Hypertension and nephrology - 2023;27(06)

Hypertension and nephrology

DECEMBER 18, 2023

[The Master is gone, but his rich legacy remains with us]

ROSIVALL László

[The 93-year-old doyen of Hungarian nephrology, Prof. Dr. János Radó, has passed away, but his rich legacy lives on with us.]

Hypertension and nephrology

DECEMBER 18, 2023

[Role of renal P2Y12 receptors in lithium-induced polyuria]

RADÓ János

[Clinicians and investigators know since ages that increased production of prostaglandins play a significant role in the pathogenesis of polyuria of patients with Bartter syndrome.]

Hypertension and nephrology

DECEMBER 18, 2023

[Chronic kidney disease and obesity]

FREISINGER Lilla, NÉMETHY Orsolya, LELOVICS Zsuzsanna, SZLOVÁK Edina, DOLGOS Szilveszter

[Nowadays, the epidemic spread of obesity is mainly linked to changing environmental factors and is a serious public health problem. Obesity alone can be associated with increased mortality, but obesity is also an independent risk factor for several chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and chronic kidney disease which have a major public health burden.]

Hypertension and nephrology

DECEMBER 18, 2023

[Cardio-renal-metabolic approach in medicine – thoughts, considerable information based on the new recommendations regarding SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP1 receptor agonists]

WAGNER László

[Common complications of type 2 diabetes are chronic kidney failure and chronic heart failure. However, chronic renal failure and chronic heart failure can contribute to the development and deterioration of each other, and can be present earlier and more severely in the case of diabetes. Furthermore, type 2 diabetes might also occur more frequently in case of chronic kidney- and heart failure. All of these are often accompanied by atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and hypertension.]

Hypertension and nephrology

DECEMBER 18, 2023

[Methodology and clinical relevance of measuring blood pressure variability based on the consensus paper of the European Society of Hypertension]

JÁRAI Zoltán

[Blood pressure is an ever-changing vital parameter. Its observed variability over time is blood pressure variability, which is influenced by both regulatory mechanisms within the body and environmental factors affecting the body.]

Hypertension and nephrology

DECEMBER 18, 2023

[Complex therapeutic protection with SGLT2 inhibitors, focusing on the kidney]

LÉGRÁDY Péter

[In the EMPA-REG Outcome trial, it was already observed that cardiovascular (10.5% vs. 12.1%) and renal (1.7% vs. 3.1%) outcomes were better with empagliflozin treatment compared to placebo. The favorable effects of empagliflozin were consistent across the KDIGO risk categories. CVOT trials conducted with other SGLT2 inhibitors also concluded with promising renoprotective results.]

Hypertension and nephrology

DECEMBER 18, 2023

[Elderly, obes and stressed hypertension patients]

SIMONYI Gábor

[Increased sympathetic nervous system activity can be found in all forms of hypertension, but the degree of this may differ depending on the individual accompanying diseases.]

Hypertension and nephrology

DECEMBER 18, 2023

[The Hungarian Kidney Foundation "Lifetime Achievement Award for Nephrology" László Szalay]

[He was awarded the 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award for Nephrology by the Hungarian Kidney Foundation, which was presented by Professor László Rosivall at the XXXVIII General Meeting of the Hungarian Nephrology Society in Eger, Hungary.]

Hypertension and nephrology

DECEMBER 18, 2023

[I was president of the Hungarian Nephrology Society...]

ROSIVALL László

[I was honoured to represent MANET - of which I am a founding member, and whose many committees I have chaired, chair, or serve on to this day - to serve as President between 2020 and 2023, at a time when unprecedented and unanticipated storms have whipped up and made progress difficult.]

Hypertension and nephrology

DECEMBER 18, 2023

[VII. MATHINÉ report]

FEJES Imola, DOLGOS Szilveszter, SZLOVÁK Edina, MOHOS András

[The MATHINÉ (Hungarian Scientific Young Hypertensivists and Young Nephrologists Conference) international conference, held for the seventh time this year, on 25 November at the Forrás Hotel in Szeged, was a success. With Dr. Szilveszter Dolgos (Szent Margit Hospital, Budapest), Imola Fejes, Assistant Professor (Department of Internal Medicine, SZTE, President of the Youth Committee of the Hungarian Hypertension Society) were the main organizers. ]