Stefan H. Jacobson

TL;DR: The effects of regular exercise in adults with CKD and kidney transplant patients are assessed to determine how the exercise programme should be designed to affect physical fitness and functioning, cardiovascular dimensions, nutrition, lipids, glucose metabolism, systemic inflammation, muscle morphology and morphometrics.

TL;DR: Overall, improved aerobic capacity, muscular functioning, cardiovascular function, walking capacity, and health-related quality of life were associated with various exercise interventions, although the preponderance of data were for dialysis patients and used aerobic exercise programs.

TL;DR: The use of high-flux membranes conferred a significant survival benefit among patients with serum albumin < or = 4 g/dl, but the apparent survival Benefit among patients who have diabetes and are treated with high- flux membranes requires confirmation given the post hoc nature of the analysis.

TL;DR: For patients with proliferative lupus nephritis who fail to respond to conventional immunosuppressive therapy including CYC, combined treatment with rituximab and CYC may constitute a new treatment option.

TL;DR: It is found that high levels of maternal glucocorticoids impair renal development and lead to arterial hypertension in offspring, and even though renal mass eventually normalizes, glomerular damage as well as sodium retention occur and these factors may contribute to the development of hypertension.