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J Nephrol ; 29(6): 809-815, 2016 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27015900

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Benefits and risks of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE-I) in advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) are controversial. We tested the role of ACE-I in slowing the progression of renal damage in a real-world elderly population with CKD stage 5. METHODS: We evaluated all patients consecutively referred to our CKD stage 5 outpatient clinic from January 2002 to December 2013. Chronicity was defined as two consecutive estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) measurements below 15 ml/min/1.73 m2. We retrieved parameters of interest at baseline and assessed eGFR reduction rate during follow-up. We estimated GFR by the 4-variable Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) formula. RESULTS: Mean age of the 342 subjects analyzed was 72 years and eGFR 10 ml/min/1.73 m2. In the 188 patients on ACE-I at baseline, the subsequent annual rate of eGFR reduction was less than a third of that found in the 154 patients off ACE-I. Across phosphate quartiles, baseline eGFR significantly decreased while its annual reduction rate significantly increased. Of the original cohort, 60 patients (17 %) died, 201 (59 %) started dialysis and 81 (24 %) were still in conservative treatment at the end of the study. Multivariate analysis identified age, phosphate, proteinuria, baseline eGFR and its rate of progression as independent risk factors directly or inversely predictive of progression to dialysis. ACE-I use significantly reduced by 31 % the risk of dialysis. CONCLUSIONS: Our study shows that proteinuria independently predicts further renal damage progression even in end-stage renal disease patients not yet in dialysis. In our cohort of elderly patients with very advanced CKD, ACE-I was effective in slowing down further renal damage progression.


Assuntos
Inibidores da Enzima Conversora de Angiotensina/uso terapêutico , Falência Renal Crônica/tratamento farmacológico , Rim/efeitos dos fármacos , Proteinúria/tratamento farmacológico , Insuficiência Renal Crônica/tratamento farmacológico , Sistema Renina-Angiotensina/efeitos dos fármacos , Idoso , Assistência Ambulatorial , Inibidores da Enzima Conversora de Angiotensina/efeitos adversos , Biomarcadores/sangue , Distribuição de Qui-Quadrado , Progressão da Doença , Feminino , Taxa de Filtração Glomerular/efeitos dos fármacos , Humanos , Itália , Rim/enzimologia , Rim/fisiopatologia , Falência Renal Crônica/diagnóstico , Falência Renal Crônica/enzimologia , Falência Renal Crônica/fisiopatologia , Masculino , Análise Multivariada , Fosfatos/sangue , Modelos de Riscos Proporcionais , Proteinúria/diagnóstico , Proteinúria/enzimologia , Proteinúria/fisiopatologia , Diálise Renal , Insuficiência Renal Crônica/diagnóstico , Insuficiência Renal Crônica/enzimologia , Insuficiência Renal Crônica/fisiopatologia , Estudos Retrospectivos , Fatores de Risco , Fatores de Tempo , Resultado do Tratamento
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G Ital Nefrol ; 32(6)2015.
Artigo em Italiano | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26845208

RESUMO

As currently performed, on line hemodiafiltration reduces, but does not normalize, the micro-inflammation of uremic patients. Recent technological advances make it possible to further reduce the inflammation connected to the dialysis treatment. Short bacterial DNA fragments are pro-inflammatory and can be detected in the dialysis fluids. However, their determination is not currently within normal controls of the quality of the dialysate. The scenario may change once the analysis of these fragments yields reliable, inexpensive, quick and easy to evaluate the results. At variance with standard bicarbonate dialysate, Citrate dialysate induces far less inflammation both for the well-known anti-inflammatory effect of such buffer and also because it is completely acetate free, e.g. a definitely pro-inflammatory buffer. However, the extensive use of citrate dialysate in chronic dialysis is prevented because of concerns about its potential calcium lowering effect. In our view, high convective exchange on line hemodiafiltration performed with dialysate, whose sterility and a-pirogenicity is guaranteed by increasingly sophisticated controls and with citrate buffer whose safety is certified, can serve as the gold standard of dialysis treatments in future.


Assuntos
Hemodiafiltração , Inflamação/prevenção & controle , Ácido Cítrico , Soluções para Diálise , Humanos , Inflamação/etiologia , Uremia/complicações
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J Nephrol ; 28(4): 463-9, 2015 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25035094

RESUMO

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The optimal timing of dialysis initiation is still unclear. We aimed to ascertain whether a strict clinical follow-up can postpone need for dialysis in chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage 5 patients. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS AND MEASUREMENTS: We reviewed records of all consecutive adult patients attending our conservative CKD stage 5 outpatient clinic from 2001 to 2010. Chronicity was defined as two consecutive estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) measurements below 15 ml/min/1.73 m(2). Characteristics of subjects, including comorbidities, were assessed at baseline; blood pressure and serum markers of uremia were assessed both at first and last visit. GFR was estimated by the 4-variable Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) formula. RESULTS: In the 312 patients analyzed baseline eGFR was 9.7 ± 2.7 ml/min, which declined by 1.93 ± 4.56 ml/min after 15.6 ± 18.2 months. Age was inversely related to eGFR decline (r -0.27, p = 0.000). During conservative follow-up 55 subjects (18%) died. In comparison with those eventually entering dialysis, deceased subjects were older and had a longer follow-up with no CKD progression. Multivariate analysis identified age, proteinuria and lower baseline K values as the only independent determinants of death. One hundred ninety-four subjects (66%) started dialysis with an average eGFR of 6.1 ± 1.9 ml/min. During 35.8 ± 24.7 months of dialysis follow-up, 84 patients died. Multivariate analysis identified age as the main determinant of death (hazard ratio [HR] for every year 1.07, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.04-1.11, p 0.000). Patients starting dialysis with eGFR below the median, e.g. <5.7 ml/min, showed a better survival (HR for mortality 0.52, 95% CI 0.30-0.89, p 0.016) than the other group. CONCLUSIONS: A well-organized nephrological outpatient clinic for conservative follow-up of CKD stage five patients can delay dialysis entry as long as 1 year. Starting dialysis with eGFR lower than 6 ml/min does not confer any increased risk of death in selected early-referral patients.


Assuntos
Diálise Renal , Insuficiência Renal Crônica/terapia , Tempo para o Tratamento , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Instituições de Assistência Ambulatorial , Progressão da Doença , Feminino , Taxa de Filtração Glomerular , Humanos , Rim/fisiopatologia , Modelos Lineares , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Análise Multivariada , Modelos de Riscos Proporcionais , Diálise Renal/efeitos adversos , Diálise Renal/mortalidade , Insuficiência Renal Crônica/diagnóstico , Insuficiência Renal Crônica/mortalidade , Insuficiência Renal Crônica/fisiopatologia , Estudos Retrospectivos , Medição de Risco , Fatores de Risco , Fatores de Tempo , Resultado do Tratamento
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Case Rep Med ; 2014: 627474, 2014.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24715916

RESUMO

Cardiac involvement is a major prognostic determinant in patients with primary AL amyloidosis. The clinical results of standard therapeutic approaches are suboptimal. It has been recently shown that bortezomib, an inhibitor of the proteasome, can induce rapid favourable responses in AL amyloidosis improving cardiac function and survival. Herein we report on two patients with cardiac amyloidosis treated by bortezomib who experienced partial or total remission of hematologic disease and of cardiac involvement. However, death of one patient, suffering from chronic kidney disease stage 5, due to fulminant respiratory syndrome suggests the need for caution in bortezomib use if patients have this comorbid condition.

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BMJ Case Rep ; 20132013 May 23.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23709144

RESUMO

Multiple solitary plasmacytoma (MSP) is a rare plasma cell dyscrasia, characterised by multiple lesions of neoplastic monoclonal plasma cells. It differs from multiple myeloma by the lack of hypercalcaemia, renal insufficiency, anaemia and pathological monoclonal plasmocytosis on a random bone biopsy. We present the case of an MSP described for the first time in a patient on peritoneal dialysis. There are only few cases of MSP described in literature, and we performed a review of these cases trying to systematise the topic. The increasing clinical use of CT, MRI and positron emission tomography will enhance in the future the correct diagnosis of MSP.


Assuntos
Neoplasias da Medula Óssea/diagnóstico , Falência Renal Crônica/complicações , Neoplasias Primárias Múltiplas/diagnóstico , Plasmocitoma/diagnóstico , Neoplasias da Medula Óssea/complicações , Humanos , Falência Renal Crônica/terapia , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Neoplasias Primárias Múltiplas/complicações , Diálise Peritoneal , Plasmocitoma/complicações , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X
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BMJ Case Rep ; 20132013 May 27.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23715837

RESUMO

Wilms' tumour suppressor gene-1 (WT1) plays a critical role in kidney development and function. Several WT1 mutations can occur in exons 7, 8 and 9 and they have been associated with Denys-Drash syndrome. WT1 mutations of intron 9 have been reported too and associated with Frasier syndrome. However, overlapping and incomplete forms of both the syndromes have been described. We report a novel sequence variant (c.1012A>T) of the WT1 gene in exon 6 (p.R338X) in a 18-year-old girl with a history of Wilms' tumour, minor gonadal changes and relatively late-onset nephropathy. WT1-related nephropathies should be suspected in every patient with proteinuria not associated to immunological changes when a congenital neoplasia or minor gonadal anomalies are present.


Assuntos
Éxons , Mutação , Tumor de Wilms/genética , Adolescente , Sequência de Bases , Primers do DNA , Feminino , Genes do Tumor de Wilms , Humanos , Transplante de Rim , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase , Diálise Renal , Tumor de Wilms/fisiopatologia , Tumor de Wilms/terapia
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Age (Dordr) ; 35(6): 2465-75, 2013 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23584888

RESUMO

Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) is an endogenous inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase implicated in several age-related biological mechanisms such as telomere shortening and cell senescence. We tested the hypothesis that ADMA blood level is an independent predictor of mortality in elderly. This is a longitudinal population-based cohort study. Participants are a representative cohort of 1,025 men and women (age range 65-102 years) living in Chianti area, Tuscany, Italy. The plasma ADMA was measured by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. During the follow-up (95 ± 32 months), 384 individuals died, of whom 141 (37 %) died of cardiovascular (CV) causes. In adjusted analyses, the plasma ADMA was the strongest predictor of all-cause mortality (HR (0.1 µMol/L) 1.26, 95 % CI 1.10-1.44, P < 0.001) with a non-significant trend for CV mortality (HR 1.22, P = 0.07). The predictive effect of the ADMA level on mortality was statistically significant among participants with low to low-normal L-arginine levels (≤ 60 µMol/L), but not in those with L-arginine >60 µMol/L. Notwithstanding the association of ADMA with all-cause mortality was robust, this biomarker failed to add predictive power to a simple model based on the risk factors in the elderly (area under the ROC curve 0.85 ± 0.01 vs. 0.84 ± 0.01). ADMA is a strong independent predictor of mortality in the older population, and L-arginine modifies the effect of ADMA on survival. The mechanisms for this association should be targeted by future studies.


Assuntos
Arginina/análogos & derivados , Doenças Cardiovasculares/mortalidade , Vigilância da População , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Arginina/sangue , Biomarcadores/sangue , Doenças Cardiovasculares/sangue , Causas de Morte/tendências , Cromatografia Líquida , Feminino , Seguimentos , Humanos , Itália/epidemiologia , Masculino , Valor Preditivo dos Testes , Prognóstico , Estudos Retrospectivos , Fatores de Risco , Espectrometria de Massas em Tandem , Fatores de Tempo
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NDT Plus ; 3(3): 276-278, 2010 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28657053

RESUMO

Calcimimetics are effective in lowering serum parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels in hyperparathyroidism (HPT). However, they failed to reduce PTH levels in the long term in the setting of primary malignant HPT. A haemodialysis patient suffering from severe longstanding secondary HPT underwent total parathyroidectomy with autotransplantation of parathyroid tissue in her left arm. In the following years, she developed a severe HPT sustained by cancerous transformation of the parathyroid transplanted tissue and resistant both to pharmacological and repeated surgical treatments. The calcimimetic 'cinacalcet' was able to effectively reduce serum PTH levels over a 3-year follow-up and to induce disappearance of the neoplastic lesion on radionuclide imaging. Biochemical control of HPT was associated with a remarkable improvement in cardiac function.

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