Review on uremic toxins: Classification, concentration, and interindividual variability.
Background The choice of the correct concentration of potential uremic toxins for in vitro, ex vivo, …

Background Early haemodynamic assessment is of particular importance in the evaluation
of haemodynamically compromised patients, but is often precluded by the invasiveness and …

Microalbuminuria (MA), conventionally defined as a urinary albumin excretion (UAE) of 30–300
mg/day, is recognised as a marker of endothelial dysfunction. Furthermore, it represents …

Background Radiographic contrast agents can cause a reduction in renal function that may
be due to reactive oxygen species. Whether the reduction can be prevented by the …

Background and Purpose— In hypertensive stroke patients, for the same level of blood pressure
control, eprosartan will be more effective than nitrendipine in reducing cerebrovascular …

Background and Purpose— The Acute Candesartan Cilexetil Therapy in Stroke Survivors (ACCESS)
study was designed to assess the safety of modest blood pressure reduction by …

… In this protocol each workload corresponds with an increase of 25 W for a patient of 75 kg
weight. Assessment of maximal oxygen uptake is the gold standard for the determination of …

… 4 to 3.5×R)×UF/W, where R is the post/preplasma urea nitrogen ratio; UF is the ultrafiltrate
volume (liters) removed; and W is the postdialysis weight (kg). Mean Kt/V values were 1.4±0.3. …

… Zidek contributed towards analysis or interpretation of data, and revision of the manuscript.
… Unger, W. Zidek have given lectures sponsored by Aventis Pharma, and other major …

Objective Twenty-four-hour blood pressure measurement is of importance not only in the
detection of hypertension but also in the detection of blood pressure changes in hypertensive …