Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2 requires hospitalization in a significant amount of patients. The hospitalization rate and disease severity increases in the elderly and patients with comorbidities such as diabetes, arterial hypertension, lung pathologies and obesity (Garg et
A meta-analysis of >100 prospective studies, showed that diabetes mellitus (DM) in general carries a two-fold excess risk of vascular outcomes (coronary artery disease, ischemic stroke, and vascular deaths), independent of other risk factors (1). Although type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) is far more
Introduction Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus is a metabolic syndrome associated with hyperglycemia due to defect in secretion or action of insulin or both. Long term hyperglycemia leads to complications of microvasculature involving the eyes, kidneys and nerves.
Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is the commonest
Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome is defined as the development of proteinuria, edema, hypoalbuminemia, and hyperlipidemia often presenting in the pediatric population. The underlying pathogenesis of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome is poorly understood but likely involves dysregulation of the immune
Preeclampsia is a multisystem disorder that complicates 3-5% of pregnancies and remains a major cause of maternal, fetal, and neonatal morbidity and mortality.(1)
Preeclampsia is characterized by the development of new onset hypertension (HTN) and the establishment of proteinuria. Other signs and
Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is the most common cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in adolescents. The refractory nature of FSGS and a more than 30% recurrence rate after kidney transplantation renders treatment of FSGS one of the most difficult challenges in pediatric nephrology.
Over one million infants are born to HIV-1-infected women every year in Sub Saharan Africa. In Zimbabwe, annual births stand at 379,000 with approximately 48,000 infants being born every year to HIV-1-infected women on lifelong highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Concerns have been
Background
End-stage renal disease:
End-stage renal disease is the eighteenth cause of deaths worldwide. Despite fairly stable incidences, the prevalence of End-stage renal disease on renal replacement therapy has doubled from 1990 to 2010 and the toll is expected to rise further in the coming
This trial is a two-part study (Part A and Part B) of adults with primary membranous nephropathy (MN), ages 18-75 inclusive. The study will be conducted at multiple sites in the United States and Canada.
Part A: Open-label Phase
Part A is an open-label, pharmacokinetics (PK) phase to compare
Introduction:
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a disease of alarmingly increasing prevalence (8 - 16%) associated with mortality [1]. CKD can progress towards end-stage renal disease (ESRD), requiring renal replacement therapy. ESRD currently accounts for 6.3% of the Medicare spending in the United
200 children aged 2-18 years that will be referred to the Sleep Disorders Center for overnight polysomnography due to suspected sleep disordered breathing or PLMD will be recruited to the study during their first visit in the sleep clinic. During that study, an informed consent will be completed by
At the beginning and during the course of the study the glycemic and ketone index obtained by the homologous blood glucose monitoring will be evaluated. During the study, prognostic biomarkers (sP2X7R, KIM-1, sTNFR1, 11-dehydro-tromoxane B2 and 6-keto-prostaglandin-F-1a (PGF1α)), which are presumed
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