SGLT-2 inhibitors may increase ultrafiltration in incident peritoneal dialysis patients: a case report.

Background: Adequate fluid removal to achieve euvolemic status can be difficult in patients with incident peritoneal dialysis (PD). Limited treatments such as increased high dextrose PD solutions and icodextrin are currently available. We reported four incident PD patients whose' ultrafiltration volume was increased after sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors.

CA125 for the Diagnosis of Advanced Urothelial Carcinoma of the Bladder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Background: Urothelial carcinoma of the bladder (UCB) is the second most common genitourinary cancer. This study aims to assess the diagnostic accuracy of CA125 in advanced UCB.

Methods: We searched prevalent studies in PubMed, the Cochrane Library, Scopus, Embase, the Web of Science China National Knowledge Infrastructure database, and Wanfang data before October 2022.

Haloarene-guided cascade arylation of cyclic vinylogous esters under palladium catalysis.

A method is presented for the synthesis of diaryl cyclic vinylogous esters. The sequence of C(sp)-H arylation events is programed under the differentiated reactivity of the aryl halides, and the optimized reaction system is effectively diverted from producing dihomo-arylated products. The site selectivity of the second arylation is notably modulated by the substitution pattern of the substrates.

Repeated centrifuging and washing concentrates bacterial samples in peritoneal dialysis for optimal culture: an original article.

Background: Bacterial cultures allow the identification of infectious disease pathogens. However, obtaining the results of conventional culture methods is time-consuming, taking at least two days. A more efficient alternative is the use of concentrated bacterial samples to accelerate culture growth.

Association of diabetes, education level, and care dependency with use of temporary vascular access in patients with chronic kidney disease.

Objective: Temporary vascular access (TVA) is frequently used during the first dialysis in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), and it is associated with an increased risk of infection, central vein stenosis, and mortality. Here, factors associated with TVA in patients with CKD were explored.

Methods: This study included patients in a single-center CKD care program who initiated long-term renal replacement therapy.

Text mining in a literature review of urothelial cancer using topic model.

Background: Urothelial cancer (UC) includes carcinomas of the bladder, ureters, and renal pelvis. New treatments and biomarkers of UC emerged in this decade. To identify the key information in a vast amount of literature can be challenging.

Maximum Glomerular Filtration Decline Rate is Associated with Mortality and Poor Renal Outcome in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients.

Background: Glomerular filtrate rate (GFR) decline is associated with increased risk of dialysis in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). It is unclear whether the maximum, the minimum, or the average of GFR decline rate is associated with the risk of mortality and the initiation of renal replacement therapy (RRT). We investigated prognostic role of the maximum, the minimum, and the average of GFR decline rate in patients with CKD not yet on dialysis.

Abdominal aortic calcification score can predict future coronary artery disease in hemodialysis patients: a 5-year prospective cohort study.

Background: Abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) has been known to be associated with cardiovascular mortality in hemodialysis. However, the association between AAC and future coronary artery disease (CAD) occurrence is not clear. We aimed to clarify the association of AAC severity and the occurrence of future CAD events in hemodialysis patients.

Vegetarian diet may ameliorate uremic pruritus in hemodialysis patients.

Objectives: Systemic inflammation has been reported to be associated with uremic pruritus (UP). Although a vegetarian diet can reduce systemic inflammation in hemodialysis patients, the effect of vegetarian diet on UP is not clear. The purpose of the study was to know the possible effects of vegetarian diet on UP.

Abdominal aortic calcification score predicts the occurrence of coronary artery disease in middle-aged peritoneal dialysis patients.

Aim: Abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) score in dialysis patients was associated with coronary artery disease (CAD) in cross-sectional study, but the use of AAC score in the CAD prediction was not clear. We aimed to use AAC score in the estimation of CAD occurrence in middle-aged peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients.

Methods: Middle-aged (45-65 years old) PD patients were recruited and followed up until CAD occurrence, patient mortality, or PD failure.

Hypothyroidism is associated with all-cause mortality in a national cohort of chronic haemodialysis patients.

Aim: The prevalence of hypothyroidism is high in haemodialysis (HD) patients and hypothyroidism increases all-cause mortality in HD patients. Comorbidities are common in HD patients and are associated with both mortality and hypothyroidism. The aim of the study is to explore the effect of the interactions of comorbidities and hypothyroidism on all-cause mortality in HD patients.

Contrast Medium Exposure During Computed Tomography and Risk of Development of End-Stage Renal Disease in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Nationwide Population-Based, Propensity Score-Matched, Longitudinal Follow-Up Study.

The aim of the study was to investigate the long-term association between contrast medium exposure during computed tomography (CT) and the subsequent development of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). We conducted a population-based cohort study using Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database. A total of 7100 patients with nonadvanced CKD who underwent contrast medium-enhanced CT were identified and served as the study cohort.