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Blood pressure and phosphate level in diabetic and non-diabetic kidney disease:...
Mendes, Margarida; Resende, Luis; Teixeira, Alves; Correia, João; Silva, GilA statistically significant and moderate positive correlation was verified between systolic blood pressure and plasma phosphate concentration in the whole sample (diabetic and non-diabetic), due to the diabetic chronic kidney disease group.A statistically significant and moderate positive correlation was verified between the diastolic blood pressure and plasma phosphate concentration in the whole sample (diabet...
Blood pressure and phosphate level in diabetic and non-diabetic kidney disease:...
Mendes, Margarida; Resende, Luis; Teixeira, Alves; Correia, João; Silva, GilA statistically significant and moderate positive correlation was verified between systolic blood pressure and plasma phosphate concentration in the whole sample (diabetic and non-diabetic), due to the diabetic chronic kidney disease group.A statistically significant and moderate positive correlation was verified between the diastolic blood pressure and plasma phosphate concentration in the whole sample (diabet...
Renal Disease in Madera Islands: twenty years experience of native kidney biopsies
Vieira, Pedro; Goncalves, Miguel; Durães, José; Rosa, Nuno; Resende, Luís; Silva, Gil; Teixeira, Alves; Rodrigues, Fernando; Galvão, Maria; Brinca, AnaRenal biopsy plays an essential role either in the diagnosis or in the prognosis of patients with renal disease. In order to assess its epidemiology and evolution in Madeira Islands, we analysed twenty-seven years of native kidney biopsies. Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of clinical records, including histological revision from 1986 to 2012, totalling 315 native kidney biopsies. They were assess...
Rhabdomyolysis.
Rosa, Nuno Guimarães; Silva, Gil; Teixeira, Alves; Rodrigues, Fernando; Araújo, José AugustoRhabdomyolysis is a common entity that often has a multifactorial etiology. It usually affects healthy individuals, following trauma, excessive physical activity, convulsive crisis, alcohol and other drugs consumption or infections. Accumulation of intracellular calcium, activation of proteases and lipases, production of free radicals and the infiltration by inflammatory cells, are some of the mechanisms respon...