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Novel biomarkers in patients with renal disease
Zakiyanov, Oskar ; Kalousová, Marta (advisor) ; Teplan, Vladimír (referee) ; Průša, Richard (referee)
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and acute kidney injury (AKI) are major public health problems. It is important to be able to identify those at high risk of adverse outcome, CKD progression and associated cardiovascular disease. The aim of the thesis was to study novel promising biomarkers, their relationship to kidney function, chronic inflammation and/or cardiovascular risk - placental growth factor (PlGF), pregnancy associated plasma protein A (PAPP-A), matrix metalloproteinase 2 (MMP-2), matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9), soluble receptor for advanced glycation end products (sRAGE), calcium binding protein S100A12 or extracellular newly identified RAGE binding protein (EN-RAGE), and high mobility group box protein-1 (HMGB-1) in patients with renal diseases including CKD, haemodialysis (HD), AKI patients, and healthy controls for comparison. First study revealed that PlGF is elevated in patients with decreased renal function. Second study demonstrated the association of MMP-2 and PAPP-A with proteinuria in patients with CKD. Moreover, serum MMP-2, MMP-9 and PAPP-A levels significantly differed in patients with various nephropathies. EN-RAGE levels are not elevated in patients with CKD, but are related to inflammatory status. PAPP-A, EN-RAGE and HMGB-1 levels are significantly elevated, but sRAGE and PlGF...
Return to Life after a Post Intensive Care Syndrom Resulting from an Acute Kidney Injury Treatment
Sirmaiová, Anna ; Aboši, Alexander (advisor) ; Pucholtová, Romana (referee)
Introduction to the issue: Stay in an intensive care unit or anaesthesiology and resuscitation department has a demonstrable effect on the quality of life, whether mental, physical, or mental. A large percentage of patients experience post intensive care syndrome. The huge challenge for nursing care is to reduce this percentage and enable patients to recover in the best possible way and return to normal life of the same quality as before the hospitalization Methodology: The aim of this work is to find out how the quality of life of patients is affected after hospitalization in the intensive care unit or anaesthesiology and resuscitation department, with a proportion of acute renal failure and the need for continuous renal replacement. First, patients were evaluated with APACHE II score, SOFA and TISS 2. Next, questionnaires in which they responded to the period before hospitalization (SF 36, DEMMI, ADL, IADL) were filled, when released from ARO they went through the test of physical capability, (30s sit-up test, 6-minute walk test), further measurements when released from ICU took place (HADS, MAF, DEMMI, ADL, 30s sit-p test, 6-minute walk test), and after three months (SF 36, HADS, MAF, DEMMI, IADL, ADL 30s sit-up test, 6-minute walk test and a week of wearing a Garmin vivofit bracelet). Main...
Biomarkers of early renal injury
Fořtová, Magdaléna ; Průša, Richard (advisor) ; Kalousová, Marta (referee) ; Ryšavá, Romana (referee)
Aims: The thesis deals with the biomarkers of early renal injury, namely albuminuria and neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL). The aims in the case of albuminuria were the implementation of HPLC method, comparing HPLC with immunoturbidimetric (IT) method and monitoring the relationship to the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus. The aim of urinary NGAL (and eventually other markers) examination was to verify its reliability in the prediction of acute kidney injury (AKI). Methods: We investigated albuminuria in fresh urine samples in the groups of 636 diabetics and 456 nondiabetics using the HPLC method (Agilent 1200, Agilent Technologies, USA) and immunoturbidimetrically (Cobas Integra 400, Roche Diagnostics); we studied the correlations and relationships between albuminuria and glycated hemoglobin HbA1c. We investigated urinary NGAL by chemiluminescent microparticle immunoassay (Architect i4000, Abbott) in children's groups: 1) after renal transplantation (N = 15), 2) with acute or chronic kidney disease (N = 28); and in adult patient's groups: 1) after cardiac surgery (N = 10) and 2) post angiography (N = 41). Results: Albuminuria determined by HPLC was statistically significantly higher than albuminuria determined by IT. We excluded nonspecificity of the HPLC method. Results indicate...
Novel biomarkers in patients with renal disease
Zakiyanov, Oskar ; Kalousová, Marta (advisor) ; Teplan, Vladimír (referee) ; Průša, Richard (referee)
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and acute kidney injury (AKI) are major public health problems. It is important to be able to identify those at high risk of adverse outcome, CKD progression and associated cardiovascular disease. The aim of the thesis was to study novel promising biomarkers, their relationship to kidney function, chronic inflammation and/or cardiovascular risk - placental growth factor (PlGF), pregnancy associated plasma protein A (PAPP-A), matrix metalloproteinase 2 (MMP-2), matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9), soluble receptor for advanced glycation end products (sRAGE), calcium binding protein S100A12 or extracellular newly identified RAGE binding protein (EN-RAGE), and high mobility group box protein-1 (HMGB-1) in patients with renal diseases including CKD, haemodialysis (HD), AKI patients, and healthy controls for comparison. First study revealed that PlGF is elevated in patients with decreased renal function. Second study demonstrated the association of MMP-2 and PAPP-A with proteinuria in patients with CKD. Moreover, serum MMP-2, MMP-9 and PAPP-A levels significantly differed in patients with various nephropathies. EN-RAGE levels are not elevated in patients with CKD, but are related to inflammatory status. PAPP-A, EN-RAGE and HMGB-1 levels are significantly elevated, but sRAGE and PlGF...
Continuous Elimination methods in Intesice Care from The Perspective of Nurses (Theoretical work).
HOROVÁ, Petra
The purpose of the dissertation Continuous Elimination Methods in Intensive Care in Prospective of Hospital Nurse is to inform about acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease. These are major reason to use elimination methods at intensive care units and anesthesiological resuscitation departments. We further determine elimination issues. Continuous elimination methods in intensive care medicine are important medical treatment at acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease. Particularly, acute kidney injury belongs to frequent complications at critically diseased patients, therefore will be properly discussed. It is afraid, because decreased renal function leads to incapability to excrete waste products of metabolism and sustain homeostasis. Mortality at acute kidney injury is higher than at chronic kidney disease so support or renal replacement therapy, in order to save life, is the only accepted method of choice at present time. The techniques of renal support or replacement therapy are integral part of instensive care medicine. The aim of this thesis is to elaborate latest accessible findings and specialized nursing care at continuous elimination methods. Ve have tried to create integrated, comprehensible summary of knowledge of this topic. We expect these findings are fundamental to high-quality nursing at patients with this disorder. The dissertation was conducted as a method of review and synthesis. As long as this part is purely theoretical-based, it gathers informations from czech and also foreign sources. The data was acquired from scientific publications, technical papers, monographs and web. The outcome of this work can be used for further research of this topic or contribute to resource information for paramedical staff. In the thesis we analyze acute kidney injury, briefly chronic kidney disease, then we proceed through the history of dialysis and its specifications. These are closely explained. We focus on technical aspect of various elimination methods, the division, indication to initation, advantage and disadvantage, vascular access will also be described. The possibilities of anticoagulation have been defined, the types of membrane hemofiltrates and dialysators, substitutional and dialysing solutions have been characterized, the need of dietary measures has been emphasized. The complications that can happen during the use of elimination method have not been left out of consideration. We describe the intensive care units, nurse competencies, their work, monitoration, patients' and elimination unit preparation and vascular access care.

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