Nutrient intake assessed with Diet History Questionnaire II, in relation to long-term calcium-phosphate control in hemodialysis patients with end-stage renal failure.

Background: Diet is a key factor that determines proper alignment of calcium-phosphate and nutritional status among hemodialysis (HD) patients.

Objectives: To assess the nutrient intake in relation to long-term calcium-phosphate control in HD patients with end-stage renal failure.

Material And Methods: The study included 107 patients (66 men, 41 women) from 10 dialysis centers in the Upper Silesia region of Poland.

N-Terminal Prohormone of Brain Natriuretic Peptide but not C-Terminal Pre-Pro Vasopressin (Copeptin) Level is Associated with the Response to Antihypertensive Therapy in Haemodialysis Patients.

Background/aims: Volume overload, frequently clinically asymptomatic is considered as a causative factor limiting the effectiveness of antihypertensive therapy in haemodialysis (HD) patients. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess plasma levels of N-terminal fragment of the prohormone brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and a C-terminal portion of the precursor of vasopressin (CT-proAVP, copeptin), surrogate markers of volume overload in HD patients in relation to the number of antihypertensive drugs used in the hypertension treatment.

Methods: One hundred and fifty adult HD patients (92 males) were enrolled into this study.

Relationship between plasma levels of zonulin, bacterial lipopolysaccharides, D-lactate and markers of inflammation in haemodialysis patients.

Background: Increased permeability of the intestinal wall and intestinal dysbiosis may contribute to chronic systemic inflammation, one of the causes of accelerated atherosclerosis and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality burden in patients with chronic kidney disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between markers of intestinal permeability and inflammation in haemodialysis (HD) patients.

Methods: Plasma concentration of zonulin, haptoglobin, TNFα, IL6, D-lactates and bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPS) was assessed in blood samples obtained after overnight fast before midweek morning HD session in 150 stable, prevalent HD patients.

Functional deficiency of vitamin K in hemodialysis patients in Upper Silesia in Poland.

Purpose: Functional vitamin K deficiency (both K1 and K2) is postulated to be one of the most relevant links between chronic kidney disease and vascular calcification in hemodialysis (HD) patients. Recommended dietary restrictions in HD patients superimposed on diversity of eating habits across the countries may affect the prevalence of functional vitamin K deficiency. The aim of this study was to determine the level of functional vitamin K deficiency and its relation to vitamin K1 intake in HD patients in Upper Silesia in Poland.

Daily magnesium intake and hypermagnesemia in hemodialysis patients with chronic kidney disease.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate daily magnesium intake and the relation to its serum concentration in hemodialysis (HD) patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Design: This is a prospective, open-label, cross-sectional clinical study analyzing daily magnesium intake based on nutritional questionnaire.

Participants: A total of 101 HD patients with CKD were screened for hypermagnesemia.

[Aristolochic acid nephropathy].

Aristolochic acid nephropathy is a chronic, fibrosing, interstitial nephritis caused by aristolochic acid (AA), which is a component of the plants of Aristolochiacae family. It was first reported in 1993, in Belgium as a Chinese herb nephropathy, in patients who received a slimming regimen containing AA. The term aristolochic acid nephropathy also includes Balcan endemic nephropathy and other endemic tubulointerstitial fibrosis.

Mesothelial cell transplantation.

Mesothelial cells are an integral part of the peritoneum and play an important role in maintaining its structural and functional properties. In the recent years a number of studies on mesothelial cells have been performed to evaluate the localization, secretional properties and the ability of regeneration and transdifferentiation of these cells. They are also involved in the repair of the peritoneum damage following surgery or peritonitis.

[Influence of recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) on plasma levels of selected hormones in females with rheumatoid arthritis].

During recent years, it was shown, that treatment with recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) stimulates erythropoiesis in patients both with renal and nonrenal anaemia. Additionally in patients with chronic renal failure treated with rHuEPO a significant, however only transient, influence on function of endocrine glands was also found. The present study aimed to asses for the first time the influence of rHuEPO on function of endocrine organs in anaemic patients with rheumatoid arthritis and normal renal function.

Plasma neuropeptide Y concentration in kidney transplant patients during the early posttransplant period.

Objectives: Haemodialysed patients with chronic renal failure are characterized by elevated plasma neuropeptide Y (NPY) concentration. Successful kidney transplantation is followed by a regression of the uraemic state and normalization of hormonal and metabolic abnormalities. The aim of the present study was to assess the influence of successful kidney transplantation on plasma NPY concentration in patients with chronic renal failure.

[Acute renal failure in a patient with disseminated intravascular coagulation accompanied by acute promyelocytic leukemia: a case report, diagnostic difficulties].

A 24-years old female patient with acute renal failure and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) accompanied by acute promielocytic leukemia (APL) is described. The typical for APL features of DIC was dominated by signs of shock, acute renal failure and acute respiratory failure. The absence of blasts in peripheral blood was the reason of diagnostic difficulties and delayed treatment of leukaemia.