Clinical presentation, treatment and outcome of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in Far North Queensland Australian adults.

Aim: The aim is to describe the clinical features, treatment and outcomes in Australian adults with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and identify predictors of disease progression and all-cause mortality.

Methods: The study included all patients with biopsy confirmed focal segmental glomerulosclerosis between January 1997 and June 2014 at participating hospitals. Clinical factors, histopathological findings, biochemical markers and treatments were analysed and potential predictors of doubling serum creatinine, end stage kidney disease or death identified.

Factors associated with patency following angioplasty of hemodialysis fistulae.

Purpose: Patency after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of native hemodialysis arteriovenous fistulae (AVFs) is highly variable. This study aimed to identify predictors of patency following angioplasty in native AVFs.

Materials And Methods: All endovascular procedures performed in native AVFs between 2005 and 2013 at two institutions were retrospectively reviewed.