Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is defined as a progressive loss of renal function that lasts for more than 3 months, and is classified according to the degree of kidney damage – measured by the le ...

Along with a physical exam and a family medical history, your doctor may use several tests to help them diagnose kidney cysts. These include: Imaging tests, such as ultrasound, magnetic resonance ...

OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the validity and reliability of ultrasonography measurement of rectus femoris cross-sectional area compared to computed tomography in patients in pre-dialysis chronic kidney ...

SINGAPORE - More than 2,000 high-risk individuals have been screened for chronic kidney disease (CKD) at a GP clinic under a screening programme that started in March this year, and nearly 17 per ...

To uncover the circuit architecture of beta oscillations, we leverage normative brain data, analysing over 30 hours of invasive brain signals from 1772 channels from cortical areas in epilepsy ...

Kidneys have the important job of cleaning waste and extra fluids from your blood, balancing your body’s fluids, and even controlling blood pressure. For people with kidney disease, eating the right ...

Conventional treatment with phosphate supplements and vitamin D analogs may lead to hypercalciuria (HC), nephrocalcinosis (NC) and hyperparathyroidism ... All patients were referred to kidney ...

Medullary nephrocalcinosis represents 95% of cases, whereas cortical nephrocalcinosis accounts for 5% (13 ... Patient's family history revealed no relevant disease. Figure 4. The ultrasound image of ...

The etiology of nephrocalcinosis is multifactorial and includes low gestational age and low birth weight. It is not clear whether renal dysfunction ... in technology, ultrasound has been ...

THE earliest lesions of certain types of experimental nephrocalcinosis involve the distal portions of the renal tubules and the collecting ducts. 1,2 Disturbances in renal tubular function might ...

What is the Natural History of Nephrocalcinosis in Premature Infants ... born before 30 weeks' gestation were to be screened by renal ultrasound at 36 weeks' corrected gestational age or at ...