GLOMERULAR filtration rate and renal plasma flow may be sharply reduced in patients with advanced cirrhosis. 1–4 Reduction of glomerular filtration and deficient urine volume in these patients ...

ACE: Angiotensin-converting enzyme; GFR: Glomerular filtration rate (measured in ml/min/1.73 m 2 of body surface area); PAH: Para-aminohippurate (marker of renal plasma flow). Reproduced with kind ...

The hypertensive index may predict the likelihood of kidney function improvement following renal revascularization for renal artery stenosis. The hypertensive index may distinguish which patients with ...

Most of these trials have several confounding variables -- i.e, serum creatinine, renal blood flow, and urine volume -- that limit the applicability of the results. Although low-dose dopamine has ...

Pope Francis has shown "slight" improvement over the past 24 hours, but remains in critical condition, the Vatican announced Wednesday. "The clinical conditions of the Holy Father in the last 24 hours ...