The decision to proceed with renal transplantation is made on the basis of a given patient having irreversible end-stage renal disease (ESRD) or near ESRD. In the case of patients with slowly ...

To determine the validity of endogenous creatinine clearance as a measure of glomerular filtration rate in patients with renal disease 308 simultaneous determinations of inulin clearance and ...

Muscle atrophy Study reveals greater likelihood of decreased walking speed and more rapid declines in lower-extremity strength. Lower serum creatinine clearance is associated with muscle atrophy, ...

Although they share similar names, creatine and creatinine are two distinct compounds. Creatine is a naturally occurring substance in your brain and muscle tissue that gives your muscles energy.

Some elderly patients show gradual increases in creatinine even when hypertension, blood glucose levels, etc., are well controlled. When should these patients be referred to nephrology or come in for ...

Tophaceous disease occurs early in the course of gout in approximately 15% people. The presence of tophi is strongly associated with features of chronic joint inflammation, pain and activity ...

Two indices of creatinine clearance (an index of kidney function) are compared on a group of cancer patients who underwent chemotherapy with a potentially nephrotoxic drug. The standard index, ...

Placebo-Controlled Phase III Trial of Immunologic Therapy with Sipuleucel-T (APC8015) in Patients with Metastatic, Asymptomatic Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancer A database of 208 patients with ...

Serum 1,25-dihydroxyvtamin D3 and osteocalcin are significantly correlated with the calcium/creatinine clearance ratio in adults with primary hyperparathyroidism revealing that the diagnostic value of ...

The increasing incidence of obesity has led to much interest both from scientists and from the general population about strategies to achieve weight loss. 1 Being overweight or obese at baseline is ...