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Thiazide and thiazide-like diuretics associated with improved cardiovascular and renal outcomes for chronic kidney disease patients
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an increasingly pressing global health issue due to its strong link to serious complications such as end stage renal...
Original Article
Plasma selenium and zinc alter associations between nephrotoxic metals and chronic kidney disease: Results from NHANES database 2011–2018
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a clinical condition comprising persistent changes in kidney function or structure, or both. It is characterised by irreversible and...
Editorial
Micronutrients and kidney health
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a structural and functional disorder of the kidney caused by many diseases, such as diabetes, hypertension and glomerular disease.1...
Original Article
Benefits of leisure-related physical activity and association between sedentary time and risk for hypertension and type 2 diabetes
Diabetes mellitus and hypertension are serious public health issues. Approximately 451 million individuals worldwide aged 18–99 years were living with diabetes in 2017, and...
Original Article
Association between lower phase angle and chronic kidney disease progression in type 2 diabetes patients
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a global public health problem with an estimated prevalence of 13.4%.1 One of the key drivers of the global...
Letter to the Editor
Association between self-care and chronic kidney disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Dear Editor,
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is one of the key complications occurring in 25–40% of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).1 Our...
Original Article
Identifying high-risk hospitalised chronic kidney disease patient using electronic health records for serious illness conversation
In-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients is shown to have lower survival1 and a higher proportion of survivors on maintenance...
Review Article
An Overview of Anaesthetic Issues in Phaeochromocytoma
New developments in technology, monitoring and pharmacology over the last decade have improved our understanding of phaeochromocytoma and its management. This review summarises the...
Original Article
Clinical Predictors of Nephritis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Lupus nephritis is a common manifestation of lupus associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The use of cytotoxic agents has resulted in improved renal...
Review Article
Recent Advances in the Obstructive Sleep Apnoea/Hypopnoea Syndrome
The past decade has seen a rapid increase in the number of patients being referred for investigation for the obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome (OSAHS)....
Review Article
Cardiovascular Changes in Children with Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
Sleep disordered breathing (SDB) is a spectrum of diseases ranging from primary snoring to obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). A recent review suggested that the...
Original Article
The Metabolic Syndrome in Hypertensive and Normotensive Subjects: The Isfahan Healthy Heart Programme
The metabolic syndrome (MS) is characterised by a clustering of metabolic risk factors and an insulin-resistant state.1 Its prevalence is high in Western, as...
Review Article
Retardation of Kidney Failure – Applying Principles to Practice
By 2010 there will be more than 2 million patients worldwide on maintenance dialysis, a 400% increase in 20 years.1 This increase, occurring predominantly...
Others
Retinal and Cardiovascular Diseases: The “Common Soil” Theory
There is increasing evidence that retinal and cardiovascular diseases share a “common soil”. Risk factors for cardiovascular disease, such as hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidaemia and...
Original Article
Multi-disease Health Screening in an Urban Low-income Setting: A Community-based Study
With the burden of chronic disease rising amongst rapidly urbanising Asian populations, active participation in health screening would allow for early detection and management...
Review Article
Cardiovascular Risks Associated With Obesity in Children and Adolescents
The prevalence of obesity has risen by three-folds or more in many countries since 1980. In 2005, it was estimated that globally there are...
Review Article
Review on Epidemic of Obesity
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there were about 1.6 billion overweight adults aged 15 years and above and at least 400 million...
Original Article
National Health Survey on the Prevalence of Urinary Abnormalities in the Population: then and now (1975 to 2012)
In the planning of a tuberculosis prevalence survey in Singapore in 1975, it was decided to include a urine examination of the respondents using...
Original Article
Kidney Cancer and Diabetes Mellitus: A Population-Based Case-Control Study in Taiwan
Kidney cancer accounts for 3% to 4% of all cancers. In a systematic review by Mathew and et al,2 the incidence of kidney cancer...
Letter to the Editor
Empagliflozin-induced severe osmotic nephrosis and acute renal injury in advanced chronic kidney disease
Diabetic kidney disease remains a significant disease burden globally and is associated with increased medical costs once chronic kidney disease (CKD) ensues. Therefore, optimisation...