Background: Studies into the association between hypertensive disorders during pregnancy
and end-stage renal disease are limited. We investigated the risk of end-stage renal …

Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus can beneficially affect the host by producing acetic acid
and lactic acid, which lower pH and thereby inhibit the growth of pathogens or allow the …

PURPOSE: Studies regarding the clinical benefits of influenza vaccination in diabetic patients
are limited. This study evaluated if the elderly diabetic patients who have had influenza …

MALDI-TOF spectrometry has not been used for urinary exosome analysis. We used it for
determining UC biomarkers. From 2012 to 2015, we enrolled 129 consecutive patients with UC …

Results A total of 6363 patients (average age, 70 years) during a median of 1.3 (range= 0.6–2.5)
years of follow-up were analyzed. There were 1341 (21.1%) patients who reported …

Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are more at risk for pneumonia than the general
population. Patients with pneumonia are usually treated as outpatients. However, previous …

Acute renal failure associated with scrub typhus infection is not rare as previously thought.
The possibility of scrub typhus should be borne in mind when patients present with fever and …

Objectives The treatment effectiveness of double filtration plasma apheresis (DFPP) on severe
hypertriglyceridemia-associated acute pancreatitis (STAP) has been questioned because …

Background Multidisciplinary care (MDC) was widely used in multiple chronic illnesses but
the effectiveness of MDC in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) was inconclusive. …

Objectives We aimed at determining peptic ulcer disease (PUD) incidence among chronic
kidney disease (CKD) patients during 1998–2008, compared to patients without CKD, and at …