Publications by authors named "Thida Myint"
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- Pauci-immune glomerulonephritis (GN) is a serious kidney condition linked to antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV), which can lead to high rates of kidney failure and mortality, highlighting the need for effective diagnostics.
- A study evaluated the effectiveness of measuring serum ANCA levels to diagnose AAV-related kidney involvement, using data from 507 kidney biopsies performed between 2016 and 2021.
- The results showed that positive ANCA tests had high sensitivity (97.6%) and reasonable specificity (71.2%), with an optimal ANCA cut-off of 1:160 improving specificity significantly (94.0%), suggesting that while
Unlabelled: Screening for polyomavirus infection after kidney transplantation is recommended by clinical practice guidelines, but cost-effectiveness of this strategy is uncertain. The aim of this study was to estimate the incremental costs and benefits of routine screening for polyomavirus infection compared with no screening in kidney transplant recipients.
Methods: Probabilistic Markov models were constructed to compare the health and economic benefits of routine screening for polyomavirus infection using real-time polymerase chain reaction assay.
Polyomavirus BK virus (BKPyV) infection is an important complication of kidney transplantation and allograft failure. The prevalence of viremia is 10%-15%, compared with BK-associated nephropathy (BKPyVAN) at 3%-5%. Given that there are no effective antiviral prophylaxis or treatment strategies for BKPyVAN, active screening to detect BKPyV viremia is recommended, particularly during the early posttransplant period.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The aim of this review is to critically appraise and summarize the quality of the measurement properties of all versions of the Stroke Specific Quality of Life Scale (SS-QOL) version 2.0.
Introduction: The Stroke Specific Quality of Life Scale version 2.
Aim: Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is a monogenetic disorder that leads to kidney failure. Our aim was to undertake a meta-analysis of randomized trials of interventions that have been hypothesized to reduce the progression of total kidney volume (TKV) and renal function in ADPKD.
Methods: Relevant trials were identified, and outcomes were: change in TKV, total cyst volume (TCV), renal function and adverse events.
Aim: Patients undergoing kidney and simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) transplants are younger and fitter than the general dialysis population. Intuitively these patients might have better quality of life (QOL) than the general dialysis population, but their QOL scores are not well characterized. The aim of this study was to compare QOL of patients about to undergo kidney or SPK transplants with Australian dialysis outcomes and practice patterns (DOPPS) data and multiple comorbidity and age-adjusted general population data.
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