Authors:Claudio Ronco Vicenza, G. LA Greca,
Publisher: S. Karger AG (Switzerland)
Keywords: rom, nephrology, contributions, technology, hemodialysis
Number of Pages: 450
Published: 2002-06
List price: $248.75
ISBN-10: 3805574231
ISBN-13: 9783805574235

Type-2 diabetic nephropathy is one of the major long-term microvascular complications occurring in nearly 40 per cent of diabetic patients in Japan. The purpose of this book is to review recent work on the genetic background, pathogenesis and treatment of this disorder and to provide the most up-to-date findings on these subjects in Japan. The pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy includes both metabolic and/or hemodynamic factors, as well as renal hypertrophy. Hyperglycemia is necessary, but not sufficient, for its initiation and progression: The toxicity of persistent hyperglycemia results fr

Authors:Claudio Ronco, Rinaldo Bellomo, Alessandra Brendol
Publisher: S. Karger AG (Switzerland)
Keywords: nephrology, care, vicenza, june, contributions, critical, course, multiple, kidney, organ, dysfunction, international, sepsis
Number of Pages: 404
Published: 2004-06-01
List price: $260.00
ISBN-10: 3805577559
ISBN-13: 9783805577557

Severe sepsis is among the most common causes of death in the United States and the most common cause of death in the Intensive Care Units worldwide, and its recognition and treatment remain the most important challenges of critical care medicine. Severe sepsis and septic shock have a profound effect on kidney function and the function of other organs through complex mechanisms, which involve the immune response, multiple pro and anti-inflammatory pathways, intracellular dysfunction and hemodynamic instability. Their optimal management requires complex knowledge of general medicine, immunology

Authors:Mohammed S. Razzaque, Takashi Taguchi, Mohammed S. R
Publisher: S. Karger AG (Switzerland)
Keywords: hemodialysis, contributions, nephrology, vicenza, international, disorders, cardiovascular, course
Number of Pages: 363
Published: 2005-05
List price: $207.25
ISBN-10: 3805579381
ISBN-13: 9783805579384

Hemodialysis therapy has become a well-established form of renal replacement, and due to continuous improvements in technology, a series of new biomaterials and techniques for the clinical routine have been developed. Nevertheless, cardiovascular disorders in hemodialysis and uremia represent one of the most important aspects of modern nephrological care. This publication is therefore dedicated to cardiovascular risk factors, the role of the endothelium, problems related to mineral disorders and finally to the possible impact of new technologies on the final outcome in hemodialysis. Being a st

Author: Italy International Course on Critical Care Nephro
Publisher: S. Karger AG (Switzerland)
Keywords: care, nephrology, vicenza, proceedings, contributions, critical, course, purification, intensive, international, blood
Number of Pages: 434
Published: 2001-05
List price: $248.75
ISBN-10: 3805572077
ISBN-13: 9783805572071

Critical care medicine has become established as a specialty with its own therapies and procedures, with significant implications for clinical nephrology regarding severe acute renal failure. This typically multi-factorial condition is today predominantly seen in intensive care units. The complex knowledge and skills necessary to handle it have resulted in a field called "critical care nephrology", where nephrologist and intensivist either work side by side or have formally acquired expertise and training in both specialties. Extracorporeal renal replacement therapies, although originally used