Aluminium in Bone from Patients with Renal Failure

Some samples of bone from patients with renal failure contained more aluminium than others, and the concentration tended to be highest in patients who had been uraemic or on dialysis longest. The significance of the association of raised concentrations of aluminium in bone with renal failure is discussed.     

Effects of Haemodialysis on Bone in Chronic Renal Failure

Quantitative histological studies have been done on 80 sequential bone biopsies taken at yearly intervals from 37 patients with chronic renal failure on long-term haemodialysis treatment. Twenty-three patients were studied at the start of dialysis, and in about half the bone was abnormal. During dialysis mean osteoid area and the maximum number of unmineralized osteoid lamellae increased, and mineralized bone area decreased. The loss of bone during dialysis was also reflected in reduction of the width of individual trabeculae. These trends were less obvious in patients already established on dialysis at the time of the initial biopsy. The course of osteitis fibrosa appeared to be unaffected by dialysis.     

Deterioration in Renal Function after Beta-blockade in Patients with Chronic Renal Failure and Hypertension

Treatment of hypertension with beta-blocking agents in three patients with moderately severe chronic renal failure was followed by rapid deterioration of renal function. In two of the patients the need for maintenance haemodialysis was accelerated but renal function in the third reverted to pretreatment levels after the drug was stopped. These findings suggest that until more is known about the effects of beta-blocking drugs they should not be given to patients with moderately severe renal failure.     

Exchangeable and Total Body Potassium in Patients with Chronic Renal Failure

Total body potassium determined by whole-body monitoring and exchangeable body potassium estimated with ⁴³K were measured simultaneously in 12 patients with stable chronic renal failure. Values for the exchangeable potassium were obtained after equilibration periods of 24, 48, and 64 hours. The exchangeable body potassium, expressed as a percentage of the total body potassium (mean ± S.E. of mean), gave values of 60·7 ± 3·3%, 83·6 ± 2·7%, and 85·9 ± 2·7% at 24, 48, and 64 hours respectively. It seems that the equilibration between radioactive and native potassium is incomplete after 24 hours; and that exchangeable potassium measured at this time is not an accurate index of the status of total body potassium in such patients. Furthermore, the finding that the value at 64 hours is significantly less than found in healthy subjects suggests that the exchangeable potassium is a smaller fraction of the total body potassium in patients with chronic renal failure.     

Uptake of Amino Acids by Brain Micro vessels Isolated from Rats with Experimental Chronic Renal Failure

The neurological disorders seen in patients with chronic renal failure and liver cirrhosis are analogous. Previous in vivo studies have shown that the impaired blood-brain amino acid transport seen in rats with chronic renal failure is similar to that of rats with portocaval anastomosis. To elucidate whether a comparable underlying pathogenic mechanism plays a role in both pathological conditions, blood and brain amino acid levels together with amino acid transport by isolated brain microvessels have been studied in rats with chronic renal failure and in sham-operated rats. Brain microvessels isolated from rats with experimental chronic renal failure showed that the uptake of labeled large neutral amino acid, i.e., leucine or phenylalanine, but not of lysine or alpha-methylaminoisobutyric acid, was significantly increased with respect to sham-operated rats; conversely, the uptake of glutamic acid in rats with chronic renal failure was significantly lower compared with values in controls. Kinetic analysis indicated that this was mainly due to increased exchange transport activity (Vmax) of the L-system, rather than to changes in the affinity (Km) of the carrier system for the relative substrate. These data, together with the significant rise of brain glutamine levels and an increased brain-to-plasma ratio of the sum of large neutral amino acids, are analogous to what was previously observed in rats with portocaval anastomosis.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

甲状腺功能减退症合并慢性肾功能衰竭5例临床分析

目的：提出一些关于早期诊治甲状腺功能减退症合并慢性肾功能不全的建议。方法：回顾性分析我科2000-2006年住院患者中甲状腺功能减退症合并肾功能衰竭病例5例,比较其临床表现和相关检查并分析其诊疗经过。结果：二种疾病不仅在其发生发展上有一定联系,而且在临床表现和相关检查上也有相似之处。二种疾病都可出现浮肿、贫血、乏力、纳差、心包积液、蛋白尿和不同程度的肾功能不全。二者合并出现时临床表现更加复杂多样,增加了临床诊断的难度。结论：在诊治此类疾病时要注意临床表现的一些细节,如心力衰竭时的相对缓脉、与肾功能不全不相适应的贫血、难治性心包积液、不明原因的肾功能损害等,以便早期正确诊治,提高诊疗水平。     

乳清蛋白质制剂改善慢性肾功能衰竭透析患者营养状况的效果观察

目的用乳清蛋白质制剂作为蛋白质补充营养制剂,观察其对慢性肾功能衰竭透析患者营养改善的效果。方法 60例接受透析治疗的慢性肾功能衰竭患者,平均年龄(59.3±6.7)岁,随机分为试验组和对照组,每组30例。试验组每天除常规饮食外,按0.6g/kg补充乳清蛋白质制剂,共15 d,对照组为正常治疗饮食。在干预前、后分别检测营养相关的指标。结果根据身高和体重进行营养评价,干预开始前试验组、对照组的患者均有不同程度营养不良,15 d后体重与干预前相比,虽有所改善,但无显著性差异(P>0.05)。体重、上臂肌围、三头肌皮褶厚度在干预后变化均不明显,无显著性差异(P>0.05)。血红蛋白有所升高,但无统计学意义(P>0.05)。干预前后,试验组血清白蛋白、前白蛋白均有升高,前白蛋白与对照组相比有显著性差异(P<0.05)。干预后试验组血清磷与对照组比较无显著性差异(P>0.05)。试验组和对照组血清尿素氮、肌酐在干预后,均降低非常显著(P<0.05)。干预前患者血清氨基酸,特别是必需氨基酸和组氨酸含量降低明显(P<0.05),用乳清蛋白质制剂后血清氨基酸谱有所变化,支链氨基酸-亮氨酸、异亮氨酸和缬氨酸含量明显增高,苏氨酸、酪氨酸、组氨酸也有所升高,其余氨基酸血清含量无明显改变。结论乳清蛋白质制剂对慢性肾功能衰竭透析患者有明显的改善蛋白质营养状况的效果。     

Total Body Potassium in Non-Dialysed and Dialysed Patients with Chronic Renal Failure

Total body potassium was studied in 33 patients with chronic renal failure, 18 of whom had been receiving regular dialysis therapy for 1 to 48 months. In nondialysed patients body potassium was not significantly different from normal in the group as a whole, but was significantly greater than normal in three patients, and significantly less than normal in two patients. In 14 of the dialysed patients, both as individuals and as a group, body potassium was not significantly different from normal but in the remaining four it was less than normal.Potassium transfer during dialysis was studied in two patients. Uptake by these two patients of ⁴³K added to the dialysate (1 mEq K/litre) was measured by whole-body monitoring. Transfer of administered ⁴³K from the patients to the dialysate was measured by whole-body monitoring and by radioactive and chemical assay of the dialysate. A negative balance due to twice-weekly dialysis of 178 and 244 mEq K/week was found, which with weekly faecal and urine losses of 20-30 mEq K approximately equals the dietary intake of 210-315 mEq K.     

Changes in B-Group Vitamin Status in Adenine-Induced Chronic Renal Failure Rats

The antihypertensive effect of Brand's Essence of Chicken (BEC), a popular chicken extract used as a traditional health food, was examined with stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRSPs). The animals were maintained from 6 to 25 weeks of age on drinking water with or without BEC. The BEC-fed group showed a significant reduction in the development of hypertension when compared with the control animals. The levels of blood urea nitrogen and plasma creatinine in the BEC-fed group were significantly lower than those in the control group, suggesting that the renal glomerular function had been improved by the daily administration of BEC. It thus seems likely that BEC would be useful as a prophylactic treatment against the development of hypertension and renal injury.     

Trace Element Status of Chronic Renal Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis

The purpose of this study was to examine the status of trace elements (Cu, Zn, and Fe) and minerals (Mg, K, Na, and Cl) and the level of biochemical parameters (urea, creatinine, total protein, albumin, and glucose) in hemodialysis (HD) patients. This study included 30 HD patients (25 men and 5 women) aged 52.12 +/- 3.13 years and 30 healthy subjects (23 men and 7 women) aged 51.64 +/- 2.22 years. This study investigated the status of trace elements and minerals in HD patients. It was found that the total HD patients (before and after dialysis) had statistically lower Zn and albumin in the after-dialysis group K and Cl levels and higher Mg, creatinine, and urea in the before-dialysis group K and in the after-dialysis group glucose levels than those of the controls. It was determined that the results might be helpful in monitoring patients with renal failure in terms of insufficiency or excess of trace elements and minerals. There was positive correlation for Mg-K (r = 0.64; p = 0.001), creatinine-urea (r = 0.59; p = 0.001), K-urea (r = 0.56; p = 0.001), K-creatinine (r = 0.52; p = 0.003), Mg-creatinine (r = 0.47; p = 0.008), Zn-albumin (r = 0.40; p = 0.028), and Zn-creatinine (r = 0.40; p = 0.031) in the before-dialysis session. There was also positive correlation for creatinine-urea (r = 0.56; p = 0.001), K-urea (r = 0.39; p = 0.035), and Mg-creatinine (r = 0.38; p = 0.041) in the after-analysis session. As a result of the analysis of regression between serum levels of albumin and zinc in total HD patients, the use of the level of albumin might be a suitable choice in determining zinc deficiency resulting from the decrease in the level of zinc in parallel to that of albumin. The results also suggest that the relationship between creatinine and K, Mg, and Zn could be ascribed to the loss of renal function.     

Evolution of Bone Disease over 10 Years in 135 Patients with Terminal Renal Failure

An objective radiographic study of erosions, fractures, and periarticular and vascular calcification was made in a series of 135 patients over 10 years of maintenance haemodialysis therapy. The four lesions progressed at different rates, consistent with variation in the response of tissues to a changing biochemical milieu and deficiency in vitamin D metabolites. The half time for development of individual radiographic signs was 3·4 years for vascular calcification, 9 years for fractures, 16 years for periarticular calcification, and 22·9 years for erosions. Calcification of the dorsalis pedis artery seen as a developing ring or tube was an early and valuable sign of disturbed calcium metabolism. In these patients renal osteodystrophy is a chronic condition with a prolonged time course.     

Relationship between Bone Mineral Density and Serum Osteoprotegerin in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure

Purpose

Heart failure (HF) had been reported with increased risk of hip fractures. However, the relationship between circulating biomarkers and bone mineral density (BMD) in chronic HF remained unclear.

Methods

This is a cross-sectional study which recruited stable chronic HF from registry of the Heart Failure Center of National Taiwan University Hospital. Patients underwent dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) measurements at hip and lumbar spines and biochemical assessments including B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP-32), myostatin, follistatin and osteoprotegerin (OPG).

Results

A total of 115 stable chronic HF individuals with left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) <45% (74% of male, mean age at 59) were recruited with 24 patients in NYHA class I, 73 patients in NYHA class II and 18 patients in NYHA class III. Results of BMD showed that Z scores of hip in NYHA III group (−0.12±1.15) was significantly lower than who were NYHA II (0.58±1.04). Serum OPG was significantly higher in subjects of NYHA III (9.3±4.6 pmol/l) than NYHA II (7.4±2.8 pmol/l) or NYHA I (6.8±3.6 pmol/l) groups. There’s a significant negative association between log transformed serum OPG and trochanteric BMD (R = −0.299, P = 0.001), which remained significant after multivariate analysis.

Conclusions

Our study demonstrated an inverse association between serum OPG and trochanteric BMD in patients with HF. OPG may be a predictor of BMD and an alternative to DEXA for identifying at risk HF patients for osteoporosis.     

血管回声跟踪技术评价慢性肾功能衰竭患者股总动脉内皮功能

目的：应用血管回声跟踪技术（echo-tracking,ET）评价慢性肾功能衰竭患者股总动脉内皮功能,并探讨该技术治疗慢性肾衰患者心血管并发症的临床意义。方法：选择2012年1月至12月在我院就诊的82例慢性肾功能衰竭患者为观察组,另选47例健康体检者为对照组。应用ET技术检测两组患者的左右侧股总动脉血管弹性指标,包括压力应变弹性系数（Ep）,脉搏波传导速度（PWVβ）,增大指数（AI）,硬度指数（β）和脉顺应性（AC）。观察两组患者的检测结果并进行比较。结果：观察组中,压力应变弹性系数（Ep）,脉搏波传导速度（PWVβ）,增大指数（AI）和硬度指数（β）均高于对照组所对应的值;而脉顺应性（AC）值低于对照组,两组差异有统计学意义（P〈0.05）。观察组中,需要透析的患者组β、PWVβ、Ep和AI的值均高于非透析患者组对应的值,AC值低于非透析患者组的值,差异有统计学意义（P〈0.05）。结论：ET对慢性肾功能衰竭患者心血管并发症的早期治疗,改善患者的愈后具有一定的临床指导意义。     

Pharmacodynamics of Practolol in Chronic Renal Failure

Plasma levels of practolol were measured in advanced chronic renal failure. The plasma half life was found to be markedly prolonged. During haemodialysis considerable shortening of the half life occurred. Therapeutic blood levels of practolol can be achieved in maintenance haemodialysis patients by the administration of 200 mg of the drug by mouth at the beginning and end of each dialysis.     

A Magnesium Based Phosphate Binder Reduces Vascular Calcification without Affecting Bone in Chronic Renal Failure Rats

The alternative phosphate binder calcium acetate/magnesium carbonate (CaMg) effectively reduces hyperphosphatemia, the most important inducer of vascular calcification, in chronic renal failure (CRF). In this study, the effect of low dose CaMg on vascular calcification and possible effects of CaMg on bone turnover, a persistent clinical controversy, were evaluated in chronic renal failure rats. Adenine-induced CRF rats were treated daily with 185 mg/kg CaMg or vehicle for 5 weeks. The aortic calcium content and area% calcification were measured to evaluate the effect of CaMg. To study the effect of CaMg on bone remodeling, rats underwent 5/6th nephrectomy combined with either a normal phosphorus diet or a high phosphorus diet to differentiate between possible bone effects resulting from either CaMg-induced phosphate deficiency or a direct effect of Mg. Vehicle or CaMg was administered at doses of 185 and 375 mg/kg/day for 8 weeks. Bone histomorphometry was performed. Aortic calcium content was significantly reduced by 185 mg/kg/day CaMg. CaMg ameliorated features of hyperparathyroid bone disease. In CRF rats on a normal phosphorus diet, the highest CaMg dose caused an increase in osteoid area due to phosphate depletion. The high phosphorus diet combined with the highest CaMg dose prevented the phosphate depletion and thus the rise in osteoid area. CaMg had no effect on osteoblast/osteoclast or dynamic bone parameters, and did not alter bone Mg levels. CaMg at doses that reduce vascular calcification did not show any harmful effect on bone turnover.     

Changes of Blood Pressure,Renin, and Angiotensin after Bilateral Nephrectomy in Patients with Chronic Renal Failure

Circulating levels of renin, angiotensin I, and angiotensin II were increased in six patients with chronic renal failure and hypertension uncontrolled by dialysis and hypotensive drugs. Lower and often normal levels were found in 10 patients whose blood pressure was controlled by dialysis treatment. For a variety of reasons all patients were subjected to bilateral nephrectomy. The logarithm of the decrease in plasma concentrations of renin and angiotensin II was significantly related to the fall of blood pressure after operation. Plasma renin concentration correlated significantly with blood angiotensin I concentration and with plasma angiotensin II in samples taken before and after nephrectomy. Renin, angiotensin I, and angiotensin II were measurable in samples of blood taken 48 hours or more after the operation.     

骨转换生化指标的研究进展及选择依据

骨转化生化标志物的检测以其简便、快捷、无创等优点,在流行病学研究、长期跟踪监测、骨折风险评估等芳面独具优势.与骨影像学和骨形态计量学观察相比,其反映的是骨细胞活性的实时信息,因此是评价骨转换状况、观察药物早期疗效的重要手段.     

A Survey of Chronic Renal Failure in Southeastern Ontario

A survey of all physicians in southeastern Ontario was conducted to determine the potential number of patients with chronic uremia who would be candidates for a chronic dialysis program. Four hundred and sixty-four replies were received from the 1391 physicians who received the questionnaire. With the data provided it was calculated that the period prevalence rate of persons suffering from chronic uremia in the area surveyed ranged from 2.2 to 3.3/100,000 population. On the basis of these figures it was estimated that dialysis facilities might be required for six new patients each year in this area.