[Effect of inflammation on clinical outcomes in dialysis patients].
There is a growing recognition that uremia is a proinflammatory condition. Chronic uremia-associated inflammation contributes to the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, anemia, and cardiovascular calcification in patients with end stage renal failure. Many clinical and experimental evidences indicate that the higher the inflammatory status, the higher is morbidity, mortality and the incidence of chronic malnutrition. Aim of this review is to address the main clinical and experimental findings of the effect of chronic inflammation on clinical outcome in dialysis patients.
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Divisione e Cattedra di Nefrologia, Spedali Civili e Università di Brescia, Brescia-Italy. eziomov@libero.it
D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000150:complications*; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome