Active clinical trials for "Renal Insufficiency"

In this survey study, researchers want to find out more about how physicians are treating patients diagnosed with reduced kidney function (chronic kidney disease, CKD) and high blood sugar level (type 2 diabetes); what physicians know about the different treatment options available; and how they use this knowledge to treat their patients successfully. Additionally, researchers want to gather information about patient's awareness of their disease and which criteria they consider important for their treatment of the disease. The study will survey a total of 150 patients with type 2 diabetes: 50 patients with mild CKD; 50 patients with moderate CKD; and 50 patients with severe CKD. Patients eligible for this study can be male or female and should be at least 18 years old. In addition, a total of 150 physicians will be surveyed. Physicians eligible for this study may be general practitioners, endocrinologist, or nephrologists.

To check the possibility of the acquisition of a number of parameters through real-time contrast-enhanced ultrasound and sonoelastography images and to verify the correlation with pathologic results from ultrasound guided biopsy of transplanted kidney

Blood transfusion is a common procedure essential for the treatment of patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Inappropriate transfusions, however, not only incur needless healthcare costs, but increase unnecessary risks due to transfusion reactions and infectious and immunomodulative causes. Safe and appropriate patient care requires evaluated blood component prescription practices. Practically all patients undergoing cardiac surgery in Finland have a blood product booking from the Finnish Red Cross Blood Service. This registry contains large volumes of transfusion-related information on all Finnish patients undergoing cardiac surgery in Finnish centers. Participating hospitals were scattered to all geographical areas in Finland and concentrated to the most populated regions. Data on the blood product use, laboratory findings one month pre-operatively and 12 months post-operatively were available. Finnish hospitals have been required to provide information on hospital visits for the Finnish National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health for healthcare planning purposes. We used in part the original data sent by hospitals to the Finnish Hospital Discharge Register (FHDR).

The purpose of this study is to assess whether the current recommendation for a 50% dose reduction in insulin for diabetic patients with a creatinine clearance (CrCl) ≤15 mL/min or on hemodialysis results in an increased number of hypoglycemic episodes.

The main purpose of this study is to prospectively estimate the incidence of Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF) in patients with moderate to severe renal impairment after administration of Dotarem®

The purpose of this study is to determine whether renal team involvement early at the onset of kidney injury will prevent further developement of more severe renal failure and worse hospitalization outcomes.

The purpose of this study is evaluate clinical outcomes and 30-day mortality after on-pump CABG.

Measuring novel proteins in the urine of surgical patients that can be used to diagnose impending acute or chronic renal failure.

Our goal of this pilot project is to identify inflammatory biomarkers that correlate with epo-resistance among CKD patients.

We hope to study components within the blood that may predict success, failure or other associated complications in relation to the type of vascular access being used.