Publications by authors named "N Garra"
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- Intradialytic hypotension (IDH) is a significant health issue for hemodialysis patients, leading to serious complications, and this study explored methods to prevent it.
- Ten male patients with frequent IDH episodes participated in a crossover study comparing "wet" sessions (immersion in warm water) to standard "dry" hemodialysis sessions.
- Results showed no symptomatic hypotension during wet sessions and a stable blood pressure, while a significant drop occurred during dry sessions, indicating that water immersion may help manage IDH by improving blood volume distribution.
Background/aims: Residual kidney function (RKF) is a pivotal predictor of better clinical outcomes in maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients. So far there has been no attempt to use bioimpedance analysis (BIA) measurements to calculate residual glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in dialysis population. We hypothesized that performing of multi-frequency BIA at the beginning and end of hemodialysis session can enable us to predict the measured residual GFR in MHD patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The significance of asymptomatic bacteriuria in maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients remains controversial. We hypothesized that the presence of asymptomatic bacteriuria as a sole clinical manifestation of urinary tract infection (UTI) in asymptomatic MHD patient may contribute to the chronic inflammatory response. Our aim was to explore the relationship between asymptomatic bacteriuria and elevated levels of inflammatory markers in MHD patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: Prophylactic and pre-emptive therapy with oral valganciclovir for cytomegalovirus infection in renal transplant recipients.
Background: Cytomegalovirus infection is a very important health problem in solid organ transplant recipients (SOT). Once-daily valganciclovir has been shown to be as clinically effective and well tolerated as oral ganciclovir tid in the prevention of CMV infection in high risk SOT recipients.
Background: Liver cirrhosis with ascites is associated with a decrease in renal sodium excretion and therefore sodium retention.
Methods: In this paper, we utilize transporter-specific antibodies to address the hypothesis that dysregulation of one or more sodium transporters or channels is associated with sodium chloride (NaCl) retention in a rat model of cirrhosis induced by repeated exposure to carbon tetrachloride. Age-matched controls and cirrhotic rats were pair fed to ensure identical NaCl and water intake for 4 days prior to euthanasia for quantitative immunoblotting studies.