Comparison of Nutrition Profile and Diet Record Between Veteran and Nonveteran End-Stage Renal Disease Patients Receiving Hemodialysis in Veterans Affairs and Community Clinics in Metropolitan South-Central Texas.

Background: U.S. military veterans have high rates of chronic disease and social disadvantage, which are risk factors for protein-energy wasting (PEW).

Acute kidney injury associated with metamizole sodium ingestion.

Metamizole sodium, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, has been widely used in the last 100 years. Its efficacy as an analgesic and antipyretic is unquestionable. Only few cases of acute kidney injury (AKI) induced by metamizole sodium were reported in the medical literature.

Effects of omega-3 on lipid profile and inflammation markers in peritoneal dialysis patients.

Introduction: Cardiovascular complications are the main cause of mortality in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients generally have a more atherogenic serum lipid profile. Although statins are the cornerstone of lipid-lowering therapy, there is an important role of fibrates in the treatment of hypertriglyceridemia.

Tomato-rich (Mediterranean) diet does not modify inflammatory markers.

Background: The Mediterranean diet is rich in lycopene and has been reported to reduce cardiovascular events. The mechanism of prevention of cardiovascular events has not been clearly established. Our aim was to study the effects of a tomatoes-rich diet on markers of vascular inflammation.

Effects of tomatoes on the lipid profile.

Purpose: The Mediterranean diet has been reported to reduce cardiovascular mortality and morbidity considerably. Tomatoes and lycopene are considered potent antioxidants. Our purpose was to study the effects of a tomatoe-rich diet on the lipid profile following 300g daily of tomatoes for one month.

Endothelial function in patients with sickle cell anemia during and after sickle cell crises.

Background: Prior studies have demonstrated increased adherence of sickle cell erythrocytes to vascular endothelial cells. While decreased production of nitric oxide and increased production of adhesion molecules have been implicated in this pathophysiology, the relative contribution of these mechanisms during acute sickle cell crises as compared to steady state conditions have not been elucidated.

Methods And Results: We studied 10 consecutive young adult patients presenting with a sickle cell crisis.

First-degree atrioventricular block and restrictive physiology as cardiac manifestations of Fabry's disease.

Fabry's disease is an X-linked disorder of glycosphingolipid catabolism related to the defective activity of glycosphingolipid, mainly ceramide trihexoside, in the vascular smooth muscle, myocardium, cells of the sympathetic central nervous system, and epithelial cells of renal glomeruli. We describe a young man who had Fabry's disease and unusual electrocardiographic and echocardiographic patterns at admission for treatment of left leg cellulitis. Findings included a prolonged PR interval and a right bundle branch block pattern, no echocardiographic signs of septal or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and a restrictive physiologic pattern.