Hypertension and nephrology - 2024;28(2)

Hypertension and nephrology

APRIL 30, 2024

[Epidemiological overview: frekvency of chronic kidney diseases and kidney replacement therapy]

KULCSÁR Imre

[Based on international and domestic data, the author presents the dynamic increase in the number of chronic kidney patients and the growing burden of caring for end-stage kidney patients (renal replacement treatments, high risk of death and hospitalization) – wich are associated with a significant increase in healthcare cost. He considers the early diagnosis and adequate conservative treatment of the disease to be important.]

Hypertension and nephrology

APRIL 30, 2024

[Changes/new developments in pediatric nephrology II.]

MÁTTYUS István

[In infancy, febrile urinary tract infection is common. Its symptoms are often poor. If treatment is started in time, recovery is usually quick, and the chance of kidney damage is minimal.]

Hypertension and nephrology

APRIL 30, 2024

[Peritoneal dialysis in practice – a clinician’s perspective not just for nephrologists]

DOLGOS Szilveszter, SALLAI Erika, DETRICH Kata, SZLOVÁK Edina, VÁRADY Tímea, MÁCSAI Emília

[As the number of patients requiring renal replacement therapy increases, so does the number of patients requiring peritoneal dialysis (PD). In fact, peritoneal dialysis is an effective and well tolerated renal replacement therapy for a wide spectrum of kidney diseases, regardless of age, even for elderly patients.]

Hypertension and nephrology

APRIL 30, 2024

[More ramblings in the plethora called primary aldosteronism]

BAJNOK László

[The issue of primary (hyper)aldosteronism (PA) is fraught with many contradictions, attempts to identify it are important but undeservedly rare. The recently introduced histological method with practical benefits indicates a new aspect of the spectrum disease character and a revolutionary study has also been published regarding the functional (radionuclide) imaging of PA.]

Hypertension and nephrology

APRIL 30, 2024

[The role of health literacy in cardiovascular risk]

FARKAS Katalin

[Health literacy is a term introduced in the 1970s and of increasing importance in public health and healthcare. Health literacy is the degree to which individuals are able to access and process basic health information and services and thereby participate in health-related decisions.]

Hypertension and nephrology

APRIL 30, 2024

[Drug therapy adherence as a determinant of vascular health]

JÁRAI Zoltán

[Therapeutic adherence is an important socioeconomic determinant in maintaining and restoring health.]

Hypertension and nephrology

APRIL 30, 2024

[Analysis of the antihypertensive effect of the antihypertensive rilmenidine]

FARSANG Csaba, LENGYEL Mária, BORBÁS Sarolta, ZORÁNDI Ágnes, DIENES Szórádi Bernadett

[The most recent national (MHT 2018) and the latest European guidelines (ESH 2023) (1, 2), diuretics, the calcium antagonists, ACE inhibitors, ARBs, α1-adren- noceptor blockers and ß-blockers, the so-called "centrally acting" imidazoline (I)-1 receptor agonists were also mentioned.]

Hypertension and nephrology

APRIL 30, 2024

[Effect of rilmenidine therapy on heart rate- and blood pressure variability as well as baroreceptor sensitivity]

FINTA Ervin

[The sympathetic nervous system plays an important and widely investigated role in the pathogenesis of the hypertension and its concomitant diseases.]

Hypertension and nephrology

APRIL 30, 2024

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