Levin Nw

Improvement in Kidney Function: A Real Occurrence

Levin Nw, Ornt Db, Andreas Pierratos, Pipkin Mf et autres

Challenges for chronic dialysis in the new millennium.

Polaschegg Hd, Levin Nw

Although significant technical advances have occurred in the dialysis industry in the last 20 to 30 years, their collective impact on clinical outcomes has been less well-documented than their commercial successes. This article delineates the technical, administrative, and socioeconomic challenges which must …

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Renal disease in the managed care setting: selection and monitoring of outcome criteria.

Ramon G. Hannah, Levin Nw, Richard London, Osheroff Wj

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Quality of life and hematocrit level.

Levin Nw

As the anemia that accompanies chronic renal failure (CRF) is successfully treated with recombinant human erythropoietin (epoetin), striking improvements in overall quality of life have been noted in several clinical studies of patients receiving chronic hemodialysis. A review of available clinical data …

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Income and survival in chronic dialysis patients.

F. K. Port, R A Wolfe, Levin Nw, Guire Ke et autres

The relationship between income and survival rates for chronic dialysis patients in Michigan was examined. To evaluate the relative risk (RR) of dying, by income, a Cox survival regression model was used to adjust for age, race (black versus white), gender, dialytic …

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The effect of cooled dialysate on thermal energy balance in hemodialysis patients.

Robert Provenzano, Boutros Peter Sawaya, Stanley Frinak, Polaschegg Hd et autres

The authors have monitored extracorporeal thermal energy balance using continuous in-line arterial and venous temperature and blood flow measurements. Use of dialysate at 37 degrees C resulted in a mean heat energy gain of 83 +/- 61 cal/min, whereas dialysate at 34 …

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Use of cyclosporine and Minnesota antilymphoblast globulin in the early postoperative treatment of primary cadaveric renal transplant recipients.

Warren Lee Kupin, Venkat Kk, Oh Hk, Stanley G. Dienst et autres

Adult polycystic kidney disease: presymptomatic diagnosis for genetic counselling.

Shobha Sahney, M A Sandler, Lester Weiss, Levin Nw et autres

We evaluated 30 first degree relatives of 9 patients with end-stage renal disease secondary to adult polycystic kidney disease. The diagnostic accuracy of renal ultrasonography was compared with intravenous pyelogram with nephrotomography. In 27 patients the two tests were in agreement. In …

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Effect of diabetes mellitus on renal metabolism.

Pedro Cortés, Francis Dumler, Venkatachalam Kk, Levin Nw

Renal scleroderma: comparison of different modalities of treatment.

Rose‐Marie Javier, Francis Dumler, Levin Nw

A patient with scleroderma and severe renal failure was initially treated with hemodialysis and minoxidil (Loniten) without any improvement in her skin involvement. At a later date bilateral nephrectomy and a successful cadaveric renal transplant were performed. Her cutaneous manifestations have improved …

Advantage of long-term alternate day steroid therapy in renal transplantation: a controlled study.

Francis Dumler, Levin Nw, G Szego, A T Vulpetti et autres

18F scintigraphy in the early diagnosis of osteonecrosis of the femoral head in chronic hemodialysis and transplantation.

Francis Dumler, A T Vulpetti, Levin Nw

Osteonecrosis of the femoral head results in an increased uptake of 18F due to a reparative reaction in the necrotic area and its surroundings. Twenty hemodialysis and twenty-seven post-transplant patients were studied serially. In the hemodialysis group, nine patients had positive scintigraphs …