has been reported that vimentin, a cytoskeleton filament that is expressed only in mesenchymal cells after birth, is re-expressed in epithelial cells in vivo under pathological conditions and in vitro in primary culture. Whether vimentin re-expression is only a marker of cellular dedifferentiation or is instrumental in the maintenance of cell structure and/or function is a matter of debate. To address this issue, we used renal proximal tubular cells in primary culture from vimentin-null mice (Vim(-/-)) and from wild-type littermates (Vim(+/+)).