Aim: Longevity of peritoneal membrane is an important issue in patients treated with peritoneal dialysis (PD). In our study, we studied the impact of angiotensin receptor 1 (AGT R1) and aldosterone syn- thase (CYP11B2) gene polymorphism on peritoneal concentrations of interleukin-6 (PI-IL-6), vascul ...

Objective. To document the effect of a diet free from animal-sourced nutrients on body composition indices. Methods. This was a nonrandomized interventional ()-control () trial with a 10-week, low-fat, plant-based diet supplemented with two daily meal replacements. The meals were allowed to be eaten ...

Background & aims
Physical performance deficits in kidney failure predict mortality and quality of life. We aimed to quantify deficits in multiple motor abilities, investigate associations of lean and fat tissue content with test results and analyzed performance of sarcopenic individuals with adipos ...

Radio-cephalic arteriovenous fistula is a prototype hemodialysis access with small incidences of infection and distal ischemia, it spares proximal veins for future access use and it helps in the maturation of veins that may be used for more proximal access creations. This access type is prone to hig ...

Aims: Kidney biopsy remains the gold standard for accurately diagnosing renal diseases. Urinalysis and assessment of renal function are the cornerstones for assessment of patients prior to biopsy. There is significant overlap in the results of routine urine parameters (proteinuria, erythrocyturia, l ...

Objectives: To evaluate the role of urinary vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) as an early predictor of chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression in patients with glomerular diseases. Methods: We prospectively included patients with proteinuria and CKD grade 1 – 5 due to glomerular disease at ...

A decrement of upper extremity motor performance is a concern with vascular access creation. We analyzed differences in handgrip strength, tapping test and anthropometric indices of arms with and without vascular access (N = 87) and compared them to bilateral differences in control subjects (N = 140 ...

To reduce the need for a large number of executed physical function tests we examined inter‐relations and determined predictive power for daily physical activity of the following tests: 6‐min walk, 10 repetition sit‐to‐stand, time up‐and‐go, Storke balance, handgrip strength, upper limb tapping and ...

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Six-minute walk test in dialysis population hasn’t been consistently evaluated for the isolated impact of renal failure and other predictive factors. We measured six-minute walk distance in patients representative for low level of comorbidity and searched for potentially modifiable predic ...

Objective: We quantified the isolated impact of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) on physical performance under contemporary hemodialysis treatment independent of comorbid diseases, characterized principal anthropometric components, and adjusted for their influence and compared associations of C-reacti ...

Peritoneal dialysis is troubled with declining utilisation as a form of renal replacement therapy in developed countries. We review key aspects of therapy evidenced to have a potential to increase its utilisation. The best evidence to repopulate PD programmes is provided for the positive impact of t ...

Glucocorticoids have been used in clinical medicine since 1940s. Despite the time-long use they are still a subject of active ongoing research. We describe the mode of action, pharmacology and side effects to enable proper prescription of these drugs. Glucocorticoids exert genomic and non-genomic ef ...