Bogdan Ene‐Iordache, Norberto Perico, Boris Bikbov, Sergio Carminati et al.
BACKGROUND: Chronic kidney disease is an important cause of global mortality and morbidity. Data for epidemiological features of chronic kidney disease and its risk factors are limited for low-income and middle-income countries. The International Society of Nephrology's Kidney Disease Data Center (I...
Verónica Miguel, Jessica Tituaña, J. Ignacio Herrero, Laura Herrero et al.
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) remains a major epidemiological, clinical, and biomedical challenge. During CKD, renal tubular epithelial cells (TECs) present a persistent inflammatory and profibrotic response. Fatty acid oxidation (FAO), the main source of energy for TECs, is reduced in kidney fibrosis...
Md. Ariful Islam, Md. Ziaul Hasan Majumder, Md. Alomgeer Hussein
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a dangerous ailment that can last a person's entire life and is caused by either kidney malignancy or decreased kidney functioning. It is feasible to halt or slow the progression of this chronic disease to an end-stage wherein dialysis or surgical intervention is the ...
Aminu K. Bello, Adeera Levin, Meaghan Lunney, Mohamed A. Osman et al.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the global capacity (availability, accessibility, quality, and affordability) to deliver kidney replacement therapy (dialysis and transplantation) and conservative kidney management. DESIGN: International cross sectional survey. SETTING: International Society of Nephrology (I...
Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Rakesh K. Srivastava
Chronic diseases have become a major cause of global morbidity and mortality even in developing countries. The burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in India cannot be assessed accurately. The approximate prevalence of CKD is 800 per million population (pmp), and the incidence of end-stage renal di...
Osasuyi Iyasere, Edwina A. Brown, Lina Johansson, Les Huson et al.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: In-center hemodialysis (HD) is often the default dialysis modality for older patients. Few centers use assisted peritoneal dialysis (PD), which enables treatment at home. This observational study compared quality of life (QoL) and physical function between older patients o...
Lee‐Ming Chuang, Shang‐Wen Tsai, B Huang, T Y Tai
AIMS: To establish the status of diabetes control in Asia, the Diabcare-Asia 198 study collected data from 230 diabetes centres in Bangladesh, People's Republic of China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam from March to December 1...
Mehedi Hasan, Ipsita Sutradhar, Rajat Das Gupta, Malabika Sarker
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is becoming a major public health problem around the world. But the prevalence has not been reported in South Asian region as a whole. This study aimed to systematically review the existing data from population based studies in this region to bridge this gap. Articles pu...
Georgi Abraham, Santosh Varughese, Thiagarajan Thandavan, Arpana Iyengar et al.
In many developing countries in the South Asian region, screening for chronic diseases in the community has shown a widely varying prevalence. However, certain geographical regions have shown a high prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) of unknown etiology. This predominantly affects the young ...
Marshall D. Lindheimer, David Kanter
This review and opinion article focuses on the definitions and meanings of abnormal protein excretion in pregnancy, asking the following questions: Are our tests to determine abnormal proteinuria adequately performed? Are current guidelines for diagnosis of excessive proteinuria, especially when use...
Yeoungjee Cho, Aminu K. Bello, Adeera Levin, Meaghan Lunney et al.
Rationale & Objective Approximately 11% of people with kidney failure worldwide are treated with peritoneal dialysis (PD). This study examined PD use and practice patterns across the globe. Study Design A cross-sectional survey. Setting & Participants Stakeholders including clinicians, policy makers...
Roberto Pecoits‐Filho, Ikechi G. Okpechi, Jo‐Ann Donner, David C.H. Harris et al.
A large gap between the number of people with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) who received kidney replacement therapy (KRT) and those who needed it has been recently identified, and it is estimated that approximately one-half to three-quarters of all people with ESKD in the world may have died prema...
Htay Htay, Mona Alrukhaimi, Gloria Ashuntantang, Aminu K. Bello et al.
Access to essential medications and health products is critical to effective management of kidney disease. Using data from the ISN Global Kidney Health Atlas multinational cross-sectional survey, global access of patients with kidney disease to essential medications and health products was examined....
Shamima Akter, Ahsan Habib, Md. Ashiqul Islam, Md. Sagar Hossen et al.
The incidence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is rising rapidly around the globe. Asymptomatic CKD is common and guideline-directed monitoring to predict CKD by various factors is underutilized. Computer-aided automated diagnostic (CAD) can play a major role to predict CKD. CAD systems such as deep ...
Rohini Mathur, Gavin Dreyer, Magdi Yaqoob, Sally Hull
OBJECTIVE: To determine ethnic differences in the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and risk of end-stage renal failure (ESRF) and death in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and to identify predictors of rapid renal decline. DESIGN: Observational community-based cohort study und...