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Disparity in utilization of combined kidney-liver transplantation in the United States.
Clin Transplant
September 2010
Departments of Medicine, Hines VA Hospital, Hines, IL and Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, USA.
Background: Orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) is performed as a definitive treatment of acute and chronic liver failure. The prevalence of acute and chronic kidney diseases is substantially higher in this population secondary to diverse etiologies. Combined kidney-liver transplantation (CKLT) is widely performed in some centers, even though there are no definitive studies which support or contradict this practice.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFProgression of kidney disease in type 2 diabetes - beyond blood pressure control: an observational study.
BMC Nephrol
June 2005
Department of Medicine Veterans Affairs Hospital Hines, IL and Loyola University Medical Center Maywood, IL, USA.
Background: The risk factors for progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) have not been fully elucidated. Although uncontrolled blood pressure (BP) is known to be deleterious, other factors may become more important once BP is treated.
Methods: All patients seen in the outpatient clinics of our hospital between January 1993 and September 2002 with type 2 DM and clinical evidence of CKD were evaluated.