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End-Stage Renal Disease, Inflammation and Cardiovascular Outcomes by Dai, Lu, Golembiewska, Edyta, Lindholm, Bengt, Stenvinkel, Peter

“…Despite marked improvements in renal replacement therapy during the last 30 years, the age-adjusted mortality rate in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients…”
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Expanded Hemodialysis: A New Therapy for a New Class of Membranes by Ronco, Claudio, La Manna, Gaetano

“…A wide spectrum of molecules is retained in end-stage kidney disease, normally defined as uremic toxins. These solutes have different molecular weights and…”
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Physical Activity and Health in Chronic Kidney Disease by Wilund, Kenneth R, Thompson, Stephanie, Viana, João L, Wang, Angela Yee-Moon

“…Clinical Background and Epidemiology: Low physical activity is a common phenotype in individuals living with chronic kidney disease (CKD). It increases as…”
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Inflammation and Protein-Energy Wasting in the Uremic Milieu by Jankowska, Magdalena, Cobo, Gabriela, Lindholm, Bengt, Stenvinkel, Peter

“…Inflammation is normally a protective and physiological response to harmful stimuli, but typically becomes an uncontrolled, maladaptive, and persistent process…”
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Chemical-Physical Mechanisms of Adsorption for Blood Purification by Copelli, Sabrina, Lorenzin, Anna, Ronco, Claudio

“…The removal of soluble toxins from blood is necessary in patients with severe kidney failure. The majority of blood purification techniques are based on the…”
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Oxiris Membrane in Sepsis and Multiple Organ Failure by Cecchi, Matteo, Ulsamer, Arnau, Villa, Gianluca

“…Sepsis and multiple organ failure (MOF) are characterized by multiple hemodynamic changes and imbalanced immune response of the patient. Oxiris is a highly…”
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Liver Support Techniques in Acute and Hyperacute Liver Failure by Chaudhary, Sanjay, Kashani, Kianoush B

“…With the growing prevalence of acute liver failure or acute-on-chronic liver failure, on the one hand, and the limited supply of liver organs for…”
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Hemoperfusion with CytoSorb®: Current Knowledge on Patient Selection, Timing, and Dosing by Klinkmann, Gerd, Koball, Sebastian, Reuter, Daniel A, Mitzner, Steffen

“…Direct hemoperfusion with the CytoSorb® adsorbent has experienced widespread use in several critical care settings including sepsis and multiorgan failure. The…”
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Rationale for Adsorption in Extracorporeal Blood Purification by Reis, Thiago, Reis, Fábio, Fagundes, Jr, Antônio, da Hora Passos, Rogério, Neves, Francisco de Assis Rocha

“…A strong rationale supports the development of adsorption-based extracorporeal blood purification in conditions such as sepsis, acute kidney disease, uremia,…”
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Extracorporeal Sorbent Technologies: Basic Concepts and Clinical Application by Clark, William R, Ferrari, Fiorenza, La Manna, Gaetano, Ronco, Claudio

“…Limitations imposed by the characteristics of some solutes and the structure of dialysis membranes have spurred new interest in the use of mechanisms beyond…”
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Fibroblast Growth Factor 23: Mineral Metabolism and Beyond by Grabner, Alexander, Mazzaferro, Sandro, Cianciolo, Giuseppe, Krick, Stefanie, Capelli, Irene, Rotondi, Silverio, Ronco, Claudio, La Manna, Gaetano, Faul, Christian

“…Patients affected by chronic kidney disease (CKD) exhibit a high risk of cardiovascular mortality that is poorly explained by traditional risk factors. There…”
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Changing spectrum of biopsy-proven primary glomerular diseases over the past 15 years: a single-center study in China by Pan, Xiaoxia, Xu, Jing, Ren, Hong, Zhang, Wen, Xu, Yaowen, Shen, Pingyan, Li, Xiao, Wang, Weiming, Chen, Xiaonong, Wu, Pei, Feng, Xiaobei, Hao, Cuilan, Chen, Nan

“…The prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is reported to be 10.8-11.8% of the Chinese population. With economic development and longer life expectancy,…”
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Reasons for Disparities in Access to Kidney Transplantation by Veras de Sandes-Freitas, Tainá, Abbud-Filho, Mário, Garcia, Valter Duro

“…Clinical Background: Kidney transplantation (KT) is the best treatment for most patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), providing better survival and…”
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Clinical Complications of Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy by Sigwalt, Florent, Bouteleux, Axelle, Dambricourt, François, Asselborn, Théo, Moriceau, Florent, Rimmelé, Thomas

“…The various complications of continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) are mostly preventable. Hemodynamic disturbances are dominated by hypotension due to…”
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Evidence for the Clinical Advantages of Predilution On-Line Hemodiafiltration by Masakane, Ikuto, Kikuchi, Kan, Kawanishi, Hideki

“…On-line hemodiafiltration (OL-HDF) is a rapidly developing dialysis modality that is expected to ameliorate the quality of life and survival rate of chronic…”
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Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy Quality Control and Performance Measures by Shen, Bo, Xu, Jiarui, Wang, Yimei, Jiang, Wuhua, Teng, Jie, Ding, Xiaoqiang

“…Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) is one of the most predominant forms of renal replacement therapy (RRT) currently in use now, this therapy being…”
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Citrate Anticoagulation during Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy by Ricci, Davide, Panicali, Laura, Facchini, Maria Grazia, Mancini, Elena

“…During extracorporeal dialysis, some anticoagulation strategy is necessary to prevent the coagulation of blood. Heparin has historically been used as an…”
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Obesity, metabolic syndrome and diabetic nephropathy by Maric, Christine, Hall, John E

“…Diabetic nephropathy is becoming an increasingly important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide owing to the increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes,…”
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Pediatric Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy by Ricci, Zaccaria, Goldstein, Stuart L

“…Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) and peritoneal dialysis are the preferred forms of dialysis delivery in critically ill children for the treatment…”
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The pathogenesis of acute kidney injury and the toxic triangle of oxygen, reactive oxygen species and nitric oxide by Aksu, Ugur, Demirci, Cihan, Ince, Can

“…Despite the identification of several of the cellular mechanisms thought to underlie the development of acute kidney injury (AKI), the pathophysiology of AKI…”
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