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Biomarkers in chronic kidney disease: a review

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It is timely to review the role of promising biomarkers in predicting CKD progression and/or CVD risk in CKD, including neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin, kidney injury molecule-1, and liver-type fatty acid-binding protein.
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This article is published in Kidney International.The article was published on 2011-10-02 and is currently open access. It has received 393 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Kidney disease.

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Rapid Measurement of B-Type Natriuretic Peptide in the Emergency Diagnosis of Heart Failure

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TL;DR: To measure BNP levels in Patients with congestive heart disease, to use the BNP in the heart failure treatment and Routine use of BNP assays may help to more rapidly identify patients with heart failure, thereby saving money on unnecessary echocardiograms.
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Acute Kidney Injury.

TL;DR: This work reviews recent findings relating to the renal vasculature and cellular stress responses and identifies macrophages, growth-arrested tubular epithelial cells, the endothelium, and surrounding pericytes are key players in the progression to chronic disease.
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The Triad of Sleep Apnea, Hypertension, and Chronic Kidney Disease: A Spectrum of Common Pathology

TL;DR: The bidirectional interlink among these apparently different disease processes which share common pathophysiological mechanisms is highlighted and the importance of treating them collectively to improve outcomes is emphasized.
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K/DOQI clinical practice guidelines for chronic kidney disease: Evaluation, classification, and stratification

TL;DR: In the early 1990s, the National Kidney Foundation (K/DOQI) developed a set of clinical practice guidelines to define chronic kidney disease and to classify stages in the progression of kidney disease.
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Inflammation, Atherosclerosis, and Coronary Artery Disease

TL;DR: The evidence is recounted that atherosclerosis, the main cause of CAD, is an inflammatory disease in which immune mechanisms interact with metabolic risk factors to initiate, propagate, and activate lesions in the arterial tree.
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Using standardized serum creatinine values in the modification of diet in renal disease study equation for estimating glomerular filtration rate.

TL;DR: The MDRD Study equation has now been reexpressed for use with a standardized serum creatinine assay, allowing GFR estimates to be reported in clinical practice by using standardized serumcreatinine and overcoming this limitation to the current use of GFR estimating equations.
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