Chronic kidney disease (CKD) presents a significant global health challenge, often progressing to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) necessitating renal replacement therapy (RRT). Late referral (LR) to nephrologists before RRT initiation is linked with adverse outcomes. However, data on CKD diagnosis and survival post-RRT initiation in Kazakhstan remain limited.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The epidemiology of dialysis patients has been little studied in developing countries and economies in transition. We examined the prevalence, incidence and mortality rate of dialysis patients in Kazakhstan, via aggregation and utilization of large-scale administrative healthcare data.
Methods: The registry data of 8898 patients receiving dialysis therapy between 2014 and 2018 years were extracted from the Unified National Electronic Health System (UNEHS) and linked with the national population registry of Kazakhstan.
The treatment for chronic active antibody-mediated rejection (CAMR) remains controversial. We investigated the efficacy of rituximab (RTX) and intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) for CAMR. Eighteen patients with CAMR were treated with RTX (375 mg/m(2)) and IVIg (0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFComparison of various antigenic preparations of Toxoplasma and of the methods for red cell sensitization with these antigens has shown that sensitization with Toxoplasma summary fraction, containing the cytoplasmic and envelope antigens, and rivanol, is the optimal method for preparing an erythrocytic diagnostic agent. A test with such a diagnosticum has proved to be much more effective than the complement fixation test. Though the results of the two tests correlate, this correlation is curvilinear, and therefore it is desirable to use both the tests for the diagnostic investigations.
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